Bill Macdonald is an American professional
sportscaster who is currently the
TV play-by-play announcer for the
Los Angeles Lakers of the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) on
Spectrum SportsNet
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alongside color commentator
Stu Lantz.
Career
Macdonald joined the network, then called Prime Ticket, at its inception in 1985. He has also worked for
Fox Sports West
Bally Sports West is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operated as part of Bally Sports, along with its sister network Bally Spor ...
/
Prime Ticket Prime Ticket may refer to:
* Bally Sports West, a regional sports network that was known as Prime Ticket from 1985 to 1995
* Bally Sports SoCal
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In the past, Macdonald has hosted the following pre-game and in-game shows:
*''Lakers Live'', from
Staples Center with analyst
Norm Nixon
Norman Ellard Nixon (born October 11, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played with Scav ...
*''Angels Live'', from
Angel Stadium
Angel Stadium of Anaheim is a baseball stadium located in Anaheim, California. Since its opening in 1966, it has served as the home ballpark of the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB), and was also the home stadium to the Los An ...
with
José Mota
*''Ducks Live'', from
Honda Center
The Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California. The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League.
Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction ...
with
Brian Hayward
Brian George Hayward (born June 25, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who currently serves as a color analyst for Anaheim Ducks broadcasts on Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West and KDOC.
Playing career
Hayward played coll ...
Background
He is also the former host of the
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference and was founded on June 5, 1967, after Jack Kent ...
' pregame show ''Break the Ice'' and calls play-by-play for
Los Angeles Avengers
The Los Angeles Avengers were an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California, from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.
History
The Los Angeles Avengers played their home games at the Staples Center, which is also th ...
Arena Football,
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...
college football and
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
for FSN Prime Ticket. He has also been the host of FSN's
Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
The Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament, otherwise known as the Pac-12 tournament, is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the Pac-12, taking place in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena.
History
The predecess ...
coverage at the
Staples Center for the past several years. For the past three years, Macdonald has hosted the UCLA Press Conference Show, with
Matt Stevens in 2005 and 2006, and
James Washington in 2007.
Macdonald called the game (January 22,
2006) in which
Kobe Bryant scored 81 points, the second-highest total in
NBA history. He filled in for the play-by-play analyst at the time,
Joel Meyers
Joel Meyers is an American sportscaster who is the play-by-play announcer of the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also is the lead host of "Above the Rim", which airs weekdays from 10am-1pm ET on SiriusXM N ...
, who had another broadcasting commitment that day.
When Meyers left the Lakers at the end of the 2010-2011 season due to the team not renewing his contract, the Lakers hired Macdonald to replace him. Macdonald has been the team's play-by-play voice full-time since the 2011-2012 season.
Macdonald has three twin sons, and resides in
Newport Beach
Newport Beach is a coastal city in South Orange County, California. Newport Beach is known for swimming and sandy beaches. Newport Harbor once supported maritime industries however today, it is used mostly for recreation. Balboa Island draws ...
.
References
Living people
College football announcers
UCLA Bruins football announcers
American sports announcers
Arena football announcers
College basketball announcers in the United States
Television anchors from Los Angeles
University of Southern California alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Los Angeles Lakers announcers
Los Angeles Kings announcers
Anaheim Ducks announcers
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim announcers
Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) commentators
Year of birth missing (living people)
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