Time Warner Cable SportsNet to Provide Extensive Lakers Playoff Coverage

Time Warner Cable SportsNet will provide extensive Lakers playoff coverage throughout the team's playoff run, led by the familiar on-air talent that Lakers fans have watched all season long. The broadcast team of color commentator Stu Lantz and play-by-play announcer Bill Macdonald will call all Lakers playoff games airing on Time Warner Cable SportsNet and sideline reporter Mike Trudell, reporter John Ireland and analysts James Worthy, Robert Horry, Kurt Rambis, Chris McGee, Dave Miller and Andy Adler will continue to provide expert analysis on the network.

Live studio shows "#LakeShow" and "Access SportsNet: Lakers" will air for every Lakers playoff game, with expanded coverage, commentary and analysis surrounding each contest. On non-game nights, "Access SportsNet" will provide insights and updates about the Lakers and the rest of the NBA. Live pre-game coverage of Game 1 on Sunday, April 21 will begin at 11:30 a.m. with Worthy, McGee, Miller and Adler in studio.

A new episode of "Connected With...Mike D'Antoni" will premiere tomorrow, Friday, April 19 at 9:00 p.m. PT. Chris McGee sat down with the Lakers Head Coach in the Time Warner Cable SportsNet studio to discuss joining the Lakers, making the playoffs, working with players like Kobe Bryant and more.

The popular behind-the-scenes series "Backstage: Lakers" will continue throughout the Lakers' playoff run, with episode 30 premiering on Wednesday, April 24 at 10:00 p.m. PT following Time Warner Cable SportsNet's coverage of Game 2. The new episode will go inside last night's Lakers win over the Rockets, giving fans an exclusive look into the locker room before and after the game, and will follow the team as it prepares for Game 1 on Sunday.

Time Warner Cable SportsNet will also debut the new series "Through the Lens" on Wednesday, April 24 at 10:30 p.m. The new half-hour show will give Lakers fans a look at the team's storied history through the eyes and camera lens of long-time Lakers team photographer Andy Bernstein, who has been with the team since 1982 and is responsible for photographing some of the Lakers' and NBA's most iconic moments. Additional episodes of "Through the Lens" will premiere this summer. In the first episode, Bernstein tells the stories behind his 10 favorite Lakers still photos.

Korean Secondary Audio Programming (SAP) will continue for all Lakers playoff games on Time Warner Cable SportsNet, with commentary by Paul Lee, Young-Don Lee, Seung Chan Lim, Sang Yeol Moon and Ji-Seoung You.

A full schedule of Lakers First Round Playoff games airing on Time Warner Cable SportsNet:

Game

Date

Time

Live pre-game coverage starting at

Game 2

Wed., April 24

6:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Game 3

Fri., April 26

7:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Game 4

Sun. April 28

4:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

Game 5*

Tues., April 30

TBD

TBD

Game 6*

Thurs., May 2

TBD

TBD

Game 7*

Sat., May 4

TBD

TBD

All times listed are PT.

* - If necessary

All dates and times subject to change.

Time Warner Cable SportsNet can be found on AT&T U-verse, Bright House Networks, Catalina Broadband, Champion Broadband, Charter, Cox Communications, DIRECTV, Hawaiian Telcom, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS systems. To find out on what channel you can watch Time Warner Cable SportsNet, visit www.twcsportsnet.com or www.twcdeportes.com and enter your information at the top of the page or call 855-4-MY-LAKERS or 1-800-700-2827 (in Spanish).

About Time Warner Cable Sports

Time Warner Cable Sports operates Southern California's two newest regional sports networks - Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes - which launched on October 1, 2012. Through their exclusive partnerships with the Los Angeles Lakers, LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Sparks and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), the 24/7, high-definition networks each deliver more than 180 live events per year plus extensive team coverage and behind-the-scenes access unlike anything fans have seen before. Time Warner Cable Deportes is the nation's first ever Spanish-language regional sports network, with commentary, programs and a perspective created uniquely for Spanish-speaking sports fans of all nationalities. For more information, visit www.twcsportsnet.com and www.twcdeportes.com. Follow the networks on Twitter @TWCSportsNet and @TWCDeportes and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TWCSportsNet and www.facebook.com/TWCDeportes.