2021-22 NBA schedule: Nets-Lakers, Bucks-Suns Finals rematch among 15 must-watch games this upcoming season

There's at least one game each month that will be appointment-viewing television

With the 2021-22 NBA schedule released, it's only right we dissect the six months of regular-season games to see which matchups are already worthy of getting excited over at this point in time. Between old teammates facing each other for the first time to rematches of last year's playoff series and battles between championship contenders, the NBA schedule is ripe with heavily anticipated matchups from start to finish.  There's so much action to keep track of, so we broke down the 15 most-exciting matchups to keep an eye on when the season starts on Oct. 19, with games from each month on the schedule.