Spurs coach earns 1000th NBA win

It was a narrow win, but San Antonio's win over Indiana gave coacg Gregg Popovich his 1000th NBA victory.

San Antonio's huge fourth-quarter rally has helped Gregg Popovich reach the 1,000-win milestone as San Antonio downed the Indiana Pacers 95-93.

Marco Belinelli's baseline jump shot with 2.1 seconds left sealed the win, leaving Popovich as the ninth coach with 1,000 regular-season wins and the third-fastest to achieve the feat.

He also joins former Utah coach Jerry Sloan as the only coaches in NBA history to win 1,000 games with one team.

Elsewhere, Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant scored 40 points and Russell Westbrook had 26 as the Thunder beat the Nuggets 124-114 to hand Denver its sixth loss in a row.

Durant matched a career best by hitting seven three-pointers and finished 13 of 19 from the floor. Mitch McGary added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Thunder.

Stephen Curry scored 20 points for Golden State and Leandro Barbosa had 16 off the bench as the Warriors ended the Philadelphia 76ers' four-game home winning streak.

Klay Thompson and former Sixer Andre Iguodala added 13 points apiece for the Warriors, who have won four of their last five and two straight.

In Minneapolis, Al Horford scored a season-high 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and DeMarre Carroll added a career-best 26 points to lift the Atlanta Hawks over the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-105.

Paul Millsap had 19 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Hawks, who bounced back from a loss to Memphis the previous night.

The Washington Wizards downed the Orlando Magic 96-80 after John Wall fell one point short of his first triple-double of the season, and Marcin Gortat had 14 points and 14 rebounds.

In other games, Chris Bosh scored 32 points and Mario Chalmers added 18 as the Miami Heat defeated the New York Knicks 109-95, the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Brooklyn Nets 103-97 and the Utah Jazz were 100-96 winners over the New Orleans Pelicans.


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