Kings fire Mike Brown after 13-18 start to season: Source

The Sacramento Kings fired coach Mike Brown on Friday, a team source confirmed, following a five-game losing streak that dropped the team to 12th place in the Western Conference.

Brown, who signed a three-year contract extension in June, was 31 games into his third season in Sacramento. The Kings won 48 and 46 games in his first two seasons, including a 2022-23 campaign that saw them end a 16-year playoff drought. Sacramento lost in the Play-In tournament last spring.

But the Kings started this season just 13-18. The firing comes a day after Sacramento blew a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter and lost 114-113 to the Pistons after Detroit’s Jaden Ivey converted a four-point play with three seconds left.

News of the firing was first reported by ESPN

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