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NBA: Sacramento Kings fire head coach Mike Brown after poor start

NBA: Sacramento Kings fire head coach Mike Brown after poor start

Sacramento Kings have parted ways with head coach Mike Brown following a five-losing streak that leaves them 12th in the Western Conference standings, Afrosport reports. Brown, who is in his third-year with the Kings, was voted Coach of the Year in the 2022-23 season and helped the Kings to a playoff berth, their first in 17 years. The 56-year-old recently signed a three-year $30-million extension that would've kept...

Former Nigeria coach Mike Brown wins NBA Coach of the Year award

NBA: Kings’ coach Mike Brown fined $35,000 for ‘aggressively pursuing official’

Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown has been fined $35,000 for misconduct, Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations, announced on Tuesday. Brown has been sanctioned for aggressively chasing after an official during their 108-103 loss to the Brooklyn Nets at Golden 1 Center on Sunday night. The 54-year-old was given a technical foul at the 7:13 mark of the third quarter...

Former Nigeria coach Mike Brown wins NBA Coach of the Year award

Former Nigeria coach Mike Brown wins NBA Coach of the Year award

Former head coach of Nigeria men’s national basketball team, Mike Brown has been voted the NBA’s Coach of the Year for his outstanding exploits in the 2022–23 season with the Sacramento Kings. The 53-year-old, who was formerly an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors, beat out finalists Mark Daigneault (OKC Thunder) and Joe Mazzulla (Boston Celtics) by unanimous votes to win the inaugural Red Auerbach...

Jokic shines in Nuggets’ 17th win of the season at Ball Arena

Jokic shines in Nuggets’ 17th win of the season at Ball Arena

The Denver Nuggets secured their 17th win of the season with a 141–128 win over the Washington Wizards at the Ball Arena. Reigning MVP Nikola Jokic led both teams in scoring with his first 40-point or more game this season, ending with a double-double of 43 points, 14 rebounds, and eight assists. Former Nuggets players Will Barton (22 points) and Monte Morris (20 points) started the...

Warriors & Lakers lose as Raptors, Bucks and Celtics record wins

Warriors & Lakers lose as Raptors, Bucks and Celtics record wins

The Golden State Warriors succumbed to the Utah Jazz in a heartbreaking 124–123 defeat at the Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Warriors, without All-Star trio Steph Curry, Draymond Green, and Andrew Wiggins, were hoping to put an end to their terrible away form this season but fell short in the last second of the game after guard Jordan Poole was stripped of the ball. With less...