The Zach Lowe Show
The MSG Miracle! OG’s Tip, the Spurs' Collapse, and a Finals MVP Debate!
11 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Coming up on the Zach Lowe Show. Did that just happen? Did we all witness that at Madison Square Garden? Was that a dream?
Chapter 2: What was the miraculous moment in Game 4 for the Knicks?
The New York Knicks, 53 years after their last championship, overcame a 29-point deficit to win Game 4 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 Ananobi 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?
Chapter 3: How did Josh Hart impact the gameplay during the comeback?
Victor Wembenyama, where were you in the second half? Well, three of 14, he was somewhere. How did the Knicks do this? Jalen Brunson came alive. OGN and OB just on the heater of a lifetime. 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.
Chapter 4: What challenges do the Spurs face after their Game 4 collapse?
Just both of us are hung over on vibes and no sleep from a magical night at Madison Square Garden, a night the Spurs are going to regret forever. But I expect the Spurs to come out and make the Knicks earn it in San Antonio. And if they get back to MSG, oh my God, is game six going to be tense? All of that coming up on the Zach Lowe Show with Ian Begley.
Welcome to the Zach Lowe Show. Oh my God. Ian Begley is here from SNY.
Chapter 5: Should OG Anunoby be considered for Finals MVP?
And we just saw the damnedest thing we might ever see in our NBA lives. The New York Knicks. star-crossed, cursed, uncursed, one win away from their first title in 53 years. After the craziest comeback in the history of the NBA playoffs, the Spurs blow a 29-point lead in the second half.
OGN and OB becomes a God in New York city with a block on De'Aaron Fox. The Knicks are down one in the waning seconds. All De'Aaron Fox has to do is hold the ball. And instead he tries to quick shoot a layup for reasons.
Nobody will ever understand the second all time brain fart turnover that has happened to the Spurs in this series, a series where the total score is Knicks plus eight after four games. The other one was the Wemby turnover. in game two. Who knows what the Aaron Fox was thinking. Bill Simmons even texted me. Do you think he forgot what the score was and thought it was tied? Anything's possible.
And then out of the timeout inbound to Brunson, Wendy has switched on him.
Chapter 6: What factors contributed to Jalen Brunson’s success in the playoffs?
They're not guarding OG. Who's the inbounder. And when Wendy got onto jail and Brunson, I thought, okay, like I can live. If I'm the Spurs, I know Wendy's big, but he's not really Rudy go Barry's more mobile.
Chapter 7: Do the Spurs need to consider moving on from De'Aaron Fox?
And they send a double anyway. The best defensive player on the planet is on a guy who's an all-time great offensive player that he's a foot taller than basically even more, a foot and a half. They send the double. OG reads it, rises up for the game-winning tip. Absolutely iconic. The New York Knicks, Ian Begley, who have had They're a fair share of iconic shots in their history.
But the most iconic shots in New York Knicks history are shots that have happened to them, are things that have happened at their expense in that building.
Chapter 8: Is there a historical comparison for the current Knicks team?
And now they have a moment that is all their own, that will go down if they ride this out and finish it. as I think the greatest, most iconic offensive play shot, whatever in the history of the Knicks. And then the Spurs inbound the ball. And I'll tell you, Ian Begley, I was standing and watching. I didn't even realize cat tipped the inbounds pass and he tipped it.
The clock ran out just absolute bedlam. what are you going to remember from this game for the rest of your life? Whether it's a play, it's a scene, it's a vibe. Like we were there. What a privilege to be there. It's our fucking job to be at that game. Are you kidding me? Right. What are you always going to remember?
You know, so much on the court's going to stand out, but just for me, I don't know. This is a little maybe strange to the common viewer, but I'm at the garden for every game. And always, always, always, there are fans after the game who want to take pictures with the court behind them, who want to kind of mill around and soak it in. And the ushers' jobs are to get everybody out of there.
So, you know, five, ten minutes after the game, They're getting everybody out. Hey, you got to go. It's time to leave. No more. And so they're breaking up whatever kind of party there is in the stands after a game. There was not that last night, Zach, as you know, because 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, a half hour after that game. The court was filled with fans.
The stands were filled with fans. The garden was playing Don't Stop Believin'. They were playing some Frank Sinatra. Everybody's singing along. It's a big party. And the security guards were not telling anyone to leave. And it was just kind of emblematic of how special that moment was and how much... People are going to kind of grasp onto that moment and talk about it for years to come.
It's just one of those things that struck me because, especially at Madison Square Garden, security guards have a job to do. And it's a specific job to do, tough job to do. But I think even they were caught up in the moment and just let everybody hang out. And, yeah, just a special, special night.
That's exactly what my answer would be. MSG turned into a karaoke bar for 30 minutes after the game. Almost nobody left. Every song that played, everyone was singing along. And when they weren't singing, they were just chanting, OG, OG, OG. And as I finally left to go down to the press room, so I'm going down the escalators with all the fans, that OG chant is happening.
All the fans are going up and down the escalators chanting that. Then they start singing like the soccer song that's usually ole, ole, ole, but OG, OG, OG, OG. And then on the walk back from the Garden, somewhere around like 28th and 7th,
I don't know what I couldn't even tell what was in the middle of the road, but about 500 fans had commandeered that intersection and we're climbing on lampposts and climbing on things. It was just a party good on the Knicks for letting the karaoke party happen. Yeah. An absolutely unforgettable scene. I don't think I've ever heard the garden louder than it was when OG tipped that ball in.
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