Gregg Popovich won his 1,127th game with the Spurs with a win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night and tied Jerry Sloan for the most wins with a single franchise in NBA history. It’s been a true pleasure to watch the team during Pop’s tenure. May it last forever.
The Spurs extended their win-streak over the Sixers to 11 overall and 12 at home. It’s been over 13 years since the Sixers won one in San Antonio on January 3rd, 2004. That’s quite a drought.
Brett Brown has his team playing well lately, matching the Spurs’ 10-5 January for the fourth best record in the month in the NBA but the Sixers were unfortunate to catch the Spurs on Thursday night as the game was the second night of a back-to-back (known as a SEGABABA around these parts) and they were without their best player in Joel Embiid as well as missing Nerlens Noel and their minutes leader in Robert Covington.