Doc Rivers expressed his sadness Thursday regarding the death of music icon Prince/AP photo by Danny Moloshok

Clippers coach Doc Rivers was bummed out about the sudden death of Prince on Thursday at age 57.

“Yeah, it’s really sad,” Rivers said Thursday morning at practice. “Him and Michael (Jackson) were my two guys and to lose them both this early is just crazy to me. Growing up, it was Prince or Michael. Sometimes, you had to take sides.”

Rivers said he saw Prince “two or three times” in concert.