Mike Brown on stint as Warriors’ acting head coach: ‘Yeah, I felt pressure’

Ten months removed from reclaiming his title as the Warriors' associate head coach, Mike Brown is ready to admit the obvious: Last spring, when he spent six weeks filling in for the ailing Steve Kerr, Brown felt the weight of outside expectations. "I don't care what anybody says," Brown said after practice Friday. "Anybody who's in that situation, they're going to feel pressure. So, did I feel pressure? Yeah, I felt pressure." His deft handling of his interim role with Kerr away to deal with chronic pain — Golden State went 11-0 under Brown, sweeping the conference semifinals and finals — was an essential factor in the team's second championship run in three years.