Open Thread: On Wednesday night, Mitch Johnson won his 100th game

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On the final game of the Spurs recent home stand, Victor Wembanyama had a historic game. The reigning Western Conference Player of the Week scored a career-high 52 points, grabbing 24 rebounds and tallying 8 blocked shots.

After the game Wemby was seen signing autographs for fans with the game ball in tow. Moments later in the locker room, he handed off the momento to Mitch Jihnsion to commemorate the head coache’s 100th win.

How great is this:

TV cameras caught Victor making a point to grab the 🏀 before leaving the floor amid the excitement. Most would assume that it was for his career-high 52-point performance.

But no.

Victor secured it for his head coach, who secured win #100.

That’s a leader. https://t.co/sT203Nw5HN

— Nate Ryan (@nateryansports) November 5, 2026

Johnson, who took over for legendary Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, accumulated 32 wins while sitting in for Pop six games into the 2024-2025 season after he’d suffered a stroke. In his first full season as head coach, the Spurs won 62 games on their way the NBA Finals. After two losses to start the season,. the Spurs started a winning streak that as of Wednesday was six sicx in a row.

Johnson is t6he sixth Spurs coach to hit 100 wins with the Silver & Black.

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