With all that has gone on since the beginning of 2020, the league began its indefinite hiatus on March 11. This left both fans and organizations in a extend period of lull, unknowing of the future of the current season. Collectively, we were unsure whether or not the 2019-2020 NBA Season would be voided in its entirety, anxious for a definitive answer. As three months pass, on June 4, NBA’s Board of Governors reaches to the consensus of a continuation of the season.

The continuation will consist of 22-teams overall, competing for positioning that would then proceed to the NBA Playoffs.

Now although all these games for these 22 teams are very meaningful for their respective organizations, we look at some personal picks of the games to mark your calendars for when it comes to Must-See TV.

The return of the NBA Season kicks off with a bang, with the 4th installment of the Battle for Los Angeles. The Clippers currently hold the edge against the Lakers in the regular season series up 2-1, and have a chance to assert themselves as the premier team in LA unless LeBron and the Lakers can tie it up come Day One of the season’s return on July 30.

The very next day on July 31, we’re given yet another top-tier match up in the Eastern Conference between the 1st seed Bucks against the 3rd seed Celtics. It is here we get to see some of the biggest up and coming names in the league face off in Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum, and Jaylen Brown. Their regular season series is currently tied at one a piece, as these two teams fight to assert themselves as the beast in the East.

With only 16 available spots for the NBA Playoffs and 22 resuming play this season, the Washington Wizards and the Phoenix Suns are the ultimate underdogs in the Playoff race being the bottom two teams of their respective conferences. Furthermore, this would be the first opportunity for Phoenix All-Star Devin Booker to get some post-season experience, validating him as one of the best in the league. On the other hand, one of the league’s epitomes of underdogs in Bradley Beal hopes to further his resume by leading the Wizards to the Playoffs once again, after missing out last year. Every single games feels like a must-win for these two teams, and we can fully expect them to compete at the highest level physically possible night in and night starting out on July 31.

To round off only some of the must-see games coming soon towards the end of July, we have the biggest names to come out of the 2020 Rookie Class facing off in Ja Morant and Zion Williamson on August 3. These two names have been in conversation with one another dating back to their days in AAU and will continue to be such as the current discussion of the Rookie of the Year. With the Grizzlies currently holding and looking to lock down the 8th seed, the 10th seed Pelicans have quite the uphill battle to make it to the Playoffs.

It goes without saying that we as fans are going to want to tune into as many of these games as we possibly can, having been deprived of basketball for 3 months. All 22-teams have a narrative that they’re trying to continue to forge for themselves by making it to the Playoffs, and their stories will be restored come July 31st.