Hour 1 - Choke City

The Ben Maller Show

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4.8 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Ben Maller talks about the Spurs historical 29-point blown lead in the NBA Finals as the Knicks come back to take a 3-1 series lead, how much credit do the Knicks get for the comeback, if the Finals are in the fridge for the Jalen Brunson and the Knicks, the World Cup Pick'em, and much more!

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.4	The Benny Man Can, the Benny Man Can.
0:07.1	It's our number one, hour one of the Ben Mather Show.
0:12.4	And a happy, happy, happy Thursday to you.
0:16.2	It is the 11th day of June, and we get to dissect one of the all-time great moments in pro basketball,
0:24.3	the greatest choke job in NBA history.
0:26.9	Congratulations to Victor Wembeyanama and the Spurs.
0:30.0	They pulled it off.
0:30.8	They gagged away a 29-point third-quarter lead.
0:34.3	It had never happened before in the NBA Finals, and now it has.
0:37.9	So here in hour one, who gets the blame for Wemby's Spurs, historical 29-point-blown lead
0:44.8	in the finals? Also, how much credit on the other side do you give Jalen Brunson's Knickerbockers
0:49.9	as they get the comeback win? And is this NBA finals in the fridge for Jalen Brunson and the Knicks up three games to one?
1:01.2	We'll talk about that and a whole bunch of other stuff.
1:04.5	We also have the World Cup Pickham.
1:07.3	The World Cup Pickham will be coming your way as well, and we'll get started right now.
1:12.1	Here it is our number one.
1:16.0	For many, many years, we have lived by the mantra, a rather simple mantra that most games are lost.
1:23.6	They're not one.
1:25.0	If you don't believe me, if you think I'm just some bloviating gas bag late at night,
1:31.4	I hope you had a chance to witness the NBA finals.
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