Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown addresses Maine mass shooting: 'I don’t even want to talk about basketball'

Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck provides an update on the mass casualty shooting in Maine. 

The Sacramento Kings won their season debut over the Utah Jazz Wednesday night, but the team’s victory and their performance were not what the Kings’ coach wanted to address after the game. Instead, he turned his attention to the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

"I don’t even want to talk about basketball," a visibly emotional head coach Mike Brown told reporters at a post-game press conference. "We played a game, it was fun. Obviously, we won but if we can’t do anything to fix this, it’s over. It’s over for our country for this to happen time after time."

Brown initially addressed reporters saying he was walking over to the press conference when someone told him about the mass shooting in Maine that spanned two locations Wednesday night leaving at least 22 people dead and 30 wounded. He said: "If that doesn’t touch anybody, then I don’t know. I don’t even know what to say."

"It’s a sad day. It’s a sad day for our country. It’s a sad day in this world," the coach added. "And, until we decide to do something about it, the powers that be, this is going to keep happening. And our kids are not going to be able to enjoy what our kids are about because we don’t know how to fix a problem that’s right in front of us."

LEWISTON, MAINE MASS SHOOTING: AT LEAST 22 DEAD AS MANHUNT INTENSIFIES FOR PERSON OF INTEREST ROBERT CARD

SACRAMENTO, CA - NOVEMBER 15: Head Coach Mike Brown of the Sacramento Kings addressed the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine during a press conference following his team's win over the Utah Jazz, 130-114. (Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)

Wednesday’s mass shooting is staggering both