When asked what it means to face his former team in the postseason, Kings coach Mike Brown kept it simple.
“Man, it’s going to be a great matchup,” Kings forward Harrison Barnes told The Sacramento Bee’s Jason Anderson following a 109-95 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday at Ball Arena. “We play similar styles, so it’s going to be an up-and-down series.
“I think for us it’s a matter of just focusing on a lot of things that we talked about this season, but it’s going to be a great experience for our group for us to up our level of physicality and up our attention to detail as we start our journey in the postseason.” Barnes knows a thing or two about coach Steve Kerr and the Warriors. The 30-year-old was drafted by Golden State as the No. 7 overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.
The 12-year pro spent four seasons with the Warriors where they made it to the playoffs every year and won one NBA championship in that timeframe. But Barnes isn’t the only one familiar with the Warriors. Coach Mike Brown, who leads this year’s NBA Coach of the Year race, was an assistant in Golden State for six seasons. When asked what it means to face his former team in the postseason, Brown kept it simple.
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