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Mike Budenholzer Runner-Up for 2019-20 NBA Coach of the Year

With Game 3 of the Milwaukee Bucks first round playoff series underway, TNT announced the winner of the 2019-20 Coach of the Year award. Mike Budenholzer, who won the award last year and once before (2014-15) with the Atlanta Hawks, is this year’s runner-up to Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse.

Nurse received 90 of the 100 first place votes. Mike Budenholzer finished second, and Billy Donovan finished third. https://t.co/FbZicmOsRD

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) August 22, 2020

Budenholzer, for the second straight regular season, guided the Bucks to the league’s top record and home court advantage throughout the postseason.