Reaching the playoffs for 22 consecutive years, five championship trophies, and the San Antonio Spurs' brilliant record is enough to show us Greg Popovich's coaching ability. When it comes to the Spurs, people must think of selfless team basketball, and Popovich will always have all kinds of fantastic ideas, whether it is five up and five down, or self-punishment, can get a miracle effect. So over the years, the players and coaches from the Spurs have been able to shine on other teams and become the championship puzzle for each team.
On the coaching ability, Popovich in the active duty, can be said to be a thriving, but now the Spurs, smart women are difficult to cook without rice, there is really no good lineup talent. There is no way, after the glory has passed, what is left is to mess up this road, but even if it is broken, Popovich is thriving.
In the Spurs' game against the Lone Ranger, the Spurs played an extraordinary performance in the opening game, at one point leading the Lone Ranger by as much as 20 fans 25-5. Popovich saw something was wrong and immediately replaced the starter, and the Lone Ranger seized the opportunity to narrow the point difference to 10 points. After returning from the second quarter, with Doncic only 3 points in a single quarter, the Spurs forced their opponents to narrow the point difference to 4 points. After returning from the second half, Doncic began to exert his strength, constantly narrowing the point gap, and then countered the Spurs by 12 points in the fourth quarter.
Murray and Johnson were stunned, one consecutive score, one consecutive steal, the two led the Spurs to a small climax, the point difference returned to 3 points, but since then, the Spurs have not scored again, and finally lost 99-104 to the Dallas Lone Ranger, successfully suffered 4 consecutive defeats, with the Rockets thunder and other teams, tied for the bottom of the West.
Coincidentally, in the last game against the Lakers, the Spurs once led their opponents by 12 points in the final quarter, and everyone felt that the Spurs had the victory in their hands. But who would have thought that the Spurs fell into a scoring drought in the final quarter, even the free throws were 7 of 0, and the kill was even more afraid to enter, forcing the game into overtime, and finally losing to the Lakers as desired. That is to say, the Spurs first suffered a 12-point reversal, and then experienced a 20-point reversal, and after 2 consecutive reversals, the Spurs' goal is very clear, that is, the first sign.
Popovich's first coaching season helped the Spurs to a successful swing, then won the draft, selected Tim Duncan, and then started a brilliant career for the Spurs. This is likely to be Popovich's last season, and if he can still get a big pick and let the Spurs start another brilliant career, it will definitely be a good story. After all, today's Spurs, young players have grown up, whether it is Murray or White, Johnson or Walker, have become a great championship puzzle, they really only lack a talented teenager to lead them on the road to winning the championship.
But the pendulum is broken, which means that Popovich's record is difficult to complete. Before the start of the season, Popovich was just 25 games away from his first win in charge, a figure that had come to 24 after beating the Magic in the opener. If not messed up, the Spurs have every hope of fighting for a 25-win record in the regular season, so that Popovich can become the number one coach in history. But if you want to mess up, those 25 wins are difficult. The only hope is that Popovich can reach the record and the Spurs can also get the top pick, which is the best of both worlds.