Popovich earns win No. 1,000 as Spurs get past Pacers 95-93 (Yahoo Sports)

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Gregg Popovich spent 19 seasons teaching his players how to use teamwork and ball movement to break down defenses. On a night San Antonio started the fourth quarter in a 14-point hole at Indiana, Popovich's principles paid off again as Marco Belinelli freed himself with a pump fake and hit an 18-foot baseline jumper to give San Antonio a 95-93 victory that made Popovich the ninth member of the NBA's 1,000-win club. ''It was looking bleak for a while, but the second group came out there and gave us a lot of energy and the starters came back in and executed pretty well,'' the Spurs' longtime coach said.

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