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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Nick Nurse was 27 years old in 1995, and in the middle of his first season coaching the Birmingham Bullets in the British Basketball League, when he had a crisis of confidence about his future as a basketball coach.
Nurse ultimately kept coaching and, 25 years later, the Toronto Raptors' head coach found himself adding the NBA's Coach of the Year Award to a growing trophy case that includes the NBA championship he helped lead Toronto to last season.
The 53-year-old received 90 of the 100 first place votes cast by a panel of media members selected to vote on the award, finishing ahead of Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer -- last year's winner -- and Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan, who finished second and third, respectively.
Nurse ultimately kept coaching and, 25 years later, the Toronto Raptors' head coach found himself adding the NBA's Coach of the Year Award to a growing trophy case that includes the NBA championship he helped lead Toronto to last season.
The 53-year-old received 90 of the 100 first place votes cast by a panel of media members selected to vote on the award, finishing ahead of Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer -- last year's winner -- and Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan, who finished second and third, respectively.