SANTA CLARA — Two days after sitting two rows behind the Warriors’ bench of their NBA Finals Sport 2 win, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan raved concerning the expertise, extra so from a fan’s perspective quite than a training kinship with Steve Kerr.
“It was superior, actual cool,” Shanahan mentioned. “It was my first Finals recreation. I bought to take a seat near the teaching bench which was actually neat to see how all of them do it. I hope to see extra. It was fairly cool.”
The Warriors gained 107-88 to tie the collection at 1-1 heading into Wednesday’s Sport 3 towards the host Boston Celtics.
Though Shanahan was positioned proper behind Kerr’s seat, the Warriors’ coach usually stood close to midcourt throughout recreation motion, then he and his assistants would huddle with gamers on the bench throughout timeouts.
“You possibly can’t hear that effectively, but it surely’s cool to look at all of them and see how into it all of them are,” Shanahan mentioned. “It’s the environment you need to watch, that I really like watching. It’s much more enjoyable sitting there watching it.
“You get pleasure from your nachos and your drink, and simply get pleasure from one thing that the blokes in entrance of me most likely haven’t been sleeping and have been serious about and ready for that second all day.”
Shanahan, the 49ers’ sixth-year coach, doesn't personally know Kerr however they've mutual buddies, together with 49ers common supervisor John Lynch, who accompanied Shanahan and their sons to courtside seats at a playoff recreation final month towards Memphis.
“It was enjoyable to go to that intense of a sporting occasion (on Sunday) the place you may type of try and benefit from the second,” added Shanahan, who’s guided the 49ers to the NFC Championship Sport in two of the previous three video games, in addition to the 2019 season’s Tremendous Bowl.
So, did Shanahan act like some followers and heckle anybody?
“No,” he responded. “There’s sufficient of that occurring.”