Previewing the Rest of the NBA Finals With Jackie MacMullan and Seerat Sohi

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Jackie MacMullan and The Ringer's Seerat Sohi to examine and recap the first four games of the NBA Finals as well as speculate on the games to come. They discuss concerns about Chris Paul, the Bucks' supporting cast, Giannis Antetokounmpo's expanded impact on the game, unlikely heroes for the upcoming games, series predictions, and more. Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Jackie MacMullan and Seerat Sohi Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nobody knows what's going on, but we watch the Olympics.
0:03.5	We just turn on our TVs and become obsessed with sports we haven't thought about in
0:08.2	four years.
0:09.5	This is why we made the Ringer Guide to the Summer Games.
0:12.9	I'm your host Roger Sherman.
0:14.8	Each day during the Tokyo Olympics, I'll tell you about a different sport, athlete,
0:18.9	or storyline.
0:19.9	We'll be releasing new episodes every day starting July 19th.
0:23.8	Follow along on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast so you know exactly how to
0:28.9	watch the Olympics.
0:30.8	The Bill Simmons podcast is brought to you by Fandole and Fandole Sportsbook.
0:34.1	I was actually on Fandole Sportsbook looking at lines for the finals, which we're about
0:39.1	to talk about Jackie McMullen and Sir Ed Sohe from the Ringer.
0:43.4	The bucks are 4.00 underdogs and plus 144 to win game five.
0:52.0	They're plus 125 to win the finals.
0:56.4	They Janis is plus 110 to win the MVP.
1:02.4	Well, Janis is winning the MVP unless the bucks win the finals.
1:07.1	So cross that off.
1:08.1	You're not getting good odds on the plus 110.
1:12.6	I don't feel like the bucks are winning game seven in Phoenix.
1:15.4	I'd be really shocked if Milwaukee lost game five and then one game six and then one game
1:21.5	seven in Phoenix.
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