RIO DE JANEIRO — They didn’t want to cry. They didn’t want any outpouring of emotions. They wanted this to be like any other game, and deal first with the simple fact that their 2016 Olympics were over. They could think about the bigger picture another time.
But for what’s known as the Golden Generation in Argentina, there was no getting away with dry eyes and light hearts. They accomplished too much, against tremendous odds, to not have their emotions tugged.
“It was emotional,” said the star of the Golden Generation, Manu Ginobili. “I didn’t want it to be.