“We’ve all been in every sort of game — behind 3-2, up 3-2, up 3-0, everything,” began Gregg Popovich on Thursday, putting an answer to a pregame question in terms that I’m quite sure no one in the room could actually relate to. Not me, not Project Spurs’ Paul Garcia, not even the coach in the opposing locker room, Michael Malone, who was himself heading into his first career Game 6, as well as his first elimination game.
“If you’ve been around a while,” added the veteran coach. “You’ve seen it all, and you’ve been in all those situations.