Turning the clock back 30 years, NBC will recreate a 1995-96 NBA broadcast for Spurs-76ers on March 3 — announcers, graphics, replays, pregame show, score bug and even grainy flashbacks. The “Throwback Tuesday” telecast starts at 7pm ET with NBA Showtime, before Bob Costas,… pic.twitter.com/6FvQLqmZmf

The Sixers’ miserable loss to Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs Tuesday was forgettable, but NBC’s throwback broadcast was something to remember. From the retro opening to the “Roundball Rock” theme to the 1990s-style graphics,

The veteran NBA reporter says he was never approached to join NBC's throwback broadcast, which brings back Costas, Jim Gray, and Isiah Thomas.

And if you think about a conclusion in team sports, I can’t think of a greater closing act than that. Ted Williams hit a home run in his last time at bat but it wasn’t in the World Series. John Elway won back-to-back Super Bowls, but there isn’t one image, the last pass he threw wasn’t a touchdown pass, as I remember.

In this era, Eastern and Western Conference All-Stars wore their team uniforms (East in home white, West in road dark). A commemorative patch was placed opposite the NBA logo. In 2000, a commemorative jocktag was added.