Western Conference fans should appreciate NBC’s approach to its “Coast 2 Coast Tuesday” telecasts starting Oct. 28. In most weeks, NBC TV stations in the Western and Mountain time zones will get their own games in prime time at 8 p.m., rather than a 5 p.m. start time for an East Coast contest.

Charles Barkley and the rest of the “Inside the NBA ” crew officially open a new chapter on Wednesday night. After being with TNT for 36 years, the highly popular show moved to ESPN for the 2025-26 NBA season, following the conclusion of the NBA’s TV rights deal with Turner.

Tuesday's NBA nightcap tips off with the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Golden State Warriors. NBA season schedule, start time and where to watch.

A look at the new NBA television landscape, and what to expect as NBC, Peacock and Amazon Prime join ABC and ESPN as rights-holders.

The NBA launched a multi-streaming platform and an updated NBA TV, starting on October 15, which will give fans nonstop basketball content.

A large majority of NBC's new NBA crew is already well-known by sports and NBA fans, such as Reggie Miller and Grant Hill having worked for TNT, and play-by-play announcers Mike Tirico and Noah Eagle having covered the NFL for the network. Still, there were a few new faces.

DETROIT – Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! will air on Cozi TV on Tuesday as live NBA coverage returns to NBC. Through NBC’s new deal with the NBA, WDIV Local 4 will air the first two games of the regular season Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. An NBA pregame show will air from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

The 2025-26 NBA season kicked off on Tuesday night with the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Golden State Warriors. Unfortunately, fans were robbed of another classic LeBron James matchup with Stephen Curry as the former was ruled out of Opening Night for the first time in his 23-year career as he deals with sciatica on his right side.

The show will also air throughout the 2026 NBA Playoffs, including the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals. "Inside the NBA" will make its ESPN debut on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Date TV/Live stream Games Oct. 22 ESPN, ESPN app NBA on ESPN doubleheader Oct ...