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Brown became the first coach in league history
to unanimously win the award, receiving all 100 first-place
votes from media members to beat out finalists Mark Daigneualt
of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Joe Mazzulla of the Boston
Celtics.
Daigneault finished with 48 second-place votes and 164 total
points, while Mazzulla tallied 18 and 77, respectively.
Brown, 53, is in his first season as coach of the Kings after
serving as an associate head coach for the Golden State Warriors
from 2016-22. He helped Sacramento back to the playoffs for the
first time since 2006, a 16-year playoff drought which had been
the longest postseason cold spell in all four major North
American sports leagues.
The Kings, who finished third in the Western Conference this
season by going 48-34, currently hold a 2-0 lead over Golden
State in a first-round playoff series. Game 3 is scheduled for
Thursday night in San Francisco.
--Field Level Media
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