Erik Spoesltra of the Miami Heat and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs, whose teams had the longest winning streaks in February, were named Coaches of the Month, the NBA announced Thursday.
The Heat are currently riding an eight-game winning streak under Spoelstra, who guided Miami to an 11-2 mark in February and was named Eastern Conference winner. The winning streak included wins at Atlanta, Milwaukee and Indiana on consecutive nights, making Miami the first team to win road games on three straight nights since Phoenix in 1979.
Popovich won for the Western Conference as the Spurs also went 11-2 in February. Their month included an 11-game winning streak despite playing just four home games. On its “Rodeo” road trip, San Antonio went 8-1.
Others considered were Chicago’s Tom Thibodeau, Detroit’s Lawrence Frank, Memphis’ Lionel Hollins, Oklahoma City’s Scott Brooks, Orlando’s Stan Van Gundy and New York’s Mike D’Antoni.