An exciting weekend of playoff football culminated with the Los Angeles Rams defeating the division-rival Arizona Cardinals in the NFL Wild Card round.
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was instrumental in the 34-11 win as he completed 13 of 17 passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for 22 yards and scoring another on the ground.
The Rams’ defense also rose to the occasion as they allowed a season-low 183 yards, intercepted quarterback Kyler Murray twice and held the Cardinals without a third-down conversion on nine attempts.
Several celebrities were in attendance for the matchup at SoFi Stadium, including L.A. Dodgers All-Star Mookie Betts, who sat alongside L.A. Clippers forwards Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, and USC legend Reggie Bush.
Mookie, PG13 and Kawhi in the house to watch the Rams 👀 pic.twitter.com/pMP098IhlM
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 18, 2022
Betts received cheers when shown on the video board, but George and Leonard unsurprisingly were booed from the pro-L.A. Lakers crowd.
Despite uncertainty hovering over the start of Spring Training and potentially the 2022 regular season due to the MLB lockout, Betts has been plenty active this offseason.
He of course married longtime girlfriend Brianna Hammonds, resumed hitting and spoke to the Kentucky basketball team after the CBS Sports Classic.
Betts more recently competed in the 2022 PBA Players Championship and is scheduled to play in the annual AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am later this month.
Dodgers free agent Kershaw appreciated Stafford attending return start
When the Rams acquired Stafford last year, it reunited him with Dodgers free agent and childhood friend Clayton Kershaw.
The two grew up playing sports together in Highland Park, Texas. Kershaw has attended Stafford’s games in the past, and the quarterback returned the favor this past September when he was on hand for Kershaw’s return start against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
“For him to come out and show support the day after was really cool,” Kershaw said at the time. “We’ve known each other for a long time and we played a lot of sports together growing up. It’s always fun to have somebody to chill for in another sport, and Matthew is that guy for me.
“Now that we’re both in L.A., it’s kind of full circle. It’s pretty cool.”
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