Hour 1: How Important is Closing Out Tonight For Thunder?

First Take

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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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First Take begins with the WCF! Game 6 could see an SGA explosion, sending the Thunder to their second straight finals. Or, a Wemby mauling, bring us an epic game 7 in OKC. Do the Thunder NEED to finish off these pesky upstart Spurs tonight? (0:00) Then, at the start of the playoffs, every pundit said the East was wide open! It's anyone's year! Now, the narrative is "this was a super easy path for the Knicks." What changed? (25:35) Next, Kirby smart suggested the SEC seceding from the NCAA. Is this a SMART move? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention all passengers.
0:03.0	The Uber ride for Jeff's rugby team will depart in five minutes from Platform 15.
0:09.0	Your ride comes with six toilets and a refreshments carriage that you'll empty within five minutes.
0:16.0	Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.
0:19.0	Trains on Uber.
0:23.8	It's six days away, baby.
0:25.8	It's six days away from the start of the NBA finals.
0:29.2	You okay?
0:29.8	It may not start in New York City, but damn it's going to end in the mecca, the media capital world.
0:36.0	My girl, Shea ain't in the house today, but the one and only joke fought bars in the mecca, the media capital world. My girl, Shay, ain't in the house today,
0:38.5	but the one and only Joe fart bars in the house.
0:42.2	Tell me something, Joe,
0:44.7	and my boy, Big Perkins in the house in the house.
0:47.2	And y'all might think,
0:48.2	y'all might look at him,
0:49.2	and he might look a little sleepy and all this stuff.
0:51.6	Remember, he was supposed to be off today.
0:55.5	But his little big bro needed him. His little big bro needed him. And I said, Perk, yo! What's up? I need you on
1:00.9	first take. And he said, ha, ha, ha, ha, I'll be there for you. And here he is. That's what
1:08.1	first takes brings to the table every morning, ladies and gentlemen.
1:11.6	Hallow.
1:12.6	This is game five.
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