... great thing about playing on a great team." Seeing Ginobili get hurt in Beijing was nightmarish for Spurs coach Gregg Popovich who then lost Tony Parker to another sprain early in the NBA season. Popovich thinks it's a confidence booster ...

... rebounds for the Spurs, seeking to win back-to-back titles for the first time. The win also gave Spurs coach Gregg Popovich 100 playoff victories, moving him into a tie with Larry Brown for third on the career list. The Hornets had dominated ...

... series from 2005-07. ... Lakers coach Phil Jackson has an NBA-record 188 postseason wins, while San Antonio's Gregg Popovich has 100, tied for the third-most in league history with Larry Brown. Pat Riley is second at 171. ... Jackson ...

... bench. Bryant led the Lakers with 30. "Making shots is part of it. And we did a better job of that," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "They (Los Angeles) missed some shots that could have gone in without a doubt." Offense aside, Tim Duncan ...

... the night to that point, 85-61. Hornets coach Byron Scott emptied his bench to start the fourth. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich soon did the same. Notes: Paul's mother and Hornets F Julian Wright's mother were in attendance ... The Hornets ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Gregg Popovich won the NBA Coach of the Year award Monday for leading the San Antonio Spurs to the league's best record. Popovich, the first ...

... AP) - Rasheed Wallace gained a full realization of the depth of the friendship between coaches Larry Brown and Gregg Popovich when the Detroit Pistons were trying to come up with a strategy to stop a specific opponent. "We were in the locker ...

... and scores 30 points, carrying the Mavericks to a huge victory in the Western Conference playoff race. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich afterward called it "an MVP performance." So is Nowitzki the NBA's most valuable player? To answer that question ...

... been ousted in the playoffs' first or second round -- was the last bit of evidence that coach/general manager Gregg Popovich needed. So he set it on top of the pile, a mountain of criticism questioning the Spurs in general and their All ...

... the final quarter. "We expected a very competitive game. Both teams laid it all on the line," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. "They are a handful and we were lucky to come out on top." Game 2 is Wednesday night in San Antonio ...