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The Zach Lowe Show

Thunder Even the Series at 1! Adjustments for Both Sides and East Preview. Plus, Kevin Harlan on His Iconic Career!

The Zach Lowe Show

The Ringer

Basketball, Sports

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Zach is joined by Jason Timpf to discuss the biggest storylines in Spurs-Thunder, why the series is so exciting to watch, and what adjustments both teams can make. Then, they quickly preview Cavs-Knicks Game 2. Next, Kevin Harlan comes on to break down some of his biggest calls and his philosophy as a broadcaster. (0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show! (2:31) Jason Timpf joins the show! (4:05) Injuries are becoming a big storyline for Spurs-Thunder (14:18) The desperation both teams are playing with is amazing to watch (22:34) Adjustments from the Thunder offense (33:20) Adjustments from the Thunder defense (49:59) What led to the Knicks' comeback (56:03) James Harden’s defense was not good (1:01:48) Kevin Harlan joins the show! (1:03:47) Is it hard to switch broadcast partners? (1:05:53) On naming Kevin Garnett the big ticket (1:08:12) How did you come up with some of your most iconic calls? (1:18:09) On finding your feet as a broadcaster (1:32:53) What’s a play you wish you had been on the call for? (1:36:29) - On finding new ways to describe things Host: Zach Lowe Guests: Jason Timpf and Kevin Harlan Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto and Michael Szokoli Thousands of cars and the largest online selection of vehicle parts. 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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0:00.0

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0:36.4

Coming up on the Zach Lowe show, The Thunder, even the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs.

0:54.9

It got a little nicely there at the end. There was a corner three. They could have got down to two with more than a minute to go. Boy, wouldn't have that had been fun. What did the Thunder do on both ends of the floor to get back in the series? Massive adjustments on both ends of the floor. A lot of Isaiah Hardenstein, a lot of hair pulling, a violent dunk that we'll talk about by Steph Castle.

0:57.9

Just these games are between these two teams.

1:01.0

Holy smokes, the level of play, the level of intensity.

1:06.3

And unfortunately, injuries beginning to be a part of the story, Jalen Williams and Dylan Harper, both leave game two.

1:09.0

Prognosis unclear for game three.

1:13.2

De Aaron Fox did not play. Game two, we'll talk about the injuries how they'll impact the series jason tim from who tonight is here to go over

1:18.0

all of that uh and what to expect in game three like the adjustments to the adjustments to the adjustments

1:23.3

and these two teams are going to test each other and make each other stretch further than any other opponent could. Quicky, we get to Nick's Cavs. I'm headed to Madison Square Garden for game two tonight. Game one, who, game one was a thing. Game one, not the finest moment for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Kenny Atkinson and James Hardin and on and on. Can the cabs respond? We go quickly on what we saw in game one, what adjustments we might see in game two. And then Kevin Harlan is here to just be fun. Just talking basketball, talking words, talking language, talking iconic broadcast stuff. Why have him on now? Because his time at Amazon for the season just ended. Amazon Prime's coverage is over for the season,

2:01.7

so we reflect on that and just the NBA in general. He's got some free time. I said, why not bring

2:06.1

a legendary voice on that's all coming up next on the Zach Lowe show. The Zach Lowe show is brought

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Thank you. Welcome to the Zach Lowe show.

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