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Becky Hammon becomes first woman to direct an NBA team as head coach in a regular season game
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/30/sport/becky-hammon-nba-head-coach-role-spt-intl/index.html(CNN)Becky Hammon became the first woman to direct an NBA team as a head coach during the regular season, when she took over for San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich when he was ejected during a game on Wednesday.
Hammon stepped in with 3:56 left in the second quarter in the Spurs' game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers went on to win the game 121-107.