Wemby Shines in Game 1, and a Knicks-Cavs Preview

The Mismatch

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4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Verno and Jacoby return to react to the classic Game 1 of the Western Conference finals and give their thoughts on Game 2. They also preview the Eastern Conference finals featuring the Knicks and Cavaliers. Welcome to The Mismatch! (00:00) Spurs-Thunder: “Harwood Classic,” Spurs win Game 1, 122-115 (2OT) (6:40) Alex Caruso has the game of his life: 31 pts to keep Thunder in the game (10:15) Wemby with an MVP performance: 41 pts, 24 reb with a logo 3-pointer (17:15) Thunder need some soul searching after Game 1. SGA 24 pts, Chet 8 pts (24:28) Small market atmosphere in Oklahoma City and San Antonio (26:06) Refs make the right calls and keep the game moving (33:34) Looking ahead to the rest of the series: Smoking on that OKC - Thunder in 6 (41:02) Insane stats from Game 1: Rookie Dylan Harper has a historic night (50:56) Knicks-Cavs Preview: New York is a different team from the start of the season (56:51) Cavs' inconsistent play in the playoffs; Knicks are the clear favorite (1:02:23) Shams breaking the MVP news before Amazon (1:03:59) Story time with Verno and Jacoby Leave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091 Protect your summer today at WeatherTech.com Hosts: Chris Vernon and David Jacoby Producers: Stefan Anderson and Jeff Shearin Social: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
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0:39.5	It's Dave Jacoby.
0:42.7	Oh, my God.
0:44.5	I mean, we had all anticipated this matchup for months.
0:51.8	And then when you get it and it's here,
0:54.2	and that happens,
0:58.8	this is why I love NBA basketball.
1:02.3	This.
1:05.4	It was going to be very difficult
1:08.2	for that to exceed our expectations.
1:12.8	And it did tenfold.
1:16.2	Game one of the Western Conference finals between the Spurs and Oklahoma City was,
1:24.1	I always worry about being prisoner of the moment,
1:27.3	but that is one that would like, I always worry about being prisoner of the moment,
1:37.0	but that is one that would, like, be on those classic games on NBA TV back in the day. It will be Victor Wimbunyama.
1:40.5	Here's what he looked like when he was 22 years old in his first conference finals game
1:48.3	and he put up 40 and 20.
1:51.9	His first playoff run.
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