Beijing time on March 8, just won the Warriors to end the losing streak of the Lakers, away challenge San Antonio Spurs, this season's Spurs have been completely degraded, they basically lost the opportunity to enter the play-offs, recently suffered 4 consecutive defeats, the Spurs have no pursuit of the record this season, their only goal is to make Popovich the first manager of the NBA to win, and to obtain a higher draft pick, and this game The Lakers unfortunately became the background board of this historical moment, they lost to the Spurs on the road, After suffering the eighth defeat in nearly 10 games, Popovich's number of wins also equaled Nelson and tied for the first place in NBA history.
Before this game, James, who had just scored 56 points, was absent due to sore knees, which was also ridiculed by the media and fans after the game, believing that James was to pay tribute to Popovich and allow him to achieve the first in the history of NBA wins as soon as possible. Because this game is against the weak Spurs, if James can play, the Lakers have a good chance to defeat the opponent and get a long-lost two-game winning streak, which is very important for the Lakers to restore confidence, but in the end James can not play, the Lakers also failed to defeat the opponent, their struggle this season is still continuing.
In fact, the Lakers who lost james and Davis in this game performed quite well, they had 5 people scoring in double figures, Howard also had a very efficient play, Tucker got rid of the slump of the previous game state, but unfortunately the team felt cold outside the three-point line, only hit 8 three-pointers in the whole game, as the main attackers, Wei Shao and Munch were not efficient, and they were completely invisible in the fourth quarter, Munch was 1 of 4, Westbrook was 6 of 1, but the Spurs Murray showed a real all-star level, With a unique 8-point performance on 4-of-5 shooting in the fourth quarter, he took away the victory and allowed Popovich to successfully make history.
Compared with the Lakers of the Big Three, the Spurs, which have fallen into a trough this season, are full of hope for the future, Popovich can dominate the number of victories in history this season, and it is no accident that he will continue to coach, the team's Murray selected in the 29th pick has grown into an All-Star player, there are many young players with potential in the team, Popovich is also very opportunistic, patiently cultivating them, in a period of time in this game, the Spurs are 22-year-old Johnson, 22-year-old Langford, The lineup of 24-year-old Collins, 22-year-old Jones and 19-year-old Primo is full of youthful vitality and hope compared to the old age of the Lakers' lineup.
And in this offseason, the Spurs have three first-round draft picks and a ceiling space, as well as 30 million high-quality assets, in theory, the Spurs can even bring in two All-Star stars at the same time, so as to quickly complete the reconstruction, as long as Popovich is still coaching, the Spurs of the small ball city will still have an attraction for the stars, maybe next season, the former strong Spurs will return.