About this episode

The episode features a detailed preview of the NBA Finals between the Spurs and Knicks, discussing key players and matchups.

On this week's episode, the guys are joined by recurring guest Nehal Patel to do a full NBA Finals preview of Spurs vs. Knicks. They discuss whether it is the most anticipated Finals of recent years and the rootability of both franchises (04:38), how Wemby has become the face of the league (17:28), how the Knicks will try to solve Wemby's defensive presence (36:07), and what the Spurs need to unlock on offense (47:16). Finally, they do a post-mortem of the Thunder and what to expect from them moving forward (01:01:43).

People in this episode

Host: Karthik Muralidharan

Guest: Nehal Patel

Topics covered

• NBA Finals Preview
• Knicks vs Spurs
• Franchise Rootability
• Wemby as Face of the League
• Matchup Breakdown
• Thunder Post-Mortem

Keywords

• NBA Finals
• Knicks
• Spurs
• Wemby
• Thunder
• basketball
• matchup breakdown

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Knicks, Spurs, Thunder

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