Cavaliers' Brown named coach of the year

NEW YORK: Mike Brown was named NBA coach of the year on Monday after guiding the Cleveland Cavaliers into the playoffs with a franchise-record 66 wins this season.

In his fourth year with the Cavaliers, Brown received 355 points, including 55 first-place votes, in balloting by sportswriters and broadcasters in the United States and Canada.

Houston Rockets' Rick Adelman was a distant second with 151 points, followed by Orlando Magic's Stan Van Gundy on 150.