San Antonio Spurs

Watch Popovich welcome Craig Sager back in the best way possible

Published Dec. 4, 2015 11:37 a.m. ET

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San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is known to get under the skin of many a sideline reporter. He hates in-game interviews and can't stand the banality of answering hollow questions with an even emptier response.

But TNT's Craig Sager, who returned to work this season after a life-threatening battle with Leukemia, is no ordinary sideline reporter, and the two shared a wonderful moment on national television during Thursday night's game against the Memphis Grizzlies:

This is so wonderful. There's genuine love between these two men, who've known each other for years. It's heartwarming stuff.