A Magic Upset, a Lakers Surprise, Playoff Wemby, El Cheapo, Bill’s Award Flip, and Other Round 1 Notes With Zach Lowe

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 123 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Zach Lowe LIVE on Netflix after Trail Blazers vs. Spurs to recap all the NBA playoff Game 1s (0:32). Then, Bill explains why he changed his MVP vote, discusses what the eliminated play-in teams should do in the offseason, and much more (01:12:17). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Zach Lowe Producers: Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Chris Wohlers Brought to you by PayPal. Learn more at https://paypal.com/payin4 The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠⁠ www.rg-help.com⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Where the hell am I?
0:02.0	It's a fighting tournament.
0:04.0	To the death.
0:05.0	It's called Mortal Kombat for a reason.
0:09.0	The tournament begins.
0:11.0	Johnny Case.
0:13.0	You have been chosen to fight.
0:15.0	Come in or what?
0:16.0	I'm an actor.
0:17.0	I can't do this.
0:19.0	You're fighting for the fate of our world.
0:21.6	Get over here!
0:23.6	Mortal Kombat 2, in Cinemas May 8.
0:27.6	Book tickets now.
0:28.6	It's show time. The Bill Simmons podcast. We are live on Netflix. Sunday night. Zach Lois here. I don't know where to begin, but this was an awesome sports weekend because we had a two-day
1:14.8	WrestleMania.
1:15.7	I know you don't care about that.
1:17.3	We had hockey started today.
1:18.9	We had just a devastating Bruins collapse in Buffalo.
1:23.5	First Buffalo home playoff game.
1:25.1	I think first Buffalo playoff game in 15 years.
1:27.8	Wow.
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