Jalen Williams's and Wemby’s Injuries, Game 3 Previews, and Mets Corner!

The Zach Lowe Show

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Sports, Basketball

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

Zach is joined by Steve Jones Jr. to dive into the NBA playoffs and share which teams have the edge in their series. Then, Shea Serrano comes on to discuss Victor Wembanyama’s injury and what basketball means to him. Finally, Sean Fennessey joins for a somber edition of Mets Corner. (0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show! (2:20) Steve Jones Jr. joins the show! (4:03) When do the Thunder need Jalen Williams back? (7:48) Was the officiating as bad as Devin Booker says? (15:04) If you like offense, Detroit-Orlando is not the series for you (22:29) Adjustments that Orlando now needs to make (29:27) Let’s move on to Rockets-Lakers Game 3 (36:57) The Rockets’ offense shows flashes but has no consistency (42:50) Let's finish up with Sixers-Celtics (50:05) Did Game 2 feel like the Celtics fell into bad habits? (56:18) Shea Serrano joins the show! (1:02:53) Let’s talk about your Game 1 experience (1:06:25) On being able to share these experiences with your dad (1:21:28) When the Spurs are good San Antonio is alive (1:30:18) Mets Corner with Sean Fennessey! (1:32:49) I’m sick of being embarrassed as a fan (1:51:30) Steve Cohen should delete his Twitter Host: Zach Lowe Guests: Steve Jones Jr., Shea Serrano, Sean Fennessey Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto and Michael Szokoli When you need your fit to deliver, we’ve got you. Shop Men's Wearhouse. 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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0:34.6	Coming up on the Zach Lowe show, it's Thursday, we have three huge games tonight, including
0:41.8	two Pivotal Game 3s, Knicks Hawks and Thunder Wolves.
0:45.5	We'll talk about those a little bit.
0:47.2	And then Steve Jones Jr. is coming on to talk about all the stuff that happened last night
0:51.6	and all of Friday's major game.
0:53.3	Steve Jones, Jr., you know him from Twitter from the Dunker Spot,
0:55.7	one of those guys where if you want to understand what happened in the game, you've got to follow him, you got to follow his Twitter. Detroit, Orlando, the Pistons evened it up. What did they do? What are some counters for the magic in game three? Oklahoma City Phoenix. It looked like the headline was going to be, whoa boy, J-dub is all the way back.
1:13.5	How scary is this freaking team? And then in the third quarter, he pulled up with a hamstring issue. We'll talk about the implications of that for the thunder. When do they actually need Jalen Williams back? How do they adjust without him? Phoenix, Devin Booker went at the officials. There were some shaky calls in game three. We'll talk about, or game two. We'll talk about whether they were right and wrong. And then Steve and I will get into Lakers Rockets. Houston, hello, the playoffs started, and Sixers Celtics. Shea Serrano comes on to talk about Spurs, Blazers. His life is a Spurs fan, his relationship with his dad,
1:46.0	Denny Avdiya, Scoot Anderson.
1:47.8	That whole series going back to Portland with or without Wembe in game three.
1:51.2	We'll see.
1:52.3	And then it's time.
1:55.0	Mets Corner.
1:57.5	Yeah, they won.
1:59.4	Throw a goddamn parade.
2:00.7	Met's Corner. All coming up on The Zachalos Show.
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