Doug Christie becomes interim coach of the Sacramento Kings after Mike Brown's sudden firing. The team is struggling with a losing streak and low morale.
Doug Christie hummed along to Ice Cube's 'It Was a Good Day' on Saturday morning as the song echoed through the gym at USC's Galen Center at the conclusion of his first shootaround as interim coach of the Sacramento Kings . He found himself back in L.A., preparing to face the Lakers in his first game since taking over for Mike Brown , who was fired Friday afternoon before the team's flight down the West Coast. It has been anything but a good season for the Kings thus far, No.
13 in the Western Conference with a 13-18 record -- having lost five games in a row and 12 of their past 17. Christie, who credited Brown's 'passion' in turning the franchise around the past two seasons -- said the coaching change resulted in an energy shift at the shootaround session.Domantas Sabonis, who missed Sacramento's last game Thursday with an illness, did not join the team on its flight to L.A., as he was questionable to play because of the illness, but arranged his own travel Saturday morning to be a part of the first steps with Christie. 'I got here and went right onto the court,' Sabonis said. 'We're all focused on winning the game. But we obviously know we haven't been performing at our best. And we have to do a better job. Me, as one of the leaders of the team, I got to make sure that that happens. We got to win all the games that we can.' Before Brown was dismissed, he led the Kings' practice Friday and was seen by reporters having a conversation with Fox on the court. 'We were talking about in-game stuff, what we would do towards the end of games,' Fox said after the shootaround. 'Definitely didn't know that that little conversation -- that's really normal -- would have been the last one with him as a head coach
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