SAN ANTONIO -- The news hit Steve Kerr like a sledgehammer to the heart.
Imagine, then, how it must have hit Kerr’s mentor, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
The Warriors were wrapping up light practice at AT&T Center Wednesday evening when it was announced by the Spurs that Erin Popovich, Gregg’s wife of more than 40 years, had passed away after a long illness.
Suddenly, Warriors-Spurs and their first-round playoff series, which resumes Thursday, felt small and insignificant.
Kerr, who has been close to the Popovich family for 20 years and whose eldest son, Nick, works for the Spurs, could not bring himself to talk.