i still can't believe it. i knew we were gonna win that game beyond the shadow of a doubt, but i still just cannot believe we're playing more than 82 games this season.

a year in doubt, a year with ups and downs, and a year WHEN WE FINALLY MADE PLAY OFFS

Finally off the back...what a burden it has been all these years!
What's the new tagline?
Go Warriors! We Believe Final

You guys been holdin' it down all year. Thanks. We ain't done yet. Let's shock the world! Go dubs! One dub!

i can't believe you left out this picture

Does feeling this good about a sports team make me a  wierdo or bad person in light of all the other wack garbage going on in the world?  Probably...., but I know I'm surrounded by them.  May their never be another curse/drought ever again.  Yeeeee.

im a bit numb,i dont think its really hit me yet.  after last years horrible horrible season i didnt want to get too hyped on this years team but im glad it happened this way.  to watch this team come together was so awesome.  and i know its been said before but the warriors have the best fans.
also thanks for this site, its rad to know there are so many die hard warriors fans out there.

i don't even wanna sleep tonight!!!! playoffs baby!!!!! i'm lookin forward to all the coverage!!!!! much luv to all here at GSoM!!!!

Thanks Chris Mullin.

I love you guys... 1 dub.

Just wanted to say thanks to all those holdin it down at GSOM. Your recaps are money. Warrior fans are second to none and the Mavs will feel the intensity and madness of 12 years of waiting when they come into the Arena. Go dubs.

JRich for fulfilling your promise.. and Air France for that excellent post game interview.

that we had this thing in the bag ever since i was in my mothers womb!

Let's go warriors.

Expect the unexpected beh beh!

Bigger than the Giants making the World Series!  Bigger than the 49ers last championship!  Bigger than the Raiders last Super Bowl appearance!  Even bigger than the Warriors '94 playoffs appearance.  I am a basketball first (especially Warriors basketball first) kind of guy (just ask ALL of my family and friends).  I have stuck behind this team through the thin and thinnest of times... defending them on many occations from haters and other doubters alike and continuing to show support, even through the roughest of losing skids.  From the RUN TMC days, the final playoff game (thanks Barkley), to the potential championship team (Hardaway, Sprewell, Mullin, Webber, and Seikaly with a strong bench to match... stupid Webber!), to the dark days of Price, Starks, Mills, Fortson, Fuller and company, the new blood of Richardson, Arenas, Jamison, Murphy, Boykins and even Dunleavy which excited us at first but fell apart because of the salary cap, and finally to our current incarnation of the Warriors...  We're finally here!  And now its time for all of us to celebrate.  I know it's only a tiny step in the big picture of it all, but damn does this tiny step feel like a HUGE relief (because IT IS!).  I once thought I was the biggest Warriors fan in the world, being surrounded by fair-weather fans and haters all of my life... but now I know that there are people who mirror, even surpass my passion for this very same GOLDEN STATE WARRIOR TEAM!  I say congratulations to all the true fans who have been around long before the excitement of today's team and welcome to all of those who are now Warriors fans.  I greet you all with open arms.  Thank you all for making this even more special by allowing me to share my excitement with you.  

Am I the only one who feels like crying??? This is almost as good as if the Giants won the World Series. Today has been like the greatest day of my life. Thank you Golden State of Mind for being my favorite website. I hope you guys never leave. Thank you Warriors for giving me the little glimmer of hope. All I ask is for one win in the playoffs preferably game 3 which is when I am going thanks to our man Chris Murphy.

One Dub One Luv
Warrior Faithful

next game might just be the most important game of the year. you guys are cool

proud and happy to be a member of the Warriors nation tonight. This season has been a blast for me and anything positive from here on out is a plus.

And that pic of the Ws in the locker room, man, Jrich is freaking built like a Spartan. Wheres that one GSoM member with the pic tag of Jrich in the 300 theme!!!

Jrich is a man of his word.

;)

and they equal PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!! I was nervous this whole weekend until now. Now I can breathe easy and sleep tight.
aaaaahhhhhhhhh

WARRIORS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!!

Mike Dunleavy for always showing just enough potential to make yourself worth trading for.

finally the drought is over. What a season it has been . every game during the last month was  so tense. Th wins had mejumping off the wall, and the loses had me curing at my computer b ut thankfully i did more jumping then cursing. everygame was the most important of the season and we won the ones taht mattered. WE didnt crumble and choke cause we are warriors and we got ice water running through our veins.

Everyone in the organization deserves credit for this and i would like to start at the VP; the sweetest shooting southpaw the world has ever seen, chris our savior mullin. I couldnt see this happening without trading the dunmurphy sisters and getting some bad ass doodes in action jackion and tmnharrington. So big up to chris for without him behind the wheel the drunk driver cohan would of found some way to mess it up.

