Warriors coach Steve Kerr 4th-fastest to 600 wins

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Kerr may lastly have fun win No. 600.

The Golden State coach is among the quickest to succeed in the milestone, however after he made it to 599 the Warriors misplaced 5 in a row.

They snapped that skid with a 125-117 win over Washington on Monday night time.

“Not a great basketball game,” Kerr stated. “But we needed the win and were good enough to get the win.”

Kerr reached 600 in his 943rd regular-season sport.

Only three coaches have wanted fewer, based on info from the Elias Sports Bureau distributed by the Warriors.

Phil Jackson did it in 805 video games, Pat Riley in 832 and Gregg Popovich in 887.

“It’s surreal to hear my name in that group, but I can tell you that one thing that bonds us all together — those names and mine — is talent,” Kerr stated. “You can’t win in this league without great players, and I was blessed from the day I took this job with incredible talent.”

There hasn’t been as a lot of it in Golden State’s current lineups. Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler are out with accidents, and the Warriors are mired in a race for positioning within the play-in spherical within the Western Conference. They did have Draymond Green and Kristaps Porziņģis again after resting them in Sunday’s loss at New York.

Porziņģis scored a game-high 30 factors.

“He’s quite a talent,” Kerr stated. “We’re also on the Kristaps Porziņģis reunion tour. It’s kind of crazy. We’re playing every one of his former teams. The Knicks, Washington, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas — all five of his teams, we’re seeing on this trip. Players usually get up for playing against their old teams.”