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The former one of the best basketball players on the planet took the wheel of the Spurs in the game lost to the Los Angeles Lakers (3-2) – 107: 121 (27:35, 26:28, 29:29, 25:29) .
Hammon had to replace Gregg Popovich, who was expelled from the game. The judges indicated the direction of the dressing room in the middle of the second half for the endless observations for an unspecified foul, the result was 41:52 in favor of the Lakers.
Hammon, who has been G. Popovich’s assistant for the seventh season, has played in the women’s NBA All-Star game six times during his basketball career, has played for the San Antonio Stars for seven seasons, and after completing his career, he devoted himself to training.
He has already taken an interest in various teams that have been looking for head coaches in recent years, but ultimately did not receive any offers.
“Of course, this is a very important moment,” the 43-year-old said after the match. – I have been part of this organization for a long time. I’ve been in San Antonio since 2007 when they switched me to Stars. So I invested a lot of time, just like the Spurs invested a lot of time in me to improve.
Hammon became the first team-led coach in one of North America’s four major sports leagues: the NBA, the NHL for hockey, the NFL for football, and the MLB for baseball.
Hammon, who unexpectedly faced the NBA champions in his first game, could not bring victory to the Spurs team.
LeBron James, who celebrated his 36th birthday, took the lead for most of the game, and the Spurs didn’t take double-digit opponents seriously, even when the gap was as much as 9 points at a time in the fourth quarter. .
James scored 26 points in this game and scored at least 10 points in the 1000th game in a row. For the last time, LeBron didn’t earn double-digit points in 2007 for the Cleveland Cavaliers. This is the longest series of its kind in NBA history.
“Spurs”: Dejounte Murray 29 (10/16 dvit., 7 atk. Kam., 7 rez. Lose), DeMaras DeRozanas 23 (6 on the ground. Lose), Patty Millsas 12, Lonnie Walkeris 11.
“Lakers”: LeBron James 26 (10/20 dvit., 8th ed.), Dennis Schroder 21, Anthony Davis 20 (9/13 dvit., 8 rev. Cam), Wesley Matthews 18 (6/6 trit.), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Montrezl Harrel (Rev. 9) after 10.
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