They dont sell basketball games this days like they used to .. got goosebumps and started to get sweaty hands just hearing the intro .. man it was awesome
Indeed. I was really afraid, this was Jordan's last game, and every single word of that intro felt like a dagger plunging into my heart. Of course I was very happy in the end.
the best theme song was NBA on NBC. it was the best time in the NBA. I have cheered while this song played and I've cried. this song is bitter sweet. I love it!
...one game...man, folks who didn't watch the NBA in its golden era won't know what they missed...looking back, I can only be amazed at how even I get chills just revisiting this period...the intro to this critical game is nothing short of pure gold....
All 4 Bulls victories were at the United Center. All 3 Pacers victories were at Market Square Arena. Home court advantage certainly played a role in this.
@@joewashu Correct, but unlike the playoffs, it wasn't home court based. Bulls and Pacers split the two meetings at both the United Center and Market Square Arena.
NBC wants to get the NBA package again which is one of the best news that I’ve heard in a long time. I’m all forward with the reuniting with each other because NBC can broadcast more NBA games than ESPN/ABC has done throughout their tenure. Once the NBA on NBC is back on air again us 90s kids will watch every single one of them games every Sunday including the playoffs.
if your NOT the guy who goes by jazz man you PROBABLY still know who i'm talking about and he and a female i saw on 6-14-98 PROBABLY still really really LOVE the jazz and please tell me did do and/or will you have any favorite members of jazz
It's 4am. I'm at work. We are in the mist of a global pandemic. I watch this and am brought to tears. Things will never be as good as it was here. The theme gives me chills. As a pacer fan and Reggie Miller is/was my favorite player of all time we had to get beat by the bulls so often. Anyone Else feel this way? Just sad things will never be the same.
It was a cool team. I love Larry Bird. But if Reggie Miller gets called for an offensive foul like he technically should have in like Game 4 or whenever, this would have been a 5 or at most 6 game series. Miller hits an exciting 3 to win that game to ties the series 2-2, but he had to shove Jordan with 2 arms extended to get open - You can't even do that in FOOTBALL nowadays without offensive pass INT - let alone basketball (which is not the contact sport football is). In the NFL, if a receiver or tight end takes one hand (not even 2) and shoves the defender away with a fully extended arm, that's Pass INT on the offense. But hey, that made the series more exciting and dramatic.
Bulls fan. I give total respect to your Pacers squad. They pushed the Bulls to the limit. I think they were even tougher than the Utah Jazz in the next round. ❤️🖤
So much child hood nostalgia . Best time to watch basketball , after the epic intro it was awesome how they always showed the arena , and cut to a segment with the commentators on the court . You could always see how loud and crazy the crowd was .
people seem to forget this series but Indian had Chicago on the ropes they even had a 13 point lead in this game it took everything from Chicago to win this series
Considering the fact that the legendary Larry Bird was the head coach for the Indiana Pacers for only three years (1997-2000), and the Pacers made it to the Conference Finals all three of those years upon making it to the Finals for the first time in franchise history in 2000, that's got to be one of the best head coaching records in all of sports history, period!
When hearing that intro in 1998 every young kid across the untied states and Canada and who ever got to watch those intros wanted to play in the NBA in the future … Never give up your dream
I'm not sure about that one. They split the season series with each other but the Jazz had the more convincing win. Plus Jazz had the Finals experience on their belt and were favorite to win the championship that year. I'd have to give the edge to the Jazz on this one.
I think this was the best intro I've ever seen to a basketball game. If anyone wants to prove me wrong please feel free to share a link bc I sure love watching these things lol
Bulls were clearly the better team. Even in the Pacers wins the Bulls were leading for most of the game until a late game surge by the Pacers at the end.
That jump ball with 6 minutes left was the difference in the game. Cause at the time the Pacers had all the momentum. After the Bulls won the jump ball and Kerr hit a 3 the Bulls put them away. Who knows what would have happened if Smits had tipped the ball out to a Pacer.
The Pacers pushed the Bulls to the brink in this series. They were up by double digits in the first half. It was nerve-wracking for me a Bulls fan. The Bulls’ role players were pivotal down the stretch.
NBC going to bid for NBA TV Rights in 2024. The TV deal expires next year for ESPN/TNT. NBC wants to bring back NBA on NBC just 20 years after they lost the TV rights to broadcast. NBA on NBC coming back!!!!! Modern NBA games on NBC with this theme and intros.
