Looking back at Gregg Popovich's very first win

On Dec. 14, 1996, the San Antonio Spurs won their very first game with Gregg Popovich serving as head coach. Nearly two decades later, he's knocking on the door of 1,000 victories, still going strong, with five rings and a career unrivaled by just about everyone in his field.

But as Dan McCarney from the San Antonio Express-News recounts via this snippet from his newspaper's archive, things weren't so pleasant the night Pop notched his first win.