Celtics Top Thunder and Wemby’s Brilliance With Brian Scalabrine. Plus, Moussa Diabaté on the Upstart Hornets.

The Zach Lowe Show

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Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Zach is joined by Brian Scalabrine to recap the Celtics' win over the Thunder. Then, they discuss how close Wemby is to being the best in the league before sorting through the middle of the Eastern Conference. Then, Moussa Diabaté joins to talk about his nickname, LaMelo Ball, and what the future holds for the Hornets. (0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show! (2:20) Brian Scalabrine joins the show! (3:19) Thoughts on OKC-BOS (17:50) Do the Thunder need to tighten their rotation (20:47) MVP thoughts (31:18) Let’s talk about the Knicks defense (36:57) Should we believe in Cleveland? (41:07) Sorting through the rest of the East (52:06) What are we supposed to make of this Giannis situation? (58:30) Is there a tanking fix you like? (1:08:07) Do you believe in the Denver Nuggets? (1:15:33) Moussa Diabaté joins the show! (1:16:12) Do you like the Moose nickname? (1:19:58) On the brawl with the Pistons (1:25:56) On LaMelo Ball (1:28:44) How has fasting for Ramadan changed things for you? (1:32:38) Do you have your sights set on playing for France at the L.A. Olympics? Host: Zach Lowe Guests: Brian Scalabrine and Moussa Diabaté Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto Thousands of cars and the largest online selection of vehicle parts. 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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0:33.7	Coming up after this, on the Zach Lowe Show, we are coming off an absolutely bonkers night in the NBA.
0:42.8	Houston and Minnesota play one of the wildest back-and-forth games you will ever see.
0:47.3	What does it say about both of the teams, particularly Houston, managing to blow a 13-point lead in overtime? the Celtics beat the thunder in what very much felt like a statement
0:58.1	game for both the Boston Celtics and Jason Tatum.
1:01.0	Brian Scalabrini was at the game, calling the game.
1:03.5	He's joining us to talk about that and everything going on in the NBA, including
1:07.4	all four leading MVP candidates absolutely showed out last night. Again, just a crazy night in the NBA. There's a lot going on to talk about. We'll talk about the top of the east. The bottom five to 10 in the east is now a complete mess. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about Janus. What the hell is going on? What are they arguing about? What was the statement that the union released this week? Adam Silmer laid the hammer down on tanking. Let's see what happens with that. And then we'll talk a little bit about some mid-tier Western conference teams. The Nuggets gave up a million points last night, but one because Jamal Murray, all NBA, Jamal Murray, that's right, at 53 points. Just a ton of stuff going on in the NBA, and Scott will help us sort through all of it.
1:47.2	And then put the antlers up.
1:49.4	Musa Diabate is here for a quick visit on all things Charlotte Hornets, including the brawl
1:55.1	and whether he wants to see the Pistons again in the playoffs.
1:59.0	Happy opening day.
2:00.5	Let's Beeping Go Mets. And we'll talk to you soon on
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