Gregg Popovich is 36-18 in game ones in his coaching career.

	TEAM	COACH	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	4/23/1998	1-0	SAS	@	PHX	W 102-96	1.000	240	102	37	17	9	7	36	68	52.9	3	12	25.0	27	43	62.8	58.7	9	28	13	20
2	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/5/1998	0-1	SAS	@	UTA	L 82-83	.000	240	82	47	16	4	8	29	64	45.3	1	5	20.0	23	31	74.2	52.8	7	40	16	23
3	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/9/1999	1-0	SAS	vs	MIN	W 99-86	1.000	240	99	39	24	8	4	39	81	48.1	4	7	57.1	17	22	77.3	54.6	10	29	10	18
4	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/17/1999	1-0	SAS	vs	LAL	W 87-81	1.000	240	87	44	18	6	9	31	74	41.9	3	7	42.9	22	34	64.7	48.9	12	32	14	21
5	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/29/1999	1-0	SAS	vs	POR	W 80-76	1.000	240	80	35	19	6	7	31	76	40.8	1	10	10.0	17	22	77.3	46.7	12	23	7	15
6	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	6/16/1999	1-0	SAS	vs	NYK	W 89-77	1.000	240	89	37	25	9	6	32	67	47.8	6	15	40.0	19	31	61.3	55.2	4	33	14	18
7	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	4/22/2000	0-1	SAS	vs	PHX	L 70-72	.000	240	70	50	15	7	9	27	73	37.0	4	11	36.4	12	21	57.1	42.6	9	41	18	19
8	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	4/21/2001	1-0	SAS	vs	MIN	W 87-82	1.000	240	87	42	18	3	6	33	66	50.0	4	11	36.4	17	24	70.8	56.8	8	34	16	20
9	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/5/2001	1-0	SAS	vs	DAL	W 94-78	1.000	240	94	50	19	6	5	32	73	43.8	6	13	46.2	24	37	64.9	52.6	11	39	12	24
10	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/19/2001	0-1	SAS	vs	LAL	L 90-104	.000	240	90	40	17	6	10	34	78	43.6	5	15	33.3	17	21	81.0	51.6	9	31	15	21
11	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	4/20/2002	1-0	SAS	vs	SEA	W 110-89	1.000	240	110	36	28	7	9	43	73	58.9	9	15	60.0	15	20	75.0	67.2	8	28	10	18
12	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/5/2002	0-1	SAS	@	LAL	L 80-86	.000	240	80	48	16	10	5	28	88	31.8	6	18	33.3	18	24	75.0	40.6	14	34	11	20
13	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	4/19/2003	0-1	SAS	vs	PHX	L 95-96	.000	265	95	47	26	10	6	32	80	40.0	5	24	20.8	26	41	63.4	48.4	19	28	15	22
14	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/5/2003	1-0	SAS	vs	LAL	W 87-82	1.000	240	87	45	19	9	6	30	80	37.5	6	14	42.9	21	35	60.0	45.6	12	33	11	20
15	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/19/2003	0-1	SAS	vs	DAL	L 110-113	.000	240	110	37	23	9	1	36	74	48.6	7	20	35.0	31	48	64.6	57.8	7	30	9	36
16	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	6/4/2003	1-0	SAS	vs	NJN	W 101-89	1.000	240	101	47	24	7	12	39	79	49.4	4	10	40.0	19	28	67.9	55.3	10	37	12	20
17	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	4/17/2004	1-0	SAS	vs	MEM	W 98-74	1.000	240	98	36	26	9	8	41	76	53.9	6	13	46.2	10	13	76.9	60.0	7	29	18	21
18	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/2/2004	1-0	SAS	vs	LAL	W 88-78	1.000	240	88	40	16	11	3	37	79	46.8	5	17	29.4	9	21	42.9	49.9	9	31	15	26
19	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	4/24/2005	0-1	SAS	vs	DEN	L 87-93	.000	240	87	45	22	6	8	34	81	42.0	3	13	23.1	16	19	84.2	48.7	12	33	17	23
20	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/8/2005	1-0	SAS	vs	SEA	W 103-81	1.000	240	103	46	17	4	7	35	69	50.7	4	13	30.8	29	35	82.9	61.0	11	35	18	19
21	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/22/2005	1-0	SAS	@	PHX	W 121-114	1.000	240	121	45	18	9	4	45	87	51.7	10	23	43.5	21	31	67.7	60.1	13	32	11	23
22	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	6/9/2005	1-0	SAS	vs	DET	W 84-69	1.000	240	84	49	12	3	8	34	79	43.0	4	13	30.8	12	15	80.0	49.1	15	34	15	17
23	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	4/22/2006	1-0	SAS	vs	SAC	W 122-88	1.000	240	122	51	25	5	6	42	73	57.5	11	17	64.7	27	32	84.4	70.1	12	39	12	20
24	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	5/7/2006	1-0	SAS	vs	DAL	W 87-85	1.000	240	87	40	11	8	4	31	75	41.3	3	13	23.1	22	30	73.3	49.3	11	29	12	20
25	Spurs	Gregg Popovich	4/22/2007	0-1	SAS	vs	DEN	L 89-95	.000	240	89	35	22	6	4	37	88	42.0	8	24	33.3	7	10	70.0	48.2	14	21	13	20
	Average								.667	242.3	98.6	41.9	20.6	7.3	5.3	36.8	79.2	46.4	6.8	17.4	38.8	18.4	25.5	72.0	54.6	10.1	31.8	12.9	20.3
	Total			36-18					.667	13,085	5,327	2,265	1,111	396	286	1,985	4,275	46.4	365	941	38.8	992	1,377	72.0	54.6	547	1,718	698	1,097