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The '''''NBA on TBS''''' was a presentation of [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] regular season and playoff game telecasts that aired on the [[United States|American]] [[cable television|cable]] and [[satellite television|satellite]] [[television network|network]] [[TBS (TV network)|TBS]]. The games were produced by [[Turner Sports]], the sports division of the [[Turner Broadcasting System]] subsidiary of [[Time Warner]], TBS's corporate parent.
The network obtained rights to air NBA games beginning with the [[1984–85 NBA season|1984-1985 season]]<ref>[http://cgi.superstation.com/about_us/milestone.htm June 6, 1984—TBS announces exclusive two-year NBA cable contract (extension through 1988 announced in February 1986 and extension through 1990 announced in November 1987).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223195349/http://cgi.superstation.com/about_us/milestone.htm |date=February 23, 2008 }}</ref> (replacing the [[NBA on ESPN|ESPN]] and [[NBA on USA|USA Network]] as the National Basketball Association's national cable partners) under a four-year contract, in which TBS shared the NBA television package along with [[NBA on CBS|CBS]].
==Coverage==
===Atlanta Hawks===
For many years beginning when the station assumed rights to the team's game telecasts in the late 1970s, WTBS (channel 17) in [[Atlanta]] – which served as the originating feed of the national TBS cable channel from December 1976 to October 2007 – aired some regular season games from the [[Atlanta Hawks]] (which was also owned by [[Ted Turner]] at the time), which also aired nationally on WTBS's [[superstation]] feed;<ref>[http://cgi.superstation.com/about_us/milestone.htm July 12, 1989—SuperStation TBS announces plans to air NBA Atlanta Hawks package, showcasing 25 regular season Hawks games during the 1989-90 season.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223195349/http://cgi.superstation.com/about_us/milestone.htm |date=February 23, 2008 }}</ref> TBS aired the games nationwide until the telecasts became subjected to NBA [[Blackout (broadcasting)|blackout]] restrictions within 35 miles of the home team's arena, resulting in many Hawks away games televised by the network being unavailable to cable providers within the designated market area of the opposing team (this restriction was dropped when TNT gained the right to be the exclusive broadcaster of any game that it chose to carry).
===National coverage===
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===Studio hosts===
* [[Vince Cellini]]
* [[Kevin Christopher]]<ref>[http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=1212048&nav=menu203_10_4 For the next seven years he was the main studio anchor for Atlanta Braves baseball, Atlanta Hawks basketball, NBA basketball, SEC College football and the Sunday night Coors Sports Page highlight show, as well as a contributor to CNN and Headline News.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928094938/http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=1212048&nav=menu203_10_4 |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref>
* [[Fred Hickman]]<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/thenetwork/bios/hickman.html Hickman previously anchored TBS Superstation's Wednesday night NBA studio show in 1995]</ref>
* [[Ernie Johnson Jr.]]
* [[Paul Ryden]]<ref>[http://static.tbs.com/about_us/PR/awards.htm Paul Ryden - Sports Host - NBA Halftime Show] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011931/http://static.tbs.com/about_us/PR/awards.htm |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref>
===Studio analysts===
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