Tv negotiations should start after the finals and nba returns to nbc is priceless for us 90s basketball fans. NBC is going to broadcast more game ABC has ever done throughout their tenure. They can not only broadcast the regular season but the playoffs including the conference finals and finals. Tv ratings will go up drastically. Don’t be shocked that the NBA signs with Amazon too because the NFL is there. The league will possibly likely to be having 4 networks in their next tv deal. NBC - Sunday Amazon - Monday ESPN - Wednesday & Friday TNT - Thursday ABC - Saturday
@@jgamos85 I hope so. I found out updates on Twitter. They trying to outbid for last spot vs TNT. I didnt want TNT to go because of Ernie, Shaq, Kenny and Charles on Inside the NBA but I rather bring those guys to NBC and build NBA on NBC back with the intro and the music etc.Like 90s
This is why 1999 was so special for me as a Knicks fan. the Pacers had taken the bulls to the brink in 98 then the next year Jordan retires so Pacers figure we got this easy Out of nowhere comes the Knicks there bitter rival to knock them off go to the finals awesome
If only Jordan and the Bulls had gone up against Drexler and the Rockets in a Finals instead of the Jazz twice in a row. That would've been THE matchup of the 90s. But the Pacers deserved to win a title with the lineup they had at this time. Same with the Blazers.
The Rockets were the favorite to go to the Finals in 97 with the acquisition of Barkley but the Jazz exposed them defensively with the pick and roll. Even if the Rockets had gotten passed the Jazz it's not likely they would of beaten the Bulls.
They dont sell basketball games this days like they used to .. got goosebumps and started to get sweaty hands just hearing the intro .. man it was awesome
Facts
seriously. the nba on nbc intro theme song is so nastaulgic.
Agree.... These games were must see TV... Main events
NBC & NBA was the perf match. Idk if we’ll ever see it again. ESPN/abc & tnt’s contract runs out after the ‘25 NBA finals
Hell yeah. Those Bob Costas and Marv Albert intros could've made a Clippers/Bullets game sound interesting back in thr day.
Those NBC intros were pure gold!
Edwin W: Yes, they were!
Yes! In my Marv Albert voice.
Edwin W >>>> more than gold!!!
and Bob Costas...didn't know he's 68
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Bob Costas was a gem. Him and Marv Albert were the golden voices of NBA broadcasting
Nothing will ever, ever beat the 90s era of the NBA
Nope... NOTHING the 90's was GOLDEN
This is one of the most epic intros in sports history.
Indeed. I was really afraid, this was Jordan's last game, and every single word of that intro felt like a dagger plunging into my heart. Of course I was very happy in the end.
the best theme song was NBA on NBC. it was the best time in the NBA. I have cheered while this song played and I've cried. this song is bitter sweet. I love it!
Heard the composer offered it to ABC and they turned it down! ABC should trade NBA with NBC in exchange for the NHL!
Yes Brother that’s real talk
@@Bull1908
Abc is straight trash bro. Doesn't hold a candle to what NBC did or any relevant musical themes for that matter. Just shit production
It's like the eye of the tiger in rocky III...
the NBA used to be so good, everything from the NBC production to the greatness of the play of the game, miss it and i know it will never be the same
NBC's producers knew how to broadcast a basketball game and turn it into an event. Not just a playoff game, but even some random game on Sunday.
NBA need to be back on NBC. ESPN/ABC suck
@@tylongkicks8821 Man. What you said.
and there were no political agendas
@@keithderosas542Bill Russell literally campaigned for civil rights
boy do I have news for you
This intro is epic. Like old school WWF PPV promo
These were the best days of the nba.......i watch this game live on tv.
DUDE EXACTLY
these remind me of them promos too!!
Violet nba now sucks so hard
Especially the summer slam promos in the early 90’s man the music was spot on
If it wasn't for Bob Costas, the NBA on NBC wouldn't have been as epic as it was.
marv Albert too
Marv Albert was “the man”. Bob Costas is a legend but he only came in when Marv was suspended for three years.
@@reactionary Is hard to choose between them,
...one game...man, folks who didn't watch the NBA in its golden era won't know what they missed...looking back, I can only be amazed at how even I get chills just revisiting this period...the intro to this critical game is nothing short of pure gold....
Yessir
It's an intro this match required. Same level of greatness this game had.
The intro made it seem like the losing team would be taken outside and shot .
Actually, Rik Smits was never seen alive again after this game.
😂😂😂
Coming as a Pacer fan, that's exactly what this loss felt like lol
@@LanceJ. STONE COLD STONE COLD STONE COLD
As a Bulls fan, this game was scary
Theo Hanna facts
i agree...I couldn't watch the whole fourth quarter because that's the only time I've been scared for a game's outcome...
