SPORTS ON WEEKEND TV

With the Western Conference title at stake, the Lakers and Phoenix Suns open their best-of-seven championship series at the Forum today.

Game 1 gets under way on CBS at 12:30 p.m. (2)(8), with Dick Stockton and Hubie Brown reporting.

Sunday will bring an Eastern Conference game at 10 a.m. (2)(8).

In today’s other top attraction, Kentucky Derby winner Sunday Silence leads the field of nine colts entered in the Preakness Stakes. ABC’s coverage of the 114th running from Baltimore begins at 1:30 p.m. (7)(3)(10)(42).