The Warriors Just Made History

No words can properly describe what happened at ORACLE Arena tonight. We're still not even sure what happened. We need more time to soak it all in.

In any case, it can't be denied - the Warriors have advanced to the Western Conference Semifinals after completing an amazing, captivating, exciting, hard-fought, historic 4-2 series victory over the Mavericks.

By now you probably know that the Warriors are the first 8-seed to ever defeat the 1-seed in a best-of-seven series. But this series was more than that. The endless storylines relating to each team provided so much drama that it's hard to keep up with it all. The Warriors made the playoffs for the first time in 13 years, but they played like perennial contenders. The Mavericks nearly won the NBA Championship last season, but they looked overmatched for much of the series. Don Nelson was coaching against the team he helped put together, and a coach whom he mentored. The Warriors were the only team the Mavs did not defeat during their 67-15 regular season. And so on and so on.

One of the best things to come out of the series was the recognition of Warriors fans as some of the best in the entire NBA. The Warriors Faithful have been dedicated through good times and bad, and they deserve credit for helping give the Warriors such a huge homecourt advantage during this series. The players know exactly how important their fans are, and they showed their appreciation tonight not only with a 25-point win, but by acknowledging them throughout the game, and then coming back onto the court following the game decked out in their own 'We Believe' shirts.

So much more will be written and said about this series, so we're going to leave it at that for tonight. We'll be back with much more coverage over the next few days. Remember that the Warriors will play the winner of the Houston Rockets-Utah Jazz series, and that the series will begin on Monday, May 7 in either Houston or Salt Lake City.







The Warriors are taking a much-needed and well-deserved day off today after Thursday night's exhilarating win. Golden State clinched a spot in the Western Conference Semifinals by knocking off the #1 seed Dallas Mavericks 111-86. Playing in front of yet another record crowd, the Warriors closed out their 4-2 series victory, thereby becoming the first #8 seed in NBA history to win a best-of-seven playoff series over a #1 seed.