NEW YORK – The Golden State Warriors’ Steve Kerr, whose team won an NBA-record 73 games, is the recipient of the Red Auerbach Trophy as the 2015-16 NBA Coach of the Year, the NBA announced today. He becomes the Warriors’ first winner since Don Nelson in the 1991-92 season.
Kerr, in his second season as Golden State head coach, received 64 first-place votes and 381 total points from a panel of 130 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. The Portland Trail Blazers’ Terry Stotts, who guided his team to the playoffs with four new starters, finished second with 37 first-place votes and 335 total points. Three-time winner Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs was third with 10 first-place votes and 166 total points. Coaches were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.
Under Kerr and assistant coach Luke Walton, who served as interim head coach until Kerr returned from back-surgery complications in January, the Warriors (73-9) posted the best regular-season record in league history, eclipsing the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls (72-10). The defending NBA champions opened the season 24-0, the best start in league history, which pushed their overall regular-season winning streak to 28 games, the second longest of all time.
The Warriors set NBA records for single-season road victories (34) and consecutive home regular-season wins (54, including 18 victories to finish last season), and went 39-2 at Oracle Arena for the second season in a row. Golden State also became the first team to go through a season without losing two games in a row or losing to the same team twice.
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Steve Kerr de los Golden State Warriors, que logro record de victorias en la temorada regular de la NBA con marca de 73-9, ha sido elegido como tecnico del año, anuncio la liga el lunes. convirtiendose en el primer tecnico de los Guerreros que lo gana desde Don Nelson en la temporada 1991-92.
Kerr en su segunda temporada como tecnico de Golden State recibio 64 votos para el primer lugar con un total de 381 puntos de un total de 130 periodistas y escritores de Basketball de Norteamérica…Terry Scotts de los Trail Blazers de Portland termino en segundo lugar con 335 puntos.
Bajo la direccion de Kerr y su asistente Luke Walton, quien lo reemplazo mientras Kerr se recuperaba de una operacion de espalda en enero, Golde State logro romper la historica marca de Chicago Bulls de 72-10 lograda en la temporada 1995-96. Golden State Campeon defensor de la NBA termino la temporada regular con 73-9 y establecio marca como el mejor arranque de temporada con un 24-0 y alcanzaron 28 victorias consecutivas, la segunda mas larga en la NBA…
Los Guerreros de Golden State ademas establecieron marca de 34 victorias consecutivas en la carretera. 54 consecutivas como locales incluyendo las 18 de la temporada previa y terminaron marca de 39-2 como locales por segunda temporada consecutiva. Golden State ademas cerro la temporada como el unico equipo que no perdio consecutivamente o con el mismo equipo 2 veces.