Wemby Lifts Spurs Over Thunder! Breakdown of the Biggest Plays, and a Preview of the East.

The Zach Lowe Show

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Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Zach is joined by Rob Mahoney to recap the incredible Game 1 between the Spurs and Thunder. They break down their favorite plays, share adjustments that can be made, and project what the rest of the series might look like. Then, they preview the Eastern Conference finals before revealing their winners and losers of the postseason so far. (0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show! (2:24) Rob Mahoney joins the show! (5:32) Spurs beat Thunder in Game 1 (13:15) The plays Zach wants to embed in his brain forever (16:27) Wemby makes the Curry-like 3 in overtime (22:49) Jalen Williams misses a relatively open 3 (33:09) SGA can’t score on the two-on-one break (43:44) Big-picture thoughts on this series (58:37) The Thunder's D was good enough that they just need to score (1:04:25) Knicks-Cavs preview (1:16:53) Winners and losers of the postseason Host: Zach Lowe Guest: Rob Mahoney Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto and Michael Szokoli #ULTRACourtside could get you closer to the game! https://michelobultra.com/courtside MICHELOB ULTRA®️ COURTSIDE ’25 to ’26. No Purchase Necessary. Open to US residents 21 plus. Begins on October 1, 2025 and ends on June 30, 2026 Multiple entry periods. See Official Rules at https://michelobultra.com/courtside for free entry, entry deadlines, prizes, and details. 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	I'll now hand you over to my best man, Eddie.
0:04.0	Wow, wow, wow, second time's a charm, eh, Billy Boy?
0:09.0	Oh God.
0:10.0	Substitution, courtesy of Paddy Power embarrassing Eddie makes way for sensible Samuel.
0:15.0	Cool, that was close.
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0:24.9	Pre-match and in-play bets on qualifying player outcome selections only.
0:27.3	T's and Clusions apply.
0:28.6	18 plus scummelaware.org.
0:32.5	Coming up on the Zach Lowe show.
0:39.1	Oh my God.
0:40.8	What happened last night?
0:43.0	Spurs Thunder, the hype was through the roof,
0:45.9	and the series in game one exceeded the hype by a lot.
0:50.0	Victor Wembenyama.
0:52.0	I mean, what can you even say?
0:54.3	The rest of the league watched that game and is just like, oh my God, what are we supposed to do?
1:00.5	45 points, 24 rebounds, whatever the hell it was, I don't even know.
1:04.5	Just living at the rim on offense, only took two threes.
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