These games used to have player introductions and national anthems included in the broadcast — along with the NBA Finals logo actually on the court. This was still a huge step back even if ESPN ...

W hen the first NBA Finals game kicked off last week, fans couldn't help but notice one thing was missing from the court – a finals insignia. It wasn't long until they took to s ...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses why there are no NBA Finals logos on the court, last seen in 2014. Diddy to remain jailed until sex-crimes verdict sentencing, trial judge rules as bail denied.

Not that long ago, the team logos used to turn gold on the broadcast scoring bug during the NBA Finals. Now, we are getting the same theme music and scoreboard from the regular season.

ESPN thought two Larry O'Brien Trophies would be better than one. / ABC/ESPN 1. ESPN/ABC has had many issues with its NBA coverage over the years. Some of it has been no fault of the network's own ...

The NBA tried to give the fans what they wanted to better the broadcast of the Finals. That said, how they went about it only made the reaction that much worse for the league from Game 1 to Game 2.

Why the NBA is using digital NBA Finals logos Ahead of Game 3, Silver was asked about the digital logos on the court. The commissioner cited player safety as the basis for the choice.

In the second quarter, that quickly changed to the script logo of “The NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV”: The ESPN on ABC broadcast of Pacers-Thunder Game 2 replaced the (digital) trophies ...

Game 2 of the 2025 NBA Finals began with a pair of smaller, digitally placed logos of the Larry O’Brien on the court. With the internet making jokes at their expense, though, the broadcast had ...

Why the NBA is using digital NBA Finals logos Ahead of Game 3, Silver was asked about the digital logos on the court. The commissioner cited player safety as the basis for the choice.