The MSG Miracle! OG’s Tip, the Spurs' Collapse, and a Finals MVP Debate!
6/11/20261 hr 16 min
Zach is joined by Ian Begley to try to make sense of the Knicks' miraculous Game 4 comeback. They discuss OG Anunoby’s tip-in, debate who the MVP should be, and question what the Spurs need to do moving forward. Finally, they try to contextualize the run that this Knicks team is on. (0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show! (1:57) Ian Begley joins the show! (4:36) What will you remember most from this game? (10:52) On Josh Hart's end-of-game play (25:51) It will be difficult for the Spurs to recover from this (33:12) Should Anunoby be the Finals MVP if the Knicks win? (47:37) Is Zach responsible for the Knicks' success? (49:42) What has led to Jalen Brunson’s success? (52:59) Do the Spurs need to move on from De’Aaron Fox? (1:01:46) Is there a historical comp for this Knicks team? Host: Zach Lowe Guest: Ian Begley Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto and Michael Szokoli The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan to learn more about the resources and helplines. Visit neweracap.com for 20% off, exclusions apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsZach Lowe· Host0:01
[upbeat music] Coming up on the Zach Lowes Show. Did that just happen? Did we all witness that at Madison Square Garden? Was that a dream? The New York Knicks, 53 years after their last championship, overcame a 29-point deficit to win game four and come within one win of their first title in those 53 years. What a scene. Ian Begley was there too with me. We talk about everything from the game, the scene, the post-game scene, the post-game interviews. OG Anunoby with two iconic plays in the span of, like, five seconds of basketball time and two minutes of real time. De'Aaron Fox, what in the world were you thinking? Victor Wembanyama, where were you in the second half? Well, 3 of 14, he was somewhere. How did the Knicks do this? Jalen Brunson came alive. OG Anunoby just on the heater of a lifetime. Uh, how did the Knicks figure out the Spurs' defense? Do the Spurs have any hope going back to San Antonio? Can they recover from one of the all-time gut punch losses in the history of sports, basically? Yeah, in the history of sports, I'll say it. We talk about all that. We talk about the Knicks and how this playoff run is basically completely anomalous in the history of the NBA. I don't even know how to contextualize this team. Finals MVP, it's a little premature, but we talk about it anyway. Just both of us are hungover