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The night Jim Boylen started this high-pressure and sometimes thankless journey 15 months ago in Chihuahua, Mexico, his phone rang and San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was on the other end.
"It's hard, right?" Popovich said.
Harder than almost anyone gives Boylen and the Team USA squad he is coaching credit for.