NBA on CBS
Christmas Day broadcasters
CBS broadcast a Christmas Day game each year from 1975 to 1989 with the exception of 1982.

NBA on CBS

Section Title: Christmas Day broadcasters
Table Section Text: CBS broadcast a Christmas Day game each year from 1975 to 1989 with the exception of 1982.

Year	Teams	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)

1975	Kansas City at Phoenix	Don Criqui	Mendy Rudolph

1976	Chicago at Kansas City	Don Criqui	Billy Cunningham

1977	Washington at Philadelphia	Don Criqui	Steve Jones

1978	Philadelphia at New York	Brent Musburger	Keith Erickson

1979	Philadelphia at Washington	Gary Bender	Rod Hundley

1980	Boston at New York	Gary Bender	Bill Russell and Rick Barry

1981	Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix	Dick Stockton	Bill Russell

1983	New Jersey at New York	Dick Stockton	Tom Heinsohn

1984	Philadelphia at Detroit	Dick Stockton	Tom Heinsohn

1985	Boston at New York	Dick Stockton	Tom Heinsohn

1986	Chicago at New York	Dick Stockton	Tom Heinsohn

1987	Detroit at New York	Dick Stockton	Billy Cunningham

1988	Los Angeles Lakers at Utah	Dick Stockton	Hubie Brown

1989	Cleveland at Atlanta	Dick Stockton	Hubie Brown

Sentence(s)

The Play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton stayed for two seasons with Tom Heinsohn for the 1983–84 season.

final_sentence: The Play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton stayed for two seasons with Tom Heinsohn for the 1983–84 season.