Portland Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts seems like a swell guy. Quick to smile, laugh and joke around. Sure he gets miffed and blows off steam at NBA officials and reporters from time to time. Who doesn’t?
But after Portland’s overtime win against Charlotte Thursday, Stotts didn’t look like a coach whose team had just won its ninth straight home game and had improved to 30-25. Instead, he looked and sounded like a coach with a migraine and a toothache. Several toothaches.
In short, he seemed angry. Really angry. As angry as, well, a hornet.