As one of the major sports leagues in North America, the National Basketball Association has a long history of partnership with television networks in the US.
They also broadcast the All-Star Game from Boston with Marty Glickman and Bud Blattner sharing play-by-play duties and with Carl Braun and Ed Macauley doing analysis.
SNI broadcast at least four playoff games starting on March 28 with St. Louis at Los Angeles with Jerry Gross on play-by-play and Ed Macauley on color commentary.
Commentators for the original NBA on ABC included play-by-play announcers Keith Jackson[4] and Chris Schenkel,[5][6][7][8][9][10] and analysts Jack Twyman, Bob Cousy and Bill Russell.
On April 8, 1967, a strike by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) forced ABC Sports producer Chuck Howard and director Chet Forte to call Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals between Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers, as its regular announcing team were members of the union.