Weekend TV lineup features Mayweather-Pacquiao, Kentucky Derby, NBA and NHL playoffs

It’ll be fitting if Carpe Diem, at 8-1 odds, wins Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. The horse’s Latin name, which translates to “seize the day,” could be seized as a motto this weekend by sports fans, who on Saturday alone can feast their eyes on the aforementioned “Greatest Two Minutes in Sports” (1 p.m., NBC (3)); the “Fight of the Century” (6 p.m., HBO and Showtime PPV ($99.99)) between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden; the NBA and NHL playoffs; the NFL Draft (9 a.m., ESPN (30)); and a Red Sox-Yankees game at Boston’s Fenway Park (10:30 a.m., MLBN (314)).

TODAY

NBA playoffs, Eastern Conference quarterfinals, Atlanta Hawks at Brooklyn Nets, Game 6 (5 p.m., ESPN (30)): Al Horford and the top-seeded Hawks need to win their first road game of the series to close out underachieving guard Deron Williams and the No. 8 Nets or face a winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday in Atlanta (10 a.m., ABC (13)).

BEST OF REST: MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs (11 a.m., MLBN (314)), New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox or Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays (4 p.m., MLBN (314)), Los Angeles Angels at San Francisco Giants (7 p.m., FSW (49)), Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers (7 p.m., Prime (50)), Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres (7 p.m., Cox (96)); NFL Draft: (4 p.m., NFLN (317), ESPN2 (31); NHL playoffs: Eastern Conference semifinals, Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, Game 1 (4 p.m., NBCSP (38)), Western Conference semifinals, Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks, Game 1 (6:30 p.m., NBCSP (38)).

SATURDAY

BEST OF REST: MLB: Los Angeles Angels at San Francisco Giants (1 p.m., FSW (49), FS1 (329)), Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves (4 p.m. FS1 (329)), Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres (5:30 p.m., Cox (96)), Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers (6 p.m., Prime (50)); NHL playoffs: Eastern Conference semifinals, Washington Capitals at New York Rangers, Game 2 (9:30 a.m., NBC (3)).

SUNDAY

NBA playoffs, Western Conference semifinals, Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors, Game 1 (12:30 p.m., ABC (13)): The Splash Brothers — Steph Curry and Klay Thompson — lead the top-seeded and high-flying Warriors against a physical Memphis squad missing its starting point guard, Mike Conley.

BEST OF REST: MLB: Los Angeles Angels at San Francisco Giants (1 p.m., FSW (49)), Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers (1 p.m., Prime (50)), Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres (1 p.m., Cox (96)), New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox (5 p.m., ESPN (30)); NHL playoffs: Eastern Conference semifinals, Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, Game 2 (3 p.m., NBCSP (38)), Western Conference semifinals, Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks, Game 2 (5:30 p.m., NBCSP (38)), Calgary Flames at Anaheim Ducks, Game 2 (7 p.m., CNBC (35)); PGA Tour: WGC-Cadillac Championship, final round (11 a.m., NBC (3)).

Contact reporter Todd Dewey at tdewey@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0354. Follow him on Twitter: @tdewey33.