LOS ANGELES — Doug Christie rapped along to the lyrics of Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day” on Saturday morning as the song echoed through the gym at USC’s Galen Center at the conclusion of his first shootaround as interim coach of the Sacramento Kings .
More than 30 years after Christie was a rookie with the Los Angeles Lakers , he found himself back in L.A., preparing to face the Lakers in his first game since taking over for Mike Brown, who was fired Friday afternoon before the team’s flight down the West Coast.
It has been anything but a good season for the Kings thus far, No. 13 in the Western Conference with a 13-18 record — having lost five games in a row and 12 of their past 17…