I had this situation for last week's game. We met my son-in-law and his wife for lunch down in Cortland, about 40 minutes away, right during game time. Ended up going to a sports bar. Which was fine because I wanted to know the score anyway. The prospect of going through a bunch of avoidance only to go home and watch them lose was too great. I'd rather know my investment of 3 hours in watching the game would be worthwhile.
In fact, I'm getting closer and closer to just recording the games and checking the standings afterward to see if they won or lost and then watching if they won.
Too many lost Sundays watching them come up small when it counts - I'm an abused fan, no doubt.