OAKLAND, Calif. _ The Warriors will be without head coach Steve Kerr for Game 3 of their first round series in Portland on Saturday night.
Kerr missed the team's morning shootaround with an illness and still wasn't feeling well enough later in the afternoon, so the team announced his absence. Assistant Mike Brown will coach in Kerr's place. Brown is a former head coach of the Cavaliers and Lakers for parts of eight seasons.
"Obviously it's different," Draymond Green said. "Two completely different personalities. But the beat goes on."
Kerr missed a morning shootaround earlier this season in Chicago because he was feeling ill, but was able to coach the game that night.
Kerr missed the first 43 games last season because of lingering complications from a pair of back surgeries in the summer of 2015. His health has improved since, but he still occasionally suffers from headaches, nausea and an aching neck. There's no word from the team whether his current status is related to those health complications.
Brown has coached 83 playoff games before _ 71 leading LeBron James' Cavaliers and 12 leading Kobe Bryant's Lakers. He's 47-36.
