On Episode 52 of HoopSpeak Live, Beckley and Zach look back on Game 6 of Thunder/Spurs and look forward to Game 6 of Celtics/Heat and the Finals, which are suddenly right around the corner. Joining them: Jonathan Abrams of Grantland, Sekou Smith of NBA.com, Paul Flannery of WEEI and Tom Haberstroh of ESPN.com. Here’s the whole show:

Here’s how it breaks down:

:00 – :07 – Beckley’s thrilled for OKC + coaching talk

:07 – :16 – Fouling! Officiating!

:16 – :18 – Are the Thunder the obvious favorites?

:18 – :22 – “He’s everything that makes people xenophobic about Europeans.” – Zach on somebody.

:22 – :33 – Person of Interest: Jonathan Abrams [On his recent Stephen Jackson feature.]

:33 – :47 – Person of Interest: Sekou Smith [WCF: Derek Fisher, Kendrick Perkins, more.]

:47 – 1:14 – Persons of Interest: Tom Haberstroh & Paul Flannery [ECF: Wade, the Garden, more.]

1:14 – 1:16 – “It just looks like the best movie.” – Zach on Thunderstruck

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HoopSpeak Live airs every Thursday right here on HoopSpeak.com. You can follow the show with the #hoopspeaklive hashtag, and you can follow our guests at @jpdabrams, @SekouSmithNBA, @Pflanns and @tomhaberstroh.

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