George Karl Illness: Latest on Kings Coach's Status and Return
Sacramento Kings head coach George Karl will miss his team's game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday because of an illness.
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Grant Napearย of CBS Sports 1140 first reported Karl would miss the game, andย Marc J. Spearsย of Yahoo Sports confirmed the coach is out withย gastroenteritis.
According to Napear, associate head coach Chad Iske will replaceย Karl, who recently moved into fifth place on the NBA's all-time coaching wins list.ย
The Kings, who began the season 1-7, have won five of their past seven games and crept into the Western Conference playoff race at 20-25. Karl, 63, coached the final 30 games for the Kings last year, going 11-19. He now has them in a respectable position for a franchise that has not made the playoffs since the 2005-06 season.
Iskeย is in his second year with the Kings after spending two years as an assistant with the Philadelphia 76ers. Prior to that, he spent 14 years with the Denver Nuggets, serving under Karl for five of them.
The Kings will look to end a two-game losing streak without Karl in the second game of a three-game road trip.
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