Steve Kerr will coach in Game 2 of the NBA Finals tonight, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne tweets. The last-minute decision was announced less than two hours before opening tip.
Kerr, out of action since Game 3 of Golden State’s first-round series with the Blazers, spoke with the media and, per Baxter Holmes of ESPN, has said that he intends to coach the remainder of the series.
Kerr made the decision to return to the sidelines this morning, ESPN’s Chris Haynes says in a tweet of his own.
Kerr also mentioned that his back feels as it did throughout the regular season when he coached all 82 games, Anthony Slater of the Mercury News tweets.
The decision likely came as a surprise to the Warriors, Tim Kawakami of the Mercury News tweets, saying that he didn’t know anybody from the organization expected this yesterday.
nobody cares outside of the bay area and Cleveland, and maybe not even in Cleveland
I predicted that as long as they were winning, Kerr would not come back to the bench.
That’s why I don’t gamble when I’m in Las Vegas LOL.
Coaching……like it matters with this team
1. He came back to attach himself to success. Nothing more. Just an ego thing.
2. He looked like he was in pain, I saw him two or three times wince. Awful.
Yeah Steve Kerr is a total egomaniac…where do you kids come up with this stuff?