Indiana was up by 10 late weren't they?
Trust mj
Af!!!!
All 4 Bulls victories were at the United Center. All 3 Pacers victories were at Market Square Arena. Home court advantage certainly played a role in this.
MJ said himself Pacers and Pistons were his toughest opponents
If memory serves (and without looking it up) the Bulls and Pacers split the regular season series as well
@@joewashu Correct, but unlike the playoffs, it wasn't home court based. Bulls and Pacers split the two meetings at both the United Center and Market Square Arena.
So did the refs.
Those intros gave me goosebumps and realized this wasn't just a regular game, man great times!!!!
Still get chills listening to this intro! These were the days!!
Yessir 🔥🔥🔥
This was a hell of a series. 13 year old me was in awe
dakliq420 Hell yeah I was 14. I was nervous like I was going to play in the game
dakliq420 I was 7.
Remember it all like yesterday
i was 13 too..the golden days of the NBA
I was 17, this was awesome.
I was 16 years old when this happened.
I used to get super pumped when I heard for the NBA on NBC Intros!!
Always when i hear this intro i only remember Michael Jordan and the bulls
One word I have to say about the NBA on NBC! Classic!
GOLDEN
Jordan ,pippen,rodman, Phil Jackson, Larry bird, Reggie Miller, Chris mullin,mark Jackson bunch of legends in this seties
Those Bulls warmup suits were 🔥🔥
NBC wants to get the NBA package again which is one of the best news that I’ve heard in a long time. I’m all forward with the reuniting with each other because NBC can broadcast more NBA games than ESPN/ABC has done throughout their tenure. Once the NBA on NBC is back on air again us 90s kids will watch every single one of them games every Sunday including the playoffs.
I literally just cried....
😭😭😭 I missed that generation of basketball. The music and the intro. Gets me everytime
As a life long Jazz fan who remembers watching these Bulls beat us in the Finals, I'm still rooting for Indiana to win this game.
I remembered then I cried because the Bulls lost one time my mother jokingly said, "Watch the replay. Maybe they'll win this time."
@@LuciferLizardo "You're gonna win the live game? Okay, fine. I'm gonna win the replay."
@@mikeroagreschen5350 Exactly.
if your NOT the guy who goes by jazz man you PROBABLY still know who i'm talking about and he and a female i saw on 6-14-98 PROBABLY still really really LOVE the jazz and please tell me did do and/or will you have any favorite members of jazz
It's 4am. I'm at work. We are in the mist of a global pandemic. I watch this and am brought to tears. Things will never be as good as it was here. The theme gives me chills. As a pacer fan and Reggie Miller is/was my favorite player of all time we had to get beat by the bulls so often. Anyone Else feel this way? Just sad things will never be the same.
Perfectly said 👏👏👏...... I agree
90s were awesome
Since 9/11 it's gone to hell
Since this year's conference finals both ended so soon, watching these magnificent old NBC Intros has been a fun way to pass the time!
Man NBC did a great job with the NBA. Glory era.
This intro gave me goosebumps. Now THAT'S how you hype up game 7!!
I was 7 when I saw this and remember e every game. Indiana pushed them harder than anyone. I fell in love with this Pacers team
Yusuf Abdullah I WAS 10 YEARS OLD
It was a cool team.
I love Larry Bird.
But if Reggie Miller gets called for an offensive foul like he technically should have in like Game 4 or whenever, this would have been a 5 or at most 6 game series.
Miller hits an exciting 3 to win that game to ties the series 2-2, but he had to shove Jordan with 2 arms extended to get open -
You can't even do that in FOOTBALL nowadays without offensive pass INT - let alone basketball (which is not the contact sport football is).
In the NFL, if a receiver or tight end takes one hand (not even 2) and shoves the defender away with a fully extended arm, that's Pass INT on the offense.
But hey, that made the series more exciting and dramatic.
Nope Knicks pushed them harder.
Bulls fan. I give total respect to your Pacers squad. They pushed the Bulls to the limit. I think they were even tougher than the Utah Jazz in the next round. ❤️🖤
So much child hood nostalgia .
Best time to watch basketball , after the epic intro it was awesome how they always showed the arena , and cut to a segment with the commentators on the court . You could always see how loud and crazy the crowd was .
Classic intro wow bring back great memories of the NBA
It didn't matter who played on NBC (and CBS), those intros brought you in & were epic!!!
i remembered every single player on that 98 pacer team was bald lmao.
