Image via USA TODAY Sports / Brian Spurlock
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich covered a major coaching milestone last night against the Indiana Pacers. Thanks to a last-second shot from Marco Belinelli, Popovich secured win No. 1,000 of his NBA coaching career.
Pop, of course, was as humble as ever when discussing his victories...
...but still made sure to spend some quality time post-game with the players who helped him reach the coaching summit.
A picture is worth 1000 wins! Congrats Coach! pic.twitter.com/YPjORApGGc
— Silver & Black CR (@Silver_BlackCR) February 10, 2015
Oh, and if you're in need of some perspective for Pop's accomplishment, consider the following:
Gregg Popovich has more wins than 5 NBA franchises, 4 of which have been around longer than he has been a head coach pic.twitter.com/MZZTSE3zBh
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) February 9, 2015
Outside of Jerry Sloan's tenure with the Utah Jazz, Popovich's 1,000 victories with the Spurs are the most that any one coach has with a single franchise. Tim Duncan and Popovich are also the winningest player-coach duo in NBA history.
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