Editing Chick Hearn (section)

==Memorable calls==
{{blockquote|And the crowd stands for Kareem to get the ball. Everybody's waving their arms...it's in to Kareem. Kareem swing left...right-hand twelve-footer...GOOD!|-calling Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's [[NBA regular season records|NBA record]] 31,420th point, pushing him past Wilt Chamberlain as the league's all-time leading scorer.}}

{{blockquote|The new king of scoring has ascended his throne.|-Shortly after Kareem's record-breaking basket.}}

{{blockquote|37–2, ladies and gentlemen. If you're just tuning in, no, I haven't been using any of the squeezing of the grape.|-referring to the Lakers' colossal lead on the Sacramento Kings during the first quarter of a game between the teams on February 4, 1987.}}

{{blockquote|To the left goes Magic...he's got it. He didn't shoot it...five seconds left. Magic down the middle, just what I thought. A hook shot at twelve, GOOD! Two seconds left! The Lakers take the lead on Magic Johnson's running sky-hook! Hooie!|-calling Magic Johnson's "junior sky-hook" in Game 4 of the [[1987 NBA Finals]].}}

{{blockquote|Kobe's down the middle, he's in deep. Throws to Shaq... SLA-A-AM DUNK! Portland can put the champagne away and get out the bottled water, 'cause that's all they're gonna drink on their way home!|-calling the Lakers' comeback against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 7 of the [[2000 NBA Playoffs|2000 Western Conference Finals]].}}