On May 8, 01, in the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and the Thunder, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Spurs once trailed by 9 points, and the situation was very passive, and during the first timeout, he roared at his disciples, "I see a little bit of unconfidence, a little hesitation, you guys give me a little dirty." "When TNT TV broadcast live across the United States, Popovich's words were broadcast, which attracted widespread attention from the outside world and sparked heated discussions. The Spurs who returned to the court responded, scoring nine points in the fourth quarter, nine of which came from the inside and the free-throw line. In the end, the Spurs overcame the adversity of falling behind, completed the comeback in the final quarter, and won the first game.

In the 01-1 season, Popovich was elected head coach of the NBA's Western Conference All-Star team for the third time. In the Western Conference Finals on May 8, the Spurs defeated the Grizzlies away and entered the NBA Finals with a total score of 4-0, which is also the fifth time Popovich has entered the NBA Finals. On June 1, in Game 6 of the NBA Finals of the 01-1 season, the Spurs led by 5 points with 8.2 seconds left in the game, but ultimately lost the game. In the seventh game of life and death, the Spurs lost to the Heat 88-95 on the road and missed out on the championship.

In the '01-14 season, before the start of the season, Popovich let the players watch the footage of the two losses in Game 6 and Game 7 of last season's Finals. Popovich said he wants to learn from every game he's been through, and that's what they do as a team.

On November 8, 01, due to the San Antonio Spurs' consistent performance over the past decade, the Spurs were voted the best club in American sports in the past decade in the ESPN poll, and Popovich became the best coach in American sports in the past decade.

On January 18, 014, in the Spurs' home game against the Trail Blazers, head coach Popovich was ejected after an argument with the referee in the third quarter and two technical fouls in a row. This is the 0th time in this "old man's" coaching career that he has been expelled, which is unique in the history of NBA coaching.

On April 014, the Spurs won a team-record 19 consecutive victories after beating the Warriors by one point at home. During the winning streak, the Spurs averaged 16.8 points per game. And it is the only team other than the Lakers in the 1971-7 season to win at least five points in 19 consecutive games.

On April 014, the NBA officially announced that Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was officially elected as the "Best Coach" in the 01-14 season, and he also successfully joined the ranks of famous coaches Don Nelson and Pat Riley, becoming one of the only three coaches in NBA league history to win the title of "Coach of the Year" three times. [6] On June 15, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat 104-87 at home in Game 5 of the 01-014 NBA Finals and won the NBA championship with a total score of 4-1. Coach Popovich won his fifth championship.

On July 10, 014, the Spurs officially announced that coach Popovich had officially renewed a multi-year contract with the team.

On October 10, 015, the Spurs defeated the Pacers back-to-back away games, and Spurs coach Popovich won the 1,000th (regular season) game of his coaching career, becoming the ninth coach in NBA history to win a thousand games.

On January 7, 015, ESPN released the team management rankings and team decision-makers rankings for the 014-15 season, and Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich topped the list of head coaches for the season. And his two disciples, Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer, came in second, and Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was third.

On April 11, 015, the Spurs narrowly defeated the Rockets 104-10 on the road, reaping the longest 10-game winning streak of the season, and Popovich also set a new record, which was the 16th time in his coaching career that he won 10 or more consecutive games, tied with "Zen Master" Phil Jackson for the most in history.

On April 16, 015, with the end of the final day of the NBA regular season, the San Antonio Spurs also set an NBA record of 18 consecutive playoff appearances and a 55-7 regular season record, reaching 50 wins in 16 consecutive seasons.

On April 015, the Spurs defeated the Clippers 111-107 on the road, which was the 150th playoff victory of Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, the third in NBA history.

On July 015, Greg Popovich was elected as the most promising coach selected by the players in the first round of the joint event organized by BET Radio and the NBA Players Union.

On January 15, 015, the Spurs defeated the Jazz 118-81 at home, bringing Spurs coach Greg Popovich's NBA career winning tally to 104. In doing so, Popovich surpassed Rick Adelman (104 wins) and moved into eighth place on the NBA's all-time list for coaching wins.

On January 8, 016, the NBA officially announced that Spurs coach Greg Popovich was elected as the head coach of the Western Army in the 016 Toronto All-Star Game, which is the fourth time that Bobo has been elected as the head coach of the Western Army in his coaching career.

On April 5, 016, the Spurs defeated the Grizzlies 116-95 on the road, sweeping the opponent in the first round to advance to the second round of the playoffs. This is the ninth time that Spurs coach Popovich has led his team to sweep opponents in a best-of-seven playoff game, and he also surpassed Phil Jackson as the coach with the most playoff sweeps.

On November 17, 016, the Spurs defeated the Kings on the road, and coach Popovich won the 1,098th game of his NBA head coach career, tying his predecessor Larry Brown for the seventh most won games by an NBA head coach.

On November 19, 016, the Spurs defeated the Lakers 116-107 on the road, and coach Popovich won the 1,099th game of his NBA head coach career, surpassing his predecessor Larry Brown to rank seventh in the NBA head coach wins.

On November 016, the Spurs defeated the Mavericks 96-91 at home, and after this game, coach Popovich won the 1,100th win of his coaching career, becoming the seventh head coach in NBA history to score 1,100 wins. Bobo, meanwhile, is also the second-fastest head coach in NBA history to reach 1,100 wins.

The Spurs won 10-86 at home to the 76ers today, and after this game, Spurs coach Popovich led the Spurs to a total of 117 wins, tying Jerry Sloan's number of wins with the Jazz. 117 games is also the most wins by an NBA coach on the same team.

"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"

On October 017, Spurs head coach Greg Popovich was named the Western Conference Head Coach of the Month. This is Popovich's 17th personal award, the most of any coach in league history.

On September 9, 017, the Spurs defeated the Kings 114-104 at home. It was Spurs' 50th win of the season. At the same time, the reversal of 8 points behind is also the biggest reversal of the Spurs completed by the Spurs in the Greg Popovich era. (To be continued)