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The Bill Simmons Podcast

Part 1: The Best NBA Finals Angles With Ryen Russillo

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.529.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In Part 1 of a two-part podcast, The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo to discuss the Mavericks-Celtics NBA Finals, a look back on each team's playoff path, NBA historical implications, how the Mavericks reinvented their team mid-season, player matchups, and much more. Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Ryen Russillo Producer: Kyle Crichton 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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0:00.0

Coming up a special two-part NBA finals preview with a lot more next.

0:07.0

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0:12.0

We did Slapshot. It's only one of the best sports

0:14.8

movies of all time. It's only the best hockey movie of all time. It is coming on Monday night. We might even

0:20.7

put it a tiny bit earlier than usual and you'll be able to watch it eventually as well on our Ringer movies YouTube channel

0:26.7

Hope you're checking out my YouTube channel as well

0:29.4

Just search for Bill Simmons. You will find it coming up, we're gonna do a special two-part

0:35.1

podcast, me and Risillo here for Part 1,

0:37.2

and then we have something a little different for you

0:39.4

for Part 2 that's gonna go up later that night.

0:42.3

We're talking to be a finals right now.

0:43.6

First, our friends from Pearl Jet. So, yeah. All right, we are taking this on a non-sum day afternoon here in Los Angeles.

1:10.2

Ryan Rossello is here.

1:12.2

We're talking to be a finals finals at least in part one.

1:14.7

Celtics minus 225 favorites to win the title Mavericks. Plus 188 on Fandow.

1:19.9

Risillo. Are people kind of sleeping on what a massive upset would be if Dallas actually won the championship

1:26.6

here?

1:27.6

Because I feel like in the last couple days because Luke and Kyrie looked so good in the last

1:31.7

round.

1:32.7

Then a lot of people are like, I'll tell you,

1:34.9

you're one the best player in the series.

1:36.6

And it just feels like Dallas is a massive underdog,

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