\u201cHistory is Calling\u201d<\/a> \u2014 promoting the Finals early Wednesday, hours before the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks were set to begin this year’s title series.<\/p>\nBritell \u2014 the composer known for \u201cSuccession,\u201d \u201cMoonlight\u201d and \u201cAndor\u201d \u2014 envisioned a piece that, the league said, \u201cdraws inspiration from the emotional progression of basketball, from anticipation and momentum shifts to the defining moments that shape outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nas provides the voice, with nods to the 80-year history of the league and what it takes to get to the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cThirty teams start this journey, but only two are left standing,\u201d Nas begins. \u201cThe math is simple. The quest, anything but. This isn’t just a series. This is legacy. Everything’s on the line, because history is calling. This is the NBA Finals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NBA said Britell’s score \u201cmarks the first expression of the league\u2019s new signature audio identity,\u201d and that Britell and Nas will have an expanded partnership with the league going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO (AP) \u2014 The NBA brought in Grammy-winning rap icon Nas and three-time Emmy-winning composer Nicholas Britell…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":841234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,53852,344480,184754,184755,223492,299692,291900,325489,184750,223490,339635,339634,329397,329398,324435,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-841233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-america","tag-nas","tag-nas-nicholas-britell-nba-finals","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100373-mc-complete-state-national","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-product-30083-ap-new-york-city-news-no-weather","tag-product-30085-ap-new-york-state-news-no-weather","tag-product-30109-ap-texas-state-news-no-weather","tag-product-30598-ap-national-news-report-a-wire","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-31388-premium-entertainment","tag-product-33328-ap-premium-entertainment-other","tag-product-40802-ap-new-york-city-sports-only","tag-product-40803-ap-new-york-state-sports-only","tag-product-40815-ap-texas-sports-only","tag-san-antonio","tag-sanantonio","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}