On January 6, Beijing time, less than a month before turning 73, Spurs veteran Popovich ushered in another career milestone, he reached the record of 2,000 regular season games in his coaching career, becoming the sixth all-time coach and the first head coach to coach the same team for 2,000 games.
Popovich did not choose to retire immediately when the Spurs began their rebuilding journey, and he now marks the 2,000-game regular season milestone in his coaching career, becoming the sixth head coach in NBA history to achieve such an achievement. As for strictly limiting statistics to coaching the same team, Popovich is the first person in NBA coaching history.
Popovich coached the Spurs to create a glorious dynastic era, he led the team to win 5 NBA championships, and cultivated Duncan, Ginobili, Parker and many other historical superstars.
Now Popovich, when talking about his 2,000 coaching milestones, joked, "It shows that I'm very old, I've been in the same place for too long, I've coached some good players, and so on." ”
In the first 1999 games of his coaching career, Popovich won 1324 wins and 675 losses, a winning percentage of 66.2%, and he was only 12 wins away from nelson Sr.'s all-time record of 1335 wins, thus reaching the top of the NBA coach's record of winning the first game.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)