LA Sports: Your TV viewing guide for the weekend
By Mary Coyne
It’s Saturday, and you know what that means? It’s time for a quick look at your LA sports teams and how you can watch them live this weekend.
Los Angeles Dodgers
The LA Dodgers play Game 2 of their three-game series against the Rockies in Colorado on Saturday, 5:00 pm. You can watch on SportsNetLA and listen live on AM570.
Denver native Kyle Freeland made his big-league debut for the Rockies on Friday taking the 2-1 win over the Dodgers. In what looks to be a disturbing trend for the Dodgers, they once again struggled against a lefty pitcher in Freeland. Dodger starter Hyun-Jin Ryu had a solid outing striking out five and holding Colorado to two runs in 4-1/2 innings.
Today’s matchup has Dodger ace Clayton Kershaw vs. Rockies righty Jon Gray. The series concludes on Sunday at noon on Ch. 5 and SportsNetLA. You can listen live on AM 570.
Los Angeles Angels
The LA Angels take on the Seattle Mariners in Anaheim this weekend. Saturday’s game is at 7:00 pm on Fox Sports West. You can listen live on AM 830.
Solid defense combined with just enough offense gave the Angels the 5-1 win in their home opener in game one on Friday. Today’s matchup is right-hander Ricky Nolasco for the Angels against Mariner righty Felix Herandez.
The series concludes on Sunday at 12:30 pm on Fox Sports West and AM 830.
Los Angeles Clippers
The LA Clippers are in San Antonio on Saturday to take on the Spurs at 5:30 pm on Channel 7, ABC. You can listen live on AM 570.
With only three games left in the season, the Clippers are one game behind the Utah Jazz for the fourth seed in the West. Tonight’s game is an important one for LA, as it will affect whether or not they have home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
It’s also important for their confidence level heading into the postseason. Tonight, they need to stay focused the whole game and have a strong showing on defense.
For the Spurs, this game means absolutely nothing.
Los Angeles Lakers
The LA Lakers are at home on Sunday vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves at 6:30 pm. You can watch on Spectrum Sports and listen live on AM 570.
With these two teams at the bottom of the Western Conference, this game couldn’t be less important. I guess you can watch if you want to catch reigning Rookie of the Year Karl-Anthony Towns. Otherwise, I’m not sure what I can say to persuade you to tune into this one.
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Los Angeles Kings
The Chicago Blackhawks come to Staples to take on the LA Kings on Saturday at 3:00 pm. You can watch on Fox Sports West and listen live on AM 790.
The Kings are out of the playoffs and the Blackhawks have already clinched the top spot in the Central Division. But after falling to the Ducks on Thursday, Chicago is surely looking to regroup with a solid performance to head into the playoffs with some confidence.
Probably the most significant thing about today’s game is that it will be the final home game of legendary Kings’ broadcaster Bob Miller. He will finish up his Hall of Fame career on Sunday when the Kings travel across town to take on the Ducks in Anaheim for the regular season finale.
The game is at 5:30 pm on Fox Sports West and Prime Network. You can listen to it live on AM 790.
There you have it. There are a few good viewing choices for you this weekend but if we’re being really honest here, we’re all watching the Masters, right?