LOS ANGELES, Aug 4 — Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer and Oklahoma City Thunder counterpart Billy Donovan were named as joint winners of the National Basketball Coaches Association coach of the year award yesterday. Budenholzer and Donovan shared the award after voting which saw...
Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan. — Reuters pic
Budenholzer and Donovan shared the award after voting which saw Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse just miss out on a share of the honour. Nurse polled just one vote fewer than Budenholzer and Donovan. Voting this year is based on games played up to March 11, when the season went into shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Mike led the Bucks to the best record in the league for a second straight season and Billy became just the fourth active head coach to lead his team to the playoffs in each of his first five seasons.”
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