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Coach Pop embraces Sager in their first interview since return from cancer

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 11:08 a.m. ET

Andre Vergara

Coach Pop finally found an in-game interview he likes.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who famously hates answering questions during games and has had some memorable exchanges with Craig Sager, welcomed back the TNT reporter with a hug Thursday in their first interview since Sager's comeback from cancer.

"This is the first time I've enjoyed doing this ridiculous interview we're required to do. It's 'cause you're here and you're back with us," Popovich said during a break in the Spurs' game at Memphis.

Watch the heartwarming scene in the video below.

Sager said he doesn't care how much Pop needles him. "I love him, he's a great human being."