Who will come out on top in the battle of the coaches? The Sacramento Kings Mike Brown (left) or the Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr (right) as both coaches and teams meet for game 1 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs at Golden 1 Center on Sat Apr 15, 2023 (USA Today file photo)

On the Sacramento Kings podcast:

#1 The Sacramento Kings have youth on their side as they open up the NBA Playoffs at Golden 1 Center for game 1 on Saturday as opposed to some of the older veterans on the Golden State Warriors will youth hold true over Golden State or will experienced veterans be the headlines in these playoffs over Sacramento?

#2 After leaving Andrew Wiggins Golden State to take care of his father’s health issues for over a month and half will the Warriors Wiggins be ready for playoff battle? Wiggins has worked out with the team and did not play the last three regular season games of the season.

#3 The Kings lost to the Warriors in their last regular season meeting on Fri Apr 7 119-97 at Golden One it was one of the Warriors very few road trip wins their 11th. The circumstances were a bit different for the Kings than regular season form. The Kings had already clinched, they didn’t want to risk injury to their key core in the line up namely De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis. The Warriors needed that game and came away the winner. You were at that game tell us how that one looked with those components in place.

#4 The question keeps coming up Stephen Curry and the Warriors get hot in post season it’s a time of the year they leave the regular season mistakes in the rearview mirror and come out for the fight and go deep in the playoffs for their eyes on the prize that hardware prize. Seeing the Kings as you have all season and know what Golden State has done in the past is this one for the ages or will the Kings struggle with Golden State in this first round.

#5 It’s the battle of the coaches: Steve Kerr Golden State Warriors head coach and former Warrior assistant coach and Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown. Brown looks to be the top candidate for NBA coach of the year for guiding an ailing Kings team to post season for the first time in 16 years. The Warriors are not intimidated and coach Kerr is familiar with Browns coaching style who comes out on top amongst these two brainy and great coaches?

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