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Right after we got back from Disneyland, Tyler and Dad drove down to Santa Cruz to watch the Sea Dubs take on the Stockton Kings. We were always curious about the G-League Warriors. They're really not too far from home, and they always seem to have some decent players on their roster. For instance, at this game we got to watch second round pick Alen Smailagic up close. The other neat thing about this game is we know one of the coaches on the Stockton team, Kyle Nishimoto. He even waved to us at half time! We had a really great time all due to good friend Barb whose season tickets we got to use.

Outsider

Drew Shiller - Warriors Outsider.

warm ups

Smailagic warming up.

Mav'Riks

Mav'Riks
SC Warriors mascot.

Kyle

Coach Kyle
Stockton Kings.

Juan Toscano-Anderson

Juan Toscano-Anderson
taking in the game.

Alen Smailagic

Alen Smailagic.

T-Ball 2009

Tickets.

All through the month of April, during every Golden State Warriors telecast, Tyler participated in a Warriors trivia contest. At the end of the month the winner would receive an autographed Warriors jersey. In order to play he had to open his Warriors app on his phone during a game. From there he would access Game Mode where he would answer questions during the game but mostly during time outs and commercial breaks. As the month progressed he'd find himself leading the rest of the contestants and finally winning with a 2,000 point margin. After winning, he was contacted by the Warriors marketing department so he could fill out all the paperwork. Eventually, in mid May, he received a USPS Priority Mail box with a return address that read, "Golden State Warriors".

Whose jersey did he receive?

Klay Thompson

Klay Thompson!

For the past two seasons every Golden State Warriors fan has been waiting for Klay Thompson to return to the floor to take his place with his teammates. Since the 2019 NBA Finals when Klay tore his ACL and the following year when he tore his achilles he's been rehabbing and working to get back to where he was before he was first injured. Now, after 941 days he's set to make his first appearance back in uniform at the Chase Center against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Anticipation was running high and fans couldn't wait to see him suit up. Tyler even wrote a Tweet that said, "He's gonna make grown men cry on Sunday". His social media post could be considered as having gone viral as he garnedered nearly four thousand likes and over one thousand retweets. It became so popular that even former Warrior (current Utah Jazz) player Eric Paschall retweeted it on his personal Twitter account.

Eric Paschall

Eric Paschall retweeted Tyler's post.

parade

After the 2019 NBA Finals, the Warriors have been on a rough road. During those Finals the Warriors lost both Kevin Durant to an achilles injury in Game 5 and then Klay Thompson to an ACL injury in Game 6. The next year, despite his injury, Durant left the Warriors to join the Brooklyn Nets. Klay Thompson started the season rehabbing his left knee. With both veteran players out of action, it was up to Steph Curry and Draymond Green to try and keep the Warriors afloat. Unfortunately, 4 games into the 2019-2020 season Curry went down with a broken left hand. That season ended with a very disappointing 15-50 record. The next season was better as Steph Curry was back, but Klay Thompson suffered another set back as he went down with a right achilles injury this time. Despite his absence the Warriors had a respectable 39-33 record and qualified for the Play-In Tournament. While glad to be relevant again, they had disappointing losses to the Lakers and then the Grizzlies. Their Playoff hopes were dashed and all they could do was hope for the best next season.

The Warriors in the 2021-2022 season was a very different team than the previous two seasons. Klay Thompson eventually worked his way back into the line-up 50 games into the season. Jordan Poole developed into a solid starter and scored 20 points or more in 17 straight games. Kevon Looney proved his early injury issues were behind him and played in all 82 games as an effective yet undersized center. Gary Payton II worked his way onto the roster and played impactful minutes delighting fans with highlight dunks and tough on-ball defense. Otto Porter, Jr. also came off the bench and proved he was a 3-point threat as well as someone who could be relied upon to grab timely rebounds. Andre Iguodala returned after his stint with the Miami Heat and proved to be as valuable on the bench and in the locker room as he was on the floor. Finally, Andrew Wiggins found a home with this team and was voted to his first All-Star game. He became known as "Two-Way Wiggs" as he was often asked to defend the opposing team's most talented player.

In the first round of the playoffs the third seeded Warriors played the sixth seed Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets, with perennial All-Star and former league MVP Nikola Jokic, was a formidable first round opponent. With lots of big players Denver seemed like a mismatch for the Small Ball Warriors. To make matters worse, the Warriors' Steph Curry was injured at the end of the season and would not start the first four games of the series. He would come off the bench to make sure he didn't do too much too soon. The Warriors would win this first round series 4 games to 1.

The Western Conference Semi-Finals found the Warriors matched up with the second seed, Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are a young, talented, dynamic team with tremendous upside. They play a similar up tempo style of basketball as the Warriors, plus they shoot a lot of 3 pointers. They proved to be a worthy adversary with All-Star Ja Morant at the forefront leading his team in all aspects of the game either on the floor as their starting point guard or as someone rooting his teammates on from the bench. The Warriors eventually went on to win this series 4 games to 2.

The Western Conference Finals would match the Warriors against the Luka Doncic led Dallas Mavericks. Doncic, a Rookie of the Year recipient and All-Star, is an incredibly talented basketball player. He can make shots from every spot on the floor and doesn't appear to have a weakness. Unfortunately, there aren't many other high caliber players on the Mavericks and Doncic just couldn't do it alone against the deep roster of the Warriors. The Warriors won this series 4 games to 1.

The 2022 NBA Finals had the Warriors facing the Boston Celtics. Boston was led by All-Star Jayson Tatum, All-Star Jaylen Brown, Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart, and All-Star Al Horford. This team was a worthy match up for the Warriors, and if the Celtics could find a shooting rhythm they would be dangerous. In the first game Boston shot the ball incredibly well, and for the first time in these playoffs the Warriors lost their first game and started in the hole. Golden State came back in Game 2 to tie it up, but it wasn't long before they found themselves down again by losing Game 3. This time, however, the future did not look good. Steph Curry was injured in Game 3 and his ability to play Game 4 was in question. Fortunately, Curry willed himself to play and scored 43 points to win Game 4. Seemingly righting the ship, the Warriors would win both Games 5 and 6 to win their 7th NBA Championship and their 4th in 8 years.

All that was left was to have a parade. This year it would be in San Francisco, home of the Chase Center where the Warriors now reside. Tyler left early in the morning with Chloe and her family to see if they could grab a good spot to see the champions. They found a space on Market St. between 5th and 6th Sts. near the end of the parade route.

T & C

Chloe and Tyler.

Zebraettes

Bumped into Danica's
Zebraettes team.

Ty and Lims

Tyler with the Lims.

Steph Curry's bus!