Text/Mr. Basket Guo
The NBA's regular season continued, with the Spurs engaged in a showdown with the Pelicans. In the end, the Spurs beat the Pelicans 124-114. In terms of stats, Spurs Murray 31 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, Johnson 16 points, Mike Dimort 15 points, Vassell 14 points, Peltel 7 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks, Walker 17 points, Randell 10 points, Primo 9 points; The Pelicans McCollum 36 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, Ingram 22 points, Valanciunas 17 points, 12 rebounds, Jones 13 points.
For the Spurs, although it ranks twelfth in the West, many people still feel that such a team is a team that has the opportunity to enter the playoffs, and to enter the playoffs, it needs to be in the top ten positions in the West. The current Spurs, the tenth far from the West, is only one win.
So? Until the last minute, no one knows what will happen, but in any case, this season's Spurs are indeed not as good as some previous seasons. Or rather, not as domineering as the Spurs in earlier years. On the one hand, Popovich is indeed a little older, on the other hand, the Spurs are unusable, and it is difficult for smart women to cook without rice. After all, at that time, Ade and DeRozan were core players with obvious shortcomings, and it was indeed impossible to do without absolute auxiliary players.
Because of this, the Spurs were in pain and directly let go of 2 people, in the end, DeRozan went to the Bulls, shined, Ade went to the Nets, the performance was OK. After such a 2 people left, Murray became the core of the Spurs. This season, he has also entered the All-Star team. These are all welcome changes to the Spurs. At the same time, after winning such a game, there are also some new glories for the Spurs, and this time the glory is personal.
According to relevant reports: "With the Spurs' victory over the Pelicans, coach Popovich's coaching wins reached 1332, tying Lenny Wilkens tied for second in history!" There is only a gap of 4 games to break the record of 1,335 for the first in history, Don Nelson! "Breaking is four wins, but what? If you tie the first place in history, you only need three games. Such Popovich, as a manager, is already magical enough.
And then what? This magic continues. It is basically certain that as long as there is not much suspense, popovich will become the manager with the first number of coaching wins in some subsequent games. This is also a supreme affirmation for Popovich. At the Spurs, Popovich led the team to five championships, and as a small-ball market team, such a Spurs team is legendary enough. Behind such a legend, it is also the credit of Popovich.
Of course, Duncan's superstar in the top ten in history is also indispensable, and Popovich and Duncan's deep mentorship and apprenticeship can also prove a lot of problems. In any case, today's Popovich is also a legend. At last year's Olympic Games, Popovich also led the American team to recover the rivers and mountains and regain the world championship. You know, in the previous World Cup, Popovich suffered Waterloo.
1332 games! Flat second in history, only 3 games away from the first in history, Popovich YYDS. As a manager, no one in the current NBA has been more successful than Popovich. Similarly, even in the midst of the NBA's history, Popovich is one of the few top managers.