NBA Finals Game 2 Preview: Must Win For Wemby & Spurs
6/5/202634 min
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to break down all of the key storylines to watch for in Game 2 of the NBA Finals including Victor Wembanyama’s energy, the Knicks’ defensive strategy and what players need more minutes. But first, MacMahon walks us through his unique experience with the Spurs’ fanbase ‘The Jackals’ and Wemby’s heavy involvement/communication with the group.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
So you're saying with Hilton Honors I can use points for a free night's stay anywhere?
Tim Bontemps· Panelist0:04
Anywhere.
Speaker 10:05
[trumpet plays] What about fancy places like the Canopy in Paris?
Tim Bontemps· Panelist0:08
Yeah. Hilton Honors, baby.
Speaker 10:10
Or relaxing sanctuaries like the Conrad in Tulum?
Tim Bontemps· Panelist0:13
Hilton Honors, baby.
Speaker 10:15
Ooh, what about the five-star Waldorf Astoria in the Maldives?
Tim Bontemps· Panelist0:19
Are you gonna do this for all 9,000 properties?
Speaker 10:22
When you want points that can take you anywhere, anytime, it matters where you stay. Hilton. For the stay.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:28
[upbeat music plays] Hello, and welcome to the Hoop Collective Podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Thursday afternoon here in San Antonio, where the local heroes, the San Antonio Spurs, are down one out of the New York Knicks. Joining me, happily not in New York, but here in San Antonio, is Tim Bontemps.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:47
Hello, everybody.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:48
And fresh off his evening with the Jackals. We didn't even talk, the podcast we recorded last night, we didn't even talk about that you spent the game with the Jackals.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:56
Shump was a little too fired up to get into the Jackals.
Speaker 10:58
[laughs] Yeah.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:58
He, he was banned from the press area- [laughs] ... but accepted by the Jackals. Ban McMahon.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist1:03
Howdy, partners. I tell you what, man, I had a good time hanging with the Jackals, and it is quite an upbeat, passionate group. I was ... Like, I knew Wemby was involved. I knew it was kinda his idea.
Brian Windhorst· Host1:14
To have you go up there? That was his idea?
Tim MacMahon· Panelist1:16
[laughs] No, no, no. The, the, the founding of the group.
Brian Windhorst· Host1:18
The creation of it. Yeah, I know. I'm- Even the, even the name of the group.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist1:21
As I got to kinda hang with them and talk to them, I was shocked by the level of Wemby's involvement. Like, I knew