In rallying from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit against Utah, the Spurs gave Gregg...
San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell looks Friday, Mar 11, 2022 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio to pass to a teammate before falling out of bounds while being defended by Utah Jazz forward Royce O'Neale .The newly minted winningest coach in NBA regular-season history emerged from the bedlam of his team’s locker room Friday night, his hair still wet and mussed from an impromptu postgame water-bottle bath.
It was printed in a Babel of languages, so any player on the multi-national Spurs could comprehend it. “The game could have gone either way,” said point guard Dejounte Murray, who scored 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Spurs to Popovich’s milestone win. “We took that pride, we played defense, we switched and stayed in front of guys and rebounded. We did whatever it took to win.”
“It’s a blessing to be able to play for, to me, the best coach to ever coach basketball,” said Keldon Johnson, the Spurs’ 22-year-old forward. “I know it ain’t always easy for me and my teammates or Coach Pop. We have our ups and downs, but he still coaches hard.”Lonnie Walker gave the Spurs their final lead of the game when he was fouled by Danuel House on a 3-point try with 1:18 to play. He made two of three free throws to put the Spurs ahead 96-95 with 1:18 to go.
Popovich went on to mention Larry Brown, who took him under his wing at Kansas in the late 1980s before bringing him to the NBA.
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