Wolves Even Series vs Nuggets & Billy Donovan OUT as Bulls Coach

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Minnesota Timberwolves rally from 19 down to stun the Denver Nuggets—pressure mounting on Nikola Jokic. Can Chris Finch’s small-ball strategy keep Minnesota on top, or will Denver adjust in time to reclaim the series? Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore, and Haize break down the Timberwolves’ bold rotations, Rudy Gobert’s impact, and the mental edge Minnesota may hold over Jokic. Elsewhere, CJ McCollum embraces the villain role in Madison Square Garden, carrying the Atlanta Hawks to a series-tying win against the New York Knicks. The hosts analyze whether McCollum’s late-game heroics and Atlanta’s disruptive defense are repeatable, and debate key coaching decisions across the league—including Billy Donovan’s exit from the Chicago Bulls and the franchise’s search for new direction. Can Houston even their series against the Lakers if Kevin Durant returns? Don’t miss expert analysis, matchup previews, and playoff predictions.

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0:00.0	Coming up on Locked-on NBA Daily. The Wolves and Hawks even their series last night, but can either team repeat their success in a game three? Meanwhile, Billy Donovan is out as Coach of the Bulls. What does this say about the way Chicago plans to build the team going forward? And finally, can Kevin Durant's return be enough for the Rockets to even their series with the Lakers. Locked on NBA Daily starts now.
0:27.1	You are Locked on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:31.9	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:38.5	Hello and welcome back to Lockdown NBA Daily.
0:41.1	I'm Wes Goldberg.
0:41.8	That's Matt Moore, that's Hayes.
0:43.2	We have a great show for you today.
0:44.9	Two teams, even their playoff series last night.
0:47.4	And Cid McCollum may have just established himself as the newest villain of Madison Square Garden.
0:52.0	We're going to talk about that.
0:52.8	And who should take over for head coach of the Chicago Bulls.
0:58.0	We'll get into all that here in a second.
1:00.0	But guys, let's start with the Timberwolves win over the Nuggets last night.
1:03.0	They rally back from 19 points down, win the game in crunch time.
1:06.0	Bedbeat over at Lockdown, Wolf says it was Minnesota's composure in the end and
1:10.0	willingness to stick with a game plan that stood out to him. But we have to credit Chris Finch for a couple of things. Number one, he maintained his composure. I thought Chris Finch had a steady hand there and he stuck to the plan when it came to his rotations. He pulled the right levers. He pushed the right buttons when he needed to. the Rudy Gobert file trouble thing, which was, you know, dicey how he got there.
1:34.0	The wolves went small and it worked extremely well. Rudy Gobert was phenomenal in this game.
1:38.3	We're going to talk about that. But the ability for Minnesota to play big with Gobert,
1:42.5	Gardin, Yokic, and then also play small with a combination of Julius Randall, Nasbury, Jada McDaniels on Nikolai Yokic worked extremely well.
1:52.7	Now, Matt, I want to start with you because you covered this series, obviously, over at Lockdown Nuggets.
1:57.0	Your thoughts on Minnesota's decision to go small for key stretches in this game.
2:01.5	Obviously it worked in this one.
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