NBA: Gregg Popovich Says Spurs Were Pathetic & He Hopes They’re Embarrassed After Overtime Loss to Knicks

 

On Tuesday night the New York Knicks pulled off stunning 104-100 overtime win over the San Antonio Spurs.  The Knicks became the first team in NBA history to enter a game with a sub-.200 win percentage at least 60 games into the season and beat the defending champions according to ESPN Stats and Info.  The San Antonio Spurs are in playoff contention but they’re fighting for home court in the strong Western Conference and a win against the Knicks should’ve easily helped them towards that goal.  Following the loss, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was expectedly upset and ripped into his team.


The New York Knicks’ stunning upset of the San Antonio Spurs left Gregg Popovich steaming mad.
“We didn’t respect the game, we didn’t respect our opponent,” said Popovich, whose Spurs led by as much as 13 in the third quarter. “It was a pathetic performance and I hope that every player is embarrassed. Not because ‘we are supposed to win the game’ but it is about how you play the game.”
“They were really good,” Popovich said. “I take my hat off to him, a really difficult year and watching Derek conduct himself the way he has all year long is a really impressive thing. He and the coaches deserve a lot of credit and the players were fantastic tonight. They moved the ball better than we did, they played better team basketball.”
The Spurs are known for playing team basketball so for the lowly Knicks to play better team basketball than them, is pretty big.