An incredible and spectacular match for a legendary record. The legendary San Antonio Spurs coach, Gregg Popovich, became the absolute record holder for the number of regular season wins overnight from Friday to Saturday. With the Texas team, he recorded a 1,336th success against the Utah Jazz.
Led by 15 points 10 minutes from the end, the Spurs led by an effective duo Murray-Poeltl (respectively 27 and 15 points) came to the end at the end of the game (104-102) of the Jazz of the Habs Rudy Gobert (13 points and 16 rebounds). At the end of the meeting, Gregg Popovich was acclaimed by the whole room and carried in triumph by his team.
“Gregg Popovich’s success with Spurs is unprecedented in our league. It is therefore normal that he now seizes the record for career victories, said “commissioner” Adam Silver. His leadership and unwavering commitment to the game are widely admired by generations of players and coaches. Congratulations to Coach Pop on this new achievement in his legendary career.”
5 NBA titles and an Olympic title
The feat of the 73-year-old coach is all the more resounding because it was accomplished in a single franchise, in San Antonio, where he has coached for 26 years, a record longevity in the world. American professional sports.
Gregg Popovich holds five NBA titles (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014), which makes him the third most successful coach, along with John Kundla and Pat Riley, and behind Phil Jackson, eleven titles, and Red Auerbach , nine titles. Under his leadership, the Spurs also won six Western Conference titles.
He also won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo last August after a success in the final at the expense of France (87-82). The legendary coach has also participated in the emergence of several players who have become NBA stars such as of course the Frenchman Tony Parker but also Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobilli, Kawhi Leonard and now Dejounte Murray. “You deserve it, we all love you and we are happy to have been able to live this moment with you”, thus congratulated the current leader of San Antonio before a new explosion of joy, and bottles of water.
