The Ringer NBA Show
Wolves Win in Ant’s Return. Plus, Knicks Blow Out the Sixers | Real Ones
05 May 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
What's poppin'?
Chapter 2: What happened in the Timberwolves vs. Spurs Game 1?
Real ones. Logan Murdoch here. Howard Beck and Raja Bell. In a second, we react to all of the fun games of Monday night. We talk about the Spurs. Are they in trouble? We talk about the Knicks and the Sixers. Are the Sixers in trouble? Does Cliff and Ben Stiller have beef? Do they have beef right now? Is it going to be okay? Is Cliff going to get a movie role? We'll see what happens, man.
We'll see what happens.
Chapter 3: Why did the Knicks dominate the Sixers in Game 1?
Then we talk a little bit about Twitch stream. Stay off of Twitch. Stay off of Twitch. And then we get into your mailbag questions. Really, really fun episode. You know how we do. It's playoffs. It's vibes. It's all of the above. Real ones up next. Cliff, Victoria.
Chapter 4: What is Jomi's Pack Watch segment about?
Play the theme music.
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Chapter 5: What are the Cavaliers-Pistons playoff predictions?
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Chapter 6: What did Jaylen Brown say about officiating on Twitch?
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What's poppin'? Real ones. Logan Murdoch here. Howard Beck there. Roger Bell in the trenches. Happy Cinco de Mayo to all the folks that celebrate all my Mexican partners. Very rare. Real ones on Cinco de Mayo. It's about to be turnt tonight. Speaking of turnt, let's talk about the NBA playoffs. The Minnesota Timberwolves take game one of the Western Conference semifinals.
Chapter 7: How do the hosts view the future of the Sixers after Game 1?
against the san antonio spurs on the road um victor woman yama had 12 blocks we'll get into all of that in a second um julius randall had 21 and 10 anthony edwards um had 18 off the bench and what did this teach you about what did this teach us about the minnesota timberwolves rajah
Look, they're a resilient bunch, man. They overcame some huge obstacles in that Denver series.
Chapter 8: What are the key insights from the mailbag segment?
Ant was only able to play, what, 25 last night? They had a bunch of guys chip in and hold the fort down with really huge efforts. But more than any of that, the resiliency, they're just really, really tough. That's a tough, grimy bunch of dudes that that have kind of bought into the way they have to play to win games. And kind of the tenor of the game, it has to be a certain way.
They want to play in this wheelhouse as a culture. And if they get you in that, they're tough. They're really tough.
Well, they had a – I want to talk about the matchup against Wimbinyama, right? They put Julius Randle on him, and I was so interested to see – you know, we talked about this throughout the season. I was so interested to see how Wimbinyama would play in a playoff setting when he's getting scouted against, where a coach and a team can just –
lean on into the scouting report on him and how he would respond to that. Um, I thought it was going to be against Denver, but apparently it's against Minnesota. Um, What did you think about how the Timberwolves played him defensively? And what does he need to do to adjust, right?
It seemed like he was missing shots, but he was more passive than anything, settling for a lot of threes, not being as aggressive as we're used to. I mean, it just seemed like basically just a generational talent kind of getting his feet wet in a playoff setting. But what did you see defensively that the Timberwolves did?
I mean, I don't know if this is a great answer. It was less about what I saw from them and just more what I kind of saw from him. He just looked a little, at times, unsure of what was going on. You know, the T-wolves looked like they were going to be okay to concede some threes. He like pawed at him a few times and pump faked and then just, you know, didn't have a plan after that. I actually...
know i understand the method behind the madness there and what you want him to do but if i'm him and i'm gonna shoot him like i'm shooting some of those more confidently than i raised up last night you know what i mean like there were a few where he looked like he second guessed himself um he got into traffic and left his feet a few times last night without a plan and that resulted in some turnovers um they were they were underneath him and sending a body to get you know to take a charge
So, yeah, I think he's got to slow down, just be real dedicated to shoot when he's open. I think they have to move him a little bit more than they did. Give him some opportunities to kind of catch and run through the catch, get downhill.
They had a late DHO with De'Aaron Fox where he just kind of, like, you know, he got the lane and he's so long that you're not stopping him as long as someone's not, like, underneath his feet. They got to move him around a little bit, give him some touches in some different areas so he can find a level of, like, And he looked uncomfortable at times yesterday is the best way for me to put it.
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