It’s been a change for pace in the 2019-20 season for Steve Kerr. The championship-winning coach has had wild success from his time as a player to coaching the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors’ first-half performance against the Sacramento Kings didn’t make things any easier on Kerr. Golden State shot a lowly 35.6 % from the field against the Kings, going 0-13 from three-point range in the first half.
Kerr’s frustration showed up in the second quarter after De’Aaron Fox drove to the basket and the Warriors’ coach looked upset the Sacramento point guard wasn’t called for a travel.
Kerr received a technical for arguing with referees on the next possession, which only seemed to escalate Kerr’s tirade, leading to his second technical, triggering an ejection by referee, Jordan Goldstein.
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Kerr stormed to the Sacramento visiting locker room after his rant ended and before the halftime buzzer sounded. Kerr’s ejection came with 1:14 left in the second quarter with the Warriors trailing the Kings, 49-36.
Kerr has only been ejected three times in his career, but two of them have now come in Sacramento. The Warriors’ head coach was tossed against the Kings back in 2017 when Draymond Green received a technical, and Kerr came to his defense that later got him ejected.
Warriors’ assistant coach, Mike Brown, took over the head coaching chair against Sacramento for the remainder of the game.