Sandra White was the first one to sense something was amiss early on the morning of Sept. 13, 2015: Where was Moses Malone?
White was working that day as an official for a charity golf tournament run by NBA referee Tony Brothers in Norfolk, Va., and one of her duties was to make sure the competitors, Malone among them, made it to the bus that would shuttle them from the Waterside Marriott to the course.
Only Moses hadn’t ventured downstairs from his room.
“That’s not his personality,” she said recently.
She had known Malone, a Hall of Fame center and the driving force behind the Sixers’ 1982-83 championship team, for over 30 years, dating back to when she attended the University of Houston and Moses was starring for the Rockets.