The San Antonio Spurs arrived at Madison Square Garden Saturday night with an eight-game losing streak, the longest in Gregg Popovich’s long run as head coach. But the often combative coach seemed lighthearted and even optimistic — as long as the topic stayed on his team and not on the nation’s impeachment hearings.
When it was relayed to him that some of his players said that he’d been positive with them despite the uncharacteristic struggles, he shrugged.
“Well, sure, they’re my players,” Popovich said. “Is that a shock that a coach would be positive with his players?