Omg, I never picked up on that until I watched their team huddle at 1:52. Lol
Trying to be like mike, one could say
Baldi, but can shoot
@@antoniorezik4072 it was a solidarity thing they all did together
@@TheSands83 well they didn't have enough solidarity to beat THE bald guy
people seem to forget this series but Indian had Chicago on the ropes they even had a 13 point lead in this game it took everything from Chicago to win this series
It's like a movie trailer. That NBC NBA theme is so iconic man.
Thank you, you nailed it. That's exactly what they were...
I was 8 when I sae this game, I still remember it like it was yesterday.
Considering the fact that the legendary Larry Bird was the head coach for the Indiana Pacers for only three years (1997-2000), and the Pacers made it to the Conference Finals all three of those years upon making it to the Finals for the first time in franchise history in 2000, that's got to be one of the best head coaching records in all of sports history, period!
He was Harbaugh in the NBA before Harbaugh came to the NFL for his three year run
That is some heavy nostalgia 1:20
my favrouite nba on nbc intro
Thank you for posting this
When hearing that intro in 1998 every young kid across the untied states and Canada and who ever got to watch those intros wanted to play in the NBA in the future … Never give up your dream
PLEASE.. PLEASE.. Bring back the NBA, to NBC🙏🏼
Looks like it's happening, buddy👍
It's happening! Fall 2025.
Yep, and the theme apparently is coming back also. John Tesh is going to do a new version as well
1 game , Game 7 , Next!
So much hype in this intro....
When Micheal says he’s gonna do something HE DOES IT!!!! Take note Lebron
It's baaaack!!! 👍, hopefully they use same theme
ABC can't hype up games like this.
Watching these nba on nbc intros gives me goosebumps every single damn time
The best ever compare todays intros.........
Us 90's kids aint gettin these days back but it was awesome the best memories all the good movies too
I just hope NBC will retain or have this kind of vibe when they cover the NBA again (maybe soon).
Sports is all about storylines. Sports media today doesn't know this.
its narratives now. awful sports media espn and ABC are just terrible for the league
@@Dre_Key NBC was the best back in the day
Those cinematic intros carried on into the game n kept u on the edge of your seat…good times
Hoosier State here callin the NBA to come back to NBC!
Call answered 4 years later, thank you for holding lol.
Coming back in 2025 :)
Bob costas and that theme track was pure gold
As a life-long Pacers fan, I'm still in denial over this. I think about it every time that I walk into the United Center.
+ptothec2004 The Pacers would have had a hell of a shot to beat the Jazz IMHO had they won this game.
I'm not sure about that one. They split the season series with each other but the Jazz had the more convincing win. Plus Jazz had the Finals experience on their belt and were favorite to win the championship that year. I'd have to give the edge to the Jazz on this one.
Nba ain’t the same no more. It’s boring asf
I think this was the best intro I've ever seen to a basketball game. If anyone wants to prove me wrong please feel free to share a link bc I sure love watching these things lol
This was an epic series -- HUGE
Bob Costas is the goat of announcing introductions to NBA games!
gosh Larry Bird should go back to coaching...he was great
Never realized how short Bob Costas is; especially standing between Isaiah Thomas and Doug Collins.
They need to give the NBA back to NBC already
And now they have!
"The most fabled athlete of our time", people who weren't alive during that time have no idea how larger than life Jordan was.
One day the nba on nbc will make its return and when it does I will have the biggest baddest joint ready to go!!!!
The last NBA game in its golden age.
no. game 6 of the 98 finals.
John Doe
Thank you.
@@JohnDoe-lb1kc when Kobe won the first 3 titles it was still the golden age
His mentality, his desire to win never doubting himself he was just eager for the challenge, scary
Pacers should’ve won this game man
I lived through this series and it was an absolute blood feud.
Only time after 1990 with MJ where I wasn't sure the better team won. Indiana had it and gave it away.
Bulls were clearly the better team. Even in the Pacers wins the Bulls were leading for most of the game until a late game surge by the Pacers at the end.
Blazers had a reputation of choking. Most people believed the Bulls were gonna win.
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That jump ball with 6 minutes left was the difference in the game. Cause at the time the Pacers had all the momentum. After the Bulls won the jump ball and Kerr hit a 3 the Bulls put them away. Who knows what would have happened if Smits had tipped the ball out to a Pacer.
Intro gives me absolute goosebumps
I swear I love that nba song, when it switches and the announcer starts talking, that’s my part
LeBron vs Jordan
difference
one word
DYNASTY!!!!!
