The Golden State Warriors are your 2017 NBA Champions. They defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. The Warriors posted a 67-15 NBA record and finished first in the NBA Pacific Division. Led by NBA MVP and Davidson College product, Stephen Curry, the Warriors are looking to get back to the NBA Finals for a fourth year in a row in the 2017-18 NBA season.
Founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors and franchise moved to California and became the Golden State Warriors in 1971. The Warriors compete in the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division against the Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings, and Phoenix Suns. They play their home games at Oracle Arena in front of 19,500 basketball fans each night. Over the franchise history the Warriors have won the NBA Championship four times (1947, 1956, 1975, 2015) with the most recent under the leadership of Stephen Curry. The Warriors have many great NBA All Stars play for the franchise over the years like Wilt Chamberlain, Chris Mullin, Rick Barry, and Nate Thurmond.