The Knicks Land a Haymaker, With Doc Rivers. Plus, a Mini-Mailbag, the End of 'Euphoria,' and a Movies Resurgence With Joanna Robinson and Chris Ryan.

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Join The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Doc Rivers LIVE on Netflix to recap the Knicks' Game 1 win over the Spurs in the NBA Finals (01:15). Then, Bill does a mini-mailbag (51:40) before being joined by Chris Ryan and Joanna Robinson to give their thoughts on the ‘Euphoria’ finale, whether it stuck the landing, as well as the state of TV and movies (1:21:20). Hosts: Bill SimmonsGuests: Doc Rivers, Chris Ryan, and Joanna RobinsonProducers: Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, Tucker Tashjian, and Chris Wohlers Brought to you by PayPal. Learn more at paypal.com Give No Quits. Shop at your Local Duluth Trading Company Store or Online 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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1:50.0	Trains on Uber. All right, the Bill Simmons podcast, we are live on Netflix. Special guest, my friend Doc Rivers is here after just an incredible, dramatic.
1:52.1	Wasn't the best played game?
1:53.4	The stats weren't awesome.
1:55.5	But a lot of twists and turns.
1:56.7	The Knicks pull it out.
2:00.3	And I think we thought the same thing with about three, four minutes left.
2:18.7	One team looked like they kind of knew what they were doing. And the other team looked like the playoff experience, youth stuff was starting to creep in. I didn't like the shots I got. I didn't, I just didn't like anything. And the Knicks just went into Nick's boat. Yeah, I don't know though, Bill there was youth as far as at the end of the game.
2:24.8	I would say this, at the end of the game, if you told anyone, at least with me, before the game,
2:28.8	it's going to come down to a single possession game, you're going to favor the Knicks,
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