Doug Christie, the interim head coach of the Sacramento Kings, found himself at the center of a heated exchange during the team’s recent game against the Golden State Warriors. The incident, which involved a confrontation with Warriors’ head coach Steve Kerr,
Now it’s up to Doug Christie, the former Kings energizer defender to pull a season of promise out of the ditch and back into the fast lane. He won three of his first four games after taking over for the abruptly terminated Mike Brown, making Christie the Kings’ 13th coach in 19 seasons and the eighth under club owner Vivek Ranadive.
The Sacramento Kings have turned their season around under interim head coach Doug Christie and guard Malik Monk recently commented on their new coach.
The Kings will hit the road looking to continue their winning streak. They play the Boston Celtics Friday and Chicago Bulls Sunday.
With four straight wins, the Sacramento Kings are playing for each other and coming together as they climb back up the standings.
After losing six consecutive games and firing head coach Mike Brown, the Sacramento Kings have effectively revived their 2024-25 season with an active five-game win streak. The Kings now look ahead to a massive road matchup against the Boston Celtics on Friday, for a chance to extend their win streak and put the NBA back on notice.
Following Wednesday's practice in Sacramento on Wednesday morning, Kings forward Keegan Murray talks about the team's five game win streak, the quick turnaround to the season under interim head coach Doug Christie and tries to identify what's different with the roster that has them playing so much better.
What Doug Christie had to say after capturing his second win since Mike Brown's firing.
Doug Christie took over as the interim head coach of the Sacramento Kings amid a season-long losing streak, fans booing the team off their home court and questions surrounding the decision to fire Mike Brown,
Based on what he saw in a 132-122 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers after what he described as a “crazy 24 hours” following the firing of Mike Brown, interim coach Doug Christie thinks the Sacramento Kings are capable of turning things around.
The Sacramento Kings are on a three-game winning streak ... Mike Brown had been fired and the first game under interim head coach Doug Christie was lost, but things started to shift into gear ...
After the win, Christie talked about Fox’s talent reaching new heights, per Ballislife’s X, formerly Twitter. “De’Aaron Fox is elite. His competitive nature is just high level. He’s finding his way in front of our very eyes. It’s huge. I just hugged him and said, ‘I love you man. Thank you.’”