The Sacramento Kings are playing at a level this season that the franchise hasn’t seen in nearly two decades. After ending their 16-year-long playoff drought, the Kings have won the first two games of their first-round matchup against the Golden State Warriors.
And this has unlocked an incredible achievement for their Head Coach, Mike Brown. With these two playoff wins under his belt as Kings’ Head Coach, Brown has already reached No. 2 in the all-time list of playoff wins for Kings’ coaches.
The franchise moved from Kansas City to Sacramento in 1985. Since then, only three coaches out of 18 have managed to lead the franchise to the playoffs. Mike Brown became the 4th to do so this season. And his two wins are already enough for the second place on the all-time list for the Sacramento Kings. He has more wins than Phil Johnson, who won only one game, and Gary St. Jean, who never won a game in the playoffs with the Kings.
The most successful coach in franchise history has been Rick Adelman, coaching the team between 1998-2006, when they enjoyed the most success. They went to the playoffs every season during his tenure, making the Western Conference Semifinals four times and the Western Conference Finals once. Adelman led them to 34 playoff wins, so at least the No. 1 spot is still far away for Mike Brown.
Mike Brown Has Impressed The Entire NBA This Season
The Sacramento Kings were widely panned for the moves they made to pair De’Aaron Fox with Domantas Sabonis before this season. The team wasn’t expected to compete at the top of the league, but that’s exactly what they have done. Finishing as the 3rd seed in the Western Conference, the Kings’ success has seen Mike Brown voted as Coach Of The Year by the National Basketball Coaches Association.
He is also a finalist for the NBA’s Coach Of The Year award and will likely claim that award. He will become just the second coach in the Kings’ history to win a playoff series if they can win two more games against the Golden State Warriors.
Brown is an excellent example of a coach that has found success by implementing his principles and ensuring his team plays a team-oriented style of basketball. It feels like just the beginning of his journey with the Kings, and fans will be beyond excited to see where else he can take this team.
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