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The Thunder Get Physical to Take Game 2. Plus, the Offseason Wheel of Destiny. | Group Chat

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4.29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

No J. Kyle Mann today, so Justin and Rob immediately react to another close game between the Thunder and Spurs. They talk about how the Thunder tied the series, injuries for both teams, and more. Then they briefly talk about the Cavs-Knicks series and what adjustments the Cavs need to make. Then, they wrap up with the news of Jason Kidd getting fired by the Mavericks, and they debut the Offseason Wheel of Destiny! (00:00) Intro(2:34) Fan Duel ad break(3:10) Thunder-Spurs Game 2(37:56) Fan Duel ad break(38:51) Cavs-Knicks thoughts(55:41) Amazon Prime ad break(56:13) Jason Kidd fired(1:03:29) Offseason Wheel of Destiny Hosts: Justin Verrier and Rob MahoneyProducers: Victoria Valencia and Isaiah BlakelyProduction Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor NevinsAdditional Production Support: John Richter and Chris WohlersThe Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan to learn more about the resources and helplines.Order and it will come. Like today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to group chat. I am Justin Varyer and joining me, Rob Mahoney.

0:20.0

Rob, have you been pounding electrolytes

0:23.3

after yet another incredible game between the Spurs and the Thunder? I am pounding them because

0:28.8

like hell am I also going to pull a hamstring. Is that why Kyle is in here today? I think so. Yeah,

0:34.5

he just needed a DMP old for the night, but we powered through and good God did the Spurs and the Thunder power through in this game two performance. I feel like the first game was just the spectacle of it all, the two overtimes, a Wemby shot that's like, we're going to see that shot a thousand more times before he gets into the Hall of Fame in 20 years. Wait, genuinely to pause for a second. What's the over under on how many times you and I will see that shot before we die? It's hundreds, right? It's like at least two to 500. It'll be a part of every highlight package of his like playoff performances. It'll be a part of his like, you know, Hall of Fame clip reel someday, hopefully. So I don't

1:12.2

think we're ever going to escape it. I'm not mad about it. Uh, I think this one will go into a

1:17.5

hall of fame like clip package, but it might just be one that circulates online about Isaiah

1:22.3

Hartenstein because this game was was very much like the Meling, like, you have to survive this matchup.

1:30.6

And I think Hartstein broke out literal MMA moves against women in order to crown in the

1:34.5

paint.

1:35.0

Well, I already have started separate clip farms just pulling those packages together.

1:40.3

Some like pro-OKC propaganda, some pro-Sperurs propaganda being like, look how dirty this is.

1:46.0

You really can't have too many bases covered, but what an Isaiah Hardinstein game?

1:49.8

And what honestly an incredible performance by Mark Dagnalt and the Thunder and

1:53.8

Hardinstein more broadly to pull him into relevance in the series when it seemed like he might

1:58.3

be played out of it or at least played into somewhat meaningless minutes by as soon as game two or game three we're going to talk about all that all the

2:05.4

action from game two between the thunder and the spurs we're going to look ahead to nix calves game

2:10.9

two at msj then we're going to get into some offseason talk first jason kid out with the mavericks

2:16.1

and then we're going to debut the offseason wheel of destiny. It's actually a name TK. We're not totally sure if we like that one, but if you have other ideas? Yeah. Or if you're a sponsor, you want to sponsor that, Ferraro, our guys in the chocolate factory? That is no. But first we've got to take a break. The Ringer NBA show is brought to you by Fandul.

2:36.2

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2:38.2

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2:40.1

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