Timberwolves Steal Game 2, and CJ McCollum’s Heel Turn

The Zach Lowe Show

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Sports, Basketball

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Zach is joined by Mo Dakhil to quickly preview Tuesday night’s games before doing a deep dive on all the remaining series. Finally, they close the show by discussing what comes next for Billy Donovan after stepping down as head coach of the Chicago Bulls, and other news and notes around the league. (0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show! (2:26) Mo Dakhil joins the show! (3:39) Which game tonight are you most interested in? (6:42) Denver-Minnesota game 2 was a thriller (19:48) Jaden McDaniels says the Nuggets are all bad defenders (27:07) Knicks and Hawks tied at one game apiece (33:02) CJ McCollum embarrassed Jalen Brunson down the stretch (45:05) Cleveland has been all over Toronto so far (52:19) The Cavs seem to finally have a sense of who they are (57:08) Welcome to the NBA season Orlando Magic! (1:11:56) Let's quickly cover OKC-PHO (1:16:33) Billy Donovan stepping down as Bulls head coach (1:23:44) What could the future of the Heat look like? Host: Zach Lowe Guest: Mo Dakhil Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto and Michael Szokoli #ULTRACourtside could get you closer to the game! https://michelobultra.com/courtside MICHELOB ULTRA:registered: COURTSIDE ’25 to ’26. No Purchase Necessary. Open to US residents 21 plus. Begins on October 1, 2025 and ends on June 30, 2026 Multiple entry periods. See Official Rules at https://michelobultra.com/courtside for free entry, entry deadlines, prizes, and details. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on the Zach Lowe show.
0:09.0	Oh boy, the playoffs have officially arrived.
0:12.5	Knicks Hawks, the Hawks with an improbable come from behind wind.
0:16.9	C.J. McCollum.
0:18.7	Holy smokes.
0:20.2	Hello to the newest New York City postseason villain. What happened?
0:24.9	Why did the Knicks have no timeouts? What are the adjustments going to be in that series?
0:29.4	And in Denver, Minnesota, the same thing. Minnesota with a really strong win in a super high-level
0:35.1	game down to the wire. In Denver, we had missed free throws in both games. We had interesting coaching decisions in both games. We had clutch baskets galore in both of those games. Moat tequila is here to help us break down. Wait, how do we get here? And now, more importantly, with a couple of days off, what comes next? What adjustments need to happen? What adjustments do we expect to happen? What are the adjustments to the adjustments? Then we get into Raptors Cavs, which is a little less interesting, 2-0. Not a great start for the Raptors. And then lots of news in the NBA. We talk about Billy Donovan leaving the bulls and the coaching dominoes, the future of the Warriors, the future of the heat, which I feel like we fast-forwarded a little bit too quickly on. And then also Detroit Orlando. Are the Pistons in trouble? A deep dive on that. And a not even a dive. We just sort of weighed into the zero entry pool of Sun's Thunder. And is there any hope for Phoenix to even make that competitive? So tons of stuff. And a brief look-aheads to tonight's three games, too, Philly, Boston, Houston Lakers, boys,
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