Want to know the secret to coming back from a 16-point deficit with four minutes left in an NBA Playoff game? Maybe it's a sense of humor. Spurs' coach Gregg Popovich, a professional crumudgeon who distributes sneers and nasty glares like John Stockton used to deal out assists, was in touch with his lighter side on Monday night, and it worked.
Down 92-80 following the third quarter of their second-round playoff opener with Golden State, Popovich met with TNT's David Aldridge for the requisite on-court interview. It did not go exactly as expected.
The Spurs stole one in double overtime, 129-127, after trailing by 16 with 3:57 to go. Coincidentally, that's when the Warriors' Klay Thompson fouled out, thus freeing the guy he had been guarding, Tony Parker, to score eight points to lead the comeback and tie it at the end of regulation.
Ethan Strauss Warriors can't do much about it now. They have to play Jack. Going forward, I'm just not sure they have to pay Jack.
Dan Steinberg Davey Johnson: "Look at RG3. They shouldn't have played him because they weren't looking at tomorrow." http://t.co/VvIbFNitsF
Bomani Jones "@DanWolken: College athletes are gambling on sports (and breaking NCAA rules) far more in one sport than others http://t.co/K1g3JFSXkj"
Dan Levy This is a joke that people are upset the Final Four will be on cable, not CBS, right? So we type in 552 not 503 on our SAME TVs?! #OHNO
Ian O'Connor I'm with Ray Floyd on golf's Hall of Fame. Fred Couples & Colin Montgomerie combined to win 1 more major than I did
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