SAN ANTONIO — Thursday’s Game 3 between the Warriors and Spurs was supposed to feel monumental.
Two rivals, battling in the postseason, with the series — and a season — effectively on the line? That’s huge.
Only Game 3 it didn’t seem all that important in the build-up to tip-off Thursday. And even after the game started it didn’t feel like the most important game of the year in the AT&T Center.
That’s what happens when someone the entire NBA knows and respects endures a personal tragedy.
On Wednesday, the Spurs organization announced that Erin Popovich, wife of Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, died after a long battle with what was reported as a respiratory illness.