San Antonio (USA), March 12, LETA – AFP. San Antonio “Spurs” coach Greg Popovich on Friday became the richest coach of all time in the NBA Main Event, winning his 1336th victory.
The San Antonio Spurs beat the Utah Jazz at 104: 102 (30:33, 20:26, 14:15, 40:28).
Popovich, who has run the club since 1996, set a new NBA record in the main event, which he shared with NBA legend Don Nelson until Friday, led by Popovich three decades ago.
“We are all the authors of this record. It is not mine. It is ours,” Popovich said, thanking all the people who supported him, the players, the assistant coaches and the fans who had cheered him on for more than a quarter of a century. “It’s a pleasure. And then that’s it. Someone else will do it for me.”
Popovich, 73, has helped Spurs win five NBA championships and has coached the US Olympic team in gold last year in Tokyo.
“It’s just a testimony for many people. Something like that doesn’t belong to one individual,” Popovich said. “Basketball is a team sport. You tell your players that you have to do it together, and it has definitely happened in my life with all the great players and coaches, the club staff I have been blessed with, and the support of this wonderful city. Fans support us no matter what. “
The Popovich team includes basketball players such as Tim Duncan and David Robinson, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili.
From 2016 to 2019, Latvian Dāvis Bertāns also played for the San Antonio team.
Novson congratulated Popovich on the social media video for GoldenState’s Warriors accounts: “I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of all your accomplishments and the wonderful things you’ve done for basketball around the world.”
The victory was scored by 27 points and nine rebounds, and Dezonte Murray scored five points, and another five basketball players scored from 11 to 15, with Jacob Potlam double-double the rebounds by 11 points and rebounds.
Donovan Michel scored 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists, eight rebounds added 17 points, and Rudy Gober and Hasan White added 16 rebounds and ten rebounds, respectively.
Spurs, with 26 successes in 67 games, is ranked 11th in the Western Conference, while Jazz is fourth with 41 wins in 66 games.
Gary Trent, junior, lost 42 points in favor of the Phoenix Raptors with a 112: 117 (24:30, 28:26, 30:40, 30:21) loss to the Phoenix over the Reptors, but Pascal Siakam added 25 points, ten assists and seven rebounds.
The dog is still the league leader with 53 wins and 14 losses, while the Toronto East in the East with 36 wins in 66 games is seventh.
The victory was won by the Miami Conference Heat, the leader of the Eastern Conference, which beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117: 105 (28:18, 30:39, 27:15, 32:33).
Bams Adebayo scored 30 points and 17 rebounds, while Jimmy Butler added 24 points.
The Heat improved their balance to 45-23, while the “Knights” took sixth place in 66 games with 38 wins.
Jia Morant scored 37 points and scored eight times, helping the Grizzlies of Memphis defeat the Knicks of New York at 118: 114 (34:30, 27:26, 26:40, 31:18).
For Morant, it was the 24th game of the season with at least 30 points.
It has already been reported that Latvian basketball player Kristaps Porziņģis scored 14 points in Los Angeles on Friday and scored 14 rebounds, but that was not enough to win the away game in Los Angeles, where the Lakers proved to be superior with 122: 109 (26:26, 26:33, 37: 23, 33:27).
The Latvian basketball player played for 25 minutes and 21 seconds, broadcasting three of the ten two-point shots and all eight free throws in the basket, but did not hit three long shots.
Liepāja also had 14 rebounds, two assists, one intercepted, one blocked throw, one note and a +/- score of -12.
Naked Kuzma scored 23 points and Corijs Kisperts scored 21 points. 15 points for Rui Hachimura and 14 points for Tomas Satoranski.
In the Lakers, Lebron James had an excellent game, scoring 50 points, as well as seven rebounds and six assists. Malik Monks scored 21 points.
The Wizards are ranked 11th in the Eastern Conference tournament table with 29 wins in 65 games, while the Lakers are ninth in the West with 29 successes in 66 battles.
In another game in Houston, Davis Bertan scored six points as he defeated the Houston Rockets at the Dallas Mavericks 113: 100 (31:23, 36:21, 29:28, 17:28).
Bertan played for 21 minutes and 20 seconds, hitting one of the seven long shots and one of the three two-point shots in the basket, as well as one of the two free throws. He also had five rebounds, one assists, only one error, two notes and a +/- score of +10.
Luka Dončič became the most productive winner in the ranks with 30 points, adding 14 rebounds, six assists and five errors. Dwight Powellou scored 26 points and 12 rebounds.
Kevin Porter and Josh Christopher scored 17 points for the Rockets.
The Mavericks are in the fifth Western Conference with 41 wins in 67 games, while the Rockets are the weakest team in the league with 17 successes in 67 matches.
