After a three day strike that had real results — having sports fans come to terms with social justice and opening up NBA-owned arenas as voting centers — the NBA returns to the court for the playoffs, with Orlando vs. Milwaukee (ESPN, 3:30 p.m.), Oklahoma City vs. Houston (TNT, 6:30 p.m.) and Portland vs. Los Angeles (TNT, 9 p.m.).
Stanley Cup Playoffs are back as well after two days of postponements, resuming today with Tampa Bay at Boston (NBC, noon), Philadelphia vs. Islanders (NBC Sports, 7 p.m.) and Vegas vs. Vancouver (NBC Sports, 9:45 p.m.).
A TV special created for specific social change comes in “Say Her Name: Justice for Breonna Taylor” (BET, 11 p.m.).
After a week of disinformation at the Republican National Convention, it’s instructive to hear the rise of its conspiracy theories on “After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News” (CNN, 10 p.m.), which has previously shown on HBO.
“Earthlight” (BBC America, 8 p.m.) takes a bird’s eye view of both Asia and Australia.