OKLAHOMA CITY – Family first.
Prior to every home game he coached in New Orleans over five NBA seasons, Monty Williams literally embodied that message, demonstrating that his wife and children were the most important people in his life. Williams would leave the Smoothie King Center home locker room, walk out to the court, stop briefly, spot Ingrid and their five children in the stands, then wave to them. At every single home game, it was the first thing he did when he entered the arena.
The Williams family tragically lost Ingrid, 44, on Wednesday, after she was involved in a Tuesday car accident in which her vehicle was struck by another car that had crossed the center line, traveling in the opposite direction.