The NBA has a new 11-year, $76 billion TV deal, bringing changes to how fans watch games. Michael Jordan returns to the NBA with NBC, which also revives the iconic "Roundball Rock" theme.

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.

The NBA’s return to NBC is part of an 11-year, $76 billion rights package spread across ESPN/ABC, NBC/Peacock and Amazon’s Prime Video. NBC will air primetime games on Tuesdays throughout the season, and Sundays after its NFL commitments end, and Peacock will have streaming-exclusive games on Monday nights.

The return of the NBA to NBC brings 100 of the best regular-season games with star-studded matchups to WRAL-TV.

SportsLine's model simulated Boston vs. Cleveland 10,000 times and revealed its NBA predictions for Wednesday's matchup

The Golden State Warriors are off to a hot start this season, sitting at 4-1 through their first five games, with Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler leading the charge. But tonight's matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks just got a lot easier.