Virtually all of the coaches in the …

Virtually all of the coaches in the race, from Memphis’ Taylor Jenkins to Portland’s Terry Stotts, to Phoenix’s Monty Williams, have been asked about it with the use of Major League Baseball’s “pennant race” as a metaphor. When Popovich got the same question after Friday’s win, he was incredulous. “What? Pennant race? Is this baseball season? What’s the question? Am I enjoying the pennant race? Rudy (Gay, who was walking by), help me. I don’t even know how to answer that. It’s the NBA playoffs.”