An Epic Spurs-Thunder Series, Cleveland Survives, and the Knicks' Moment Is HERE With Zach Lowe

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 106 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe react to the Cavs eliminating the Pistons in Game 7 before previewing the conference finals matchups and looking at trade suitors for Giannis (0:31). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Zach Lowe Producers: Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Jonathan Frias Find the right talent with Hiring Pro at https://linkedin.com/simmons The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan to learn more about the resources and helplines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The All right, Bill Simmons podcast live on Netflix, Zach Lois here.
0:36.3	We thought we'd be starting after the Cavaliers Pistons game.
0:40.6	But the Pistons had other ideas, and so did the Cavaliers.
0:43.4	I wanted to mention new rewatchables coming on Monday.
0:46.7	We did Borat.
0:47.9	It was me and Kyle Brand.
0:49.9	It's turned into politically incorrect comedy month on the rewatchable.
0:53.7	So we have that.
0:54.5	Zach Lowe is going to be Tuesday morning, Thursday morning as we head into an absolutely awesome round three.
1:02.8	I'm very excited.
1:04.0	The Knicks might make the finals.
1:05.5	Don't jinx it.
1:06.3	Don't jinx my hometown.
1:09.3	Spurs and thunder.
1:10.2	We're going to talk about where this matchup ranks for us, but we'll start with Cavs Pistons.
1:15.7	So wrote down, great win for Cleveland and Donovan Mitchell fans and supporters.
1:21.8	Decent win for James Hardin, truthers.
1:25.8	Great win for the Knicks because they now have home court in the
1:29.2	Eastern Conference Finals. They have one, two, five, and seven. Where do you want to start with those?
1:35.7	What truth, what truth do the James Harden Truthers subscribe to? That he's one of the 40 best
1:42.0	players of all time, that he's actually come up big in some playoff games.
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