Season 50, Game 23
San Antonio 91, Chicago 95
18-5, 2nd in the West
After the Bulls snapped the Spurs 13-game road winning streak, Pop had a nice little rant when asked about his team’s motivation. To paraphrase, he said: these are grown men and professionals; they get paid to do their jobs.
The Spurs inability to play a full 48 minutes finally caught up to them, as they were unable to overcome yet another double-digit point deficit (18 in this game). Once again, they started flat, only scraping out 32 points in the first half.