As Pop prepares to break yet another NBA record, we’re taking a trip down memory lane to look at his biggest coaching wins and some other accomplishments. Hint: Keeping Tim Duncan in a Spurs uniform is one of them!
On Dec. 10, 1996, then Spurs general manager Gregg Popovich fired Bob Hill after the team started the season 3-15. Hill had been successful as Spurs head coach, but the team had some disappointing playoff exits.
that Pop always wanted to be the head coach and he had a strong feeling that if he had the chance to fire him, he would.The streak had to start somewhere. On Dec. 14, 1996, Pop won his first regular season game as Spurs head coach four days after he fired Hill. The Spurs in the conference semifinals. Duncan was already a star and dropped 33 points and 14 rebounds on the early Kobe-Shaq Lakers squad. It was Pop’s first conference finals appearance.The Spurs swept Portland in the 1999 Western Conference Finals with the signature victory coming in Game 2, when Sean Elliott somehow hit an off-balanced 3-pointer over Rasheed Wallace, with nine seconds remaining, to propel San Antonio to a 86-85 win at the Alamodome.
He also convinced Manu Ginobili to primarily come off bench during this period and Manu flourished in the role. Pop and the Spurs beat Detroit in the 2005 Finals and Cleveland in the 2007 Finals.From 2008 to 2012, San Antonio remained in the conversation for the championship, but returned to Finals in 2013 where they suffered a crushing series loss to Miami.
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