Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown has entered the NBA's health and safety protocols, the team announced Tuesday.
He will miss Tuesday night's home game against the Denver Nuggets, which will be coached by associate head coach Jordi Fernandez.
Brown will return to the Kings "upon receiving clearance under the current NBA guidelines," the team said.
The resurgent Kings currently occupy the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference entering play Tuesday. At 17-14, they are 3½ games behind first-place Denver and only a half-game behind fifth-place Phoenix.
Sacramento hasn't made the playoffs since the 2005-06 season, the NBA's longest postseason drought.