For a man who’s seen just about everything in more than three decades as an NBA coach, what Alvin Gentry witnessed March 11 in Sacramento was something new altogether. Just minutes before his New Orleans Pelicans were scheduled to tip off against the Kings in a key Western Conference matchup, the game was postponed due to the threat of coronavirus.
“I’ve never experienced anything like it in 31 years in the NBA,” Gentry said on Wednesday’s Pelicans Podcast. “I don’t think I’ve ever been in that situation – you’re at the arena and ready to play, and the game is being suspended.