San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has been named NBA coach of the year, making him just the third coach in league history to win the Red Auerbach trophy three times in his career.
Popovich has received the league's top coaching honour in two of the last three seasons, joining Don Nelson and Pat Riley as the only coaches to win the award three times.
He led the Spurs to a league-best 62-20 record, which gives them home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.
And he did it while deftly navigating a season filled with nagging injuries to several key players.
Tim Duncan was the only starter to play in at least 70 games.
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Despite that, the Spurs won at least 50 games for the 15th straight season and topped 60 for the fourth time in that span, an unprecedented run of sustained excellence in the modern era.
