The Knicks' Finals Run, and Most Iconic Calls With Mike Breen! Plus, Spurs-Thunder Game 6 Primer.

The Zach Lowe Show

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Sports, Basketball

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Zach is joined by Mike Breen to discuss the Knicks' run, his most iconic calls, and how he’ll approach the NBA Finals this year. Then, Mo Dakhil joins to break down how the Thunder beat the Spurs defense in Game 5 and what each team needs to do to win Game 6. (0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show! (2:09) Mike Breen joins the show! (4:50) What will you remember from the Knicks' run to the Finals? (13:00) Random list of alums it would be cool to see at the Finals (24:51) What are your memories of last year’s Eastern Conference finals? (37:23) On the double-bang Curry shot (45:28) Do you approach this Finals any differently with the Knicks being in it? (47:49) Mo Dakhil joins the show! (50:19) Thoughts on Wemby’s Game 5 performance (1:01:26) How have the Thunder beaten the Spurs defense? (1:17:05) I expect Wemby to come out like a man possessed Host: Zach Lowe Guests: Mike Breen and Mo Dakhil Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto and Michael Szokoli The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan to learn more about the resources and helplines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	coming up on the zach lowe show the Knicks are in the finals.
0:41.3	This is not a drill.
0:42.8	The New York Knicks are in the finals for the first time in 27 years.
0:46.4	You already know that.
0:47.5	It's old news.
0:48.7	The calves were swept.
0:50.0	Analytically, it could be 2-2.
0:52.0	I'm not sure when the analytical game 5 is, but the actual series is over. And we have a lot of time to reflect on the Knicks long journeys, multiple journeys. There's been like 10 different iterations of the Knicks in the last 20 years, 25 years. And Mike Breen has been around for all of it. One of the great guys in the sport, one of the
1:12.4	great storytellers in the sport. He was, of course, on the East Finals for ESPN. He's going to be on
1:17.1	the whole finals for ABC slash ESPN. And he's going to tell, he's here to tell tons of stories,
1:23.1	reflect on the Knicks, reflect on stuff that's happened in his life. Great conversation.
1:27.4	And then the next game of the year is probably going to be tonight by the time you listen to this. Maybe tomorrow, if you listen to it right away, game six, Spurs Thunder. Moad DeKeele is here to break down game five. What did the Thunder figure out? What did the Spurs miss in terms of opportunities? What's going to happen in game six? Who's going to
1:44.9	adjust? What's the counter to the counter? Who's going to win? Are we going to see a game seven? Can we
1:50.0	see a game seven? We get into all that coming up on the Zach Lowe show. The Zach Lowe show is brought
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