The story behind Trail Blazers' coaches wearing bow ties in Game 2 vs. Nuggets

Tom Gatto

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Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts and his assistants wore bow ties Wednesday for the team's playoff game vs. the Nuggets in Denver.

Stotts told reporters after the game that the fashion choice was a tribute to team video coordinator/development coach Jon Yim, who was injured in an automobile accident last week. Yim, Stotts said, wears bow ties to Wednesday games. 

"I think the bow ties are undefeated this season," Stotts said.

MORE: Takeaways from Blazers' Game 2 victory

Portland won 97-90 to tie the Western Conference second-round series at a game apiece. Game 3 of the series will be Friday in Portland.

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.