Rocky 2028 One word: Fundamentals. Lebron will never be better than Michael Jordan.....for that one reason alone!!!
LMAO at 3:09 Bob Costas looks like a midget when standing next to Isaiah and Collins xD
+Matthew Jay Evans He's gotta be like 5'3, bc Isiah's only 5'10-5'11 at best! LOL
+jumpman985 Isaiah is 6'1, Costas is like 5'5.
I could cry, most amazing intro ever
Bulls were never losing this game
I used to get so pumped up with the NBC intros. It's too bad ESPN/ABC doesn't do this. It's just another sport among 1000 for them.
This was the closest the Bulls ever got to not winning the Finals during their run.
Umm vs magic in 95?
Many people left one out, but they usually talk about the conference finals and the finals
Wow this same feeling i had back then same hyped heart rate ❤️🏀
The Pacers pushed the Bulls to the brink in this series. They were up by double digits in the first half. It was nerve-wracking for me a Bulls fan. The Bulls’ role players were pivotal down the stretch.
One game to rule them all
One game to find them
One game to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them
One game says it all...
Nothing more epic than this intro no other compares
NBC going to bid for NBA TV Rights in 2024. The TV deal expires next year for ESPN/TNT. NBC wants to bring back NBA on NBC just 20 years after they lost the TV rights to broadcast.
NBA on NBC coming back!!!!! Modern NBA games on NBC with this theme and intros.
Tv negotiations should start after the finals and nba returns to nbc is priceless for us 90s basketball fans. NBC is going to broadcast more game ABC has ever done throughout their tenure. They can not only broadcast the regular season but the playoffs including the conference finals and finals. Tv ratings will go up drastically. Don’t be shocked that the NBA signs with Amazon too because the NFL is there. The league will possibly likely to be having 4 networks in their next tv deal.
NBC - Sunday
Amazon - Monday
ESPN - Wednesday & Friday
TNT - Thursday
ABC - Saturday
Update: NBC legit could get the rights. Should find out soon
@@jgamos85 I hope so. I found out updates on Twitter. They trying to outbid for last spot vs TNT. I didnt want TNT to go because of Ernie, Shaq, Kenny and Charles on Inside the NBA but I rather bring those guys to NBC and build NBA on NBC back with the intro and the music etc.Like 90s
I burnt my mom's vcr up recording these games! Classics!.
Man I miss bob costas game intros
This was an epic series.
This is why 1999 was so special for me as a Knicks fan. the Pacers had taken the bulls to the brink in 98 then the next year Jordan retires so Pacers figure we got this easy Out of nowhere comes the Knicks there bitter rival to knock them off go to the finals awesome
But the Knicks lost in 99 the finals could’ve made it in 2000 and maybe the pacers made a deep playoff run in 2001
Thank You for posting this ❤
Bring back the NBA on NBC. ESPN/ABC doesn't come close to the excitement.
It's sad that ESPN/ABC & TNT don't have these epic intros to get you hype before the game
gotdamn 18 years
Crazy. Remember it like yesterday
mane frfr
Roy Moreau I was only born 2 days before MJ last game as a bull
right welcome to the club I was out of high school
And they still rebuilding..... reinsdorf promised a short rebuild, 20years later...
Could watch this intro every year's eastern conference final game 7. And it would be better than the game itself
This intro could be used as a metaphor for life. What will you do in your game 7?
Back when TITANS were TITANS and they took that role deathly seriously. I'll forever miss this NBA and I'm only 35
“Miller Time can be anything you want… as long as it feels good.”
🤔🤔🤔🤔
No one has ever broadcast sports better than NBC did with the NBA. Man I was really pulling for Reggie in this one.
Never gets old😢
Yo this used to get me so pump up as a teen watching this.
If only Jordan and the Bulls had gone up against Drexler and the Rockets in a Finals instead of the Jazz twice in a row. That would've been THE matchup of the 90s. But the Pacers deserved to win a title with the lineup they had at this time. Same with the Blazers.
no team "deserved" to win; they had their chance along with the Blazers. GG
Greg Schuman: I know eh? The year prior (1997), I was so hoping Houston would have beaten Utah. I wanted to see a Bulls-Rockets final.
The Rockets were the favorite to go to the Finals in 97 with the acquisition of Barkley but the Jazz exposed them defensively with the pick and roll. Even if the Rockets had gotten passed the Jazz it's not likely they would of beaten the Bulls.
Prolly the Bulls biggest obstacle including the Finals with that dynasty
NBC please when you get games back do it just like this again!
Bob's One game game 7 Next.
Sooooo Coooool!!!😆