Blazers Terry Stotts Finishes 6th In NBA Coach Of The Year Voting
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Portland Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts finished 6th in the NBA Coach of The Year voting with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich taking home the honor for the third time.
Here are the final results:
2013-14 NBA COACH OF THE YEAR RESULTS
Coach, Team 1st 2nd3rdPts
Gregg Popovich, San Antonio 59 23 16 380
Jeff Hornacek, Phoenix 37 44 22 339
Tom Thibodeau, Chicago 12 22 33 159
Steve Clifford, Charlotte 8 21 24 127
Dwane Casey, Toronto 5 9 18 70
Terry Stotts, Portland 2 3 6 25
Doc Rivers, L.A. Clippers 1 2 2 13
Scott Brooks, Oklahoma City 0 0 1 1
Mark Jackson, Golden State 0 0 1 1
Jason Kidd, Brooklyn 0 0 1 1
Stotts coached the Blazers to a 21-win turnaround from last season, a Trail Blazers franchise record.
The Blazers play in Game 2 of the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs at 6:30 PM on TNT and locally on KGW.
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen is the Trail Blazers beat reporter for The Columbian. He's a graduate of the Allen School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in addition earning a degree in Spanish. He's covered the NBA for four seasons. You can also occasionally find his work on ESPN.com's NBA section for their TrueCities series. He also fist-bumped with Kanye West once. Follow @BlazerBanter on twitter for more Blazers and NBA news.