The San Antonio Spurs may have completely flipped their playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder after a completely boss move from franchise legend Gregg Popovich.Although Popovich stepped away from coaching duties this season due to health reasons, he remained heavily involved around the team throughout the year, attending practices, talking with players and continuing to mentor the younger group from behind the scenes.But after San Antonios ugly Game 3 loss, Popovich finally decided he had seen enough.The Hall of Fame coach stormed into the locker room after the defeat and delivered a message that immediately changed the energy inside the building, according to Spurs guard DeAaron Fox.Pops been around throughout the course of the season, but that was the first time he walked into the locker room, Fox told NBCs Showtime crew. And it was like, Nah, that BS. Thats not how we play basketball. And obviously he had some choice words for us. That was the first time all season he came into the locker room right after the game and told us how he felt and everybody felt that. Mitch (Johnson, Spurs coach), B-Wright (Brian Wright, Spurs GM) was in there, all the players down to the staff. And that was the first time I seen that. Everybody was in there, trainers, everybodys in there. We close the doors, we dont let anybody know whats going on in there. We open that door, we see Pop come in, and its like, Awwww.Whatever Popovich said behind closed doors clearly worked.Related Article: Lakers Add 'Literal Rocket Scientist' to Front OfficeThe Spurs responded with a completely different intensity in Game 4, fueled by another monster performance from Victor Wembanyama and several major defensive adjustments that slowed down Oklahoma Citys offense. Suddenly, a series that looked like it was slipping away is now tied 2-2 heading back to OKC.READ MORE: LeBron James Shares Interesting Comparison for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