Bring on the mavs, cause we OWN THEM. Dirk is going to wish he was back in deutchland cause we are going to harrass him to no end. He will have a restraining order against our warriors after this series no doubt.

GO WARRIORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONE DUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

finally. The Dream has come true for every Warrior fan for so long. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!!! yes!!!!!! Where going to the Playoffs. LET'S GO WARRIORS!!!!!!!

GSOM crew, this site truly shows that the warriors have the most passionate and loyal fans in the nba. Big thanks to Matt Barnes, I'm not sure the warriors would be were they are without his nightly bench production and hustle, I think he definetely has to be resigned.

Thats the nicest recap to read about! It makes me feel like the Dubs won the championship! Thanks you Dubs, you made me the happiest man alive tonight! Now lets give thanks:

Thank you GSOM team for being the most fun GSW-blog!
Thank you Nelie!
Thank you Baron!
Thank you Jrich!
Thank you Sjax!
Thank you TMNT!
Thank you AB!
Thank you Monta!
Thank you MP3!
Thank you Barnes!
Thank you Kabuki!
Thank you Foyle!
Thank you Saras!
Thank you Powell!
Thank you POB!
Thank you Zarko!
Thank you Mullin!
Thank you Pacers!
Thank you GOD!

Iam propably the only Warrior fan in Greece, so it feels kind of lonely when it comes to Warriors achievements. I think iam gonna cry :P

P.S. Thank you all for reading this!
 

im lovin' it! I already smell NBA finals! go warriors!

It was the year of C Web and the Phoenix Suns
Barkley would sweep us and the misery would come

It was Lanier, Adelman, Carlesimo and Jean
They were the team that I had rooted for all as a teen

Of course Webber leaves and Joe Smith is our savior
But could another number one pick be just another trader?

It turns out he was a bust and not even a threat
But who knew that Sprewell would choke PJ's thick neck?

We traded for Antawn Jamison over Vince Carter
But tt turned out that he would be just another starter

Just like Donyell, and certainly like Bimbo
With just another coach that would also be in Limbo

Dave Cowens, Brian Winters, and drunk Eric Musselman
Well at least the latter would get this team somewhat hustlin'

I ain't gon' mention all the players that are gone
Because this poem would simply last too long

But when I became Twenty, Mullin came back
He fired those muscles but hired a Cardinal quack

Of course another coach that just never really made it
Thank goodness we had the sense to trade for Baron  Davis

Along with JRich there were some alley oops for the highlights

But with DunMurph being a bust the playoffs were not in eyesight

A longstory told short, we hired that named Don
So another era of Warriors basketball would spawn

We traded some softies for some real hard knockers
Up and down basketball kickin ball's like soccer

So say what you want about the thirteen year drought?
We were here through it all, we will win, we will shout.

I'm going to be the only guy in the sports bar watching the Warriors make the Mavs life hell and I can't wait!

Way to go GSoM!  You guys have been my main connection to the Warriors community and this fantastic season except for the two weeks over xmas when I was at home.

This is awesome.  I'm weepy.

can't put it in words.  oakland rising.  a bearded, busted up maniac, a dunk champion shooting threes, a fan punching, clip dumping outcast, a pear shaped ridge headed underachiever, a acne scarred fearless high school kid, a nervous frenchman, a 7 foot tall latvian teenager, and a straight up pure hustle 'n heart borderline crackhead out of sacto.  forget dunleavy and murphy, there's some character for the rest of you nba bastards.  they've been living on a bread and water diet for the last two months and right now dirk and dallas have big ol roast chickens for heads....we're freaking starving over here PASS THE PEAS!

I wasent able to come online last night....but THANK GOD THIS CURSE IS OVER!!!

Big ups to GSoM, you have provided the best entertainment on the web all year with this site, and it will continue on for many seasons Im sure....WE AINT EVEN DONE WITH THIS SEASON BABY!!!

Nelson's speech after the game was touching.

Pietrus is funny as hell.

Fitz's comments in the last quarter and after the game were ALL classic.

And, when Baron found out there were 5,000 plus at the Arena...his reaction? PRICELESSS!!

i remember listening to the final seconds of the warriors championship-clinching game over washington back in '75 at the tender age of 9.  i've been a fan ever since.

i remember watching eric augustus "sleepy" floyd's '87 playoff 29 point 4th quarter against the Lake Show in my college apartment with my screaming buddies. (read more on this here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/040511)

i remember scrounging up all the dough i could get to buy a mini-plan to the '89 season my first year out of college...and then buying a full plan for the following year after my first couple of games watching Tim, Mitch and Chris become TMC.

the next five years as a season ticket holder were glorious.  well worth the 1.5 hour drive each way and all of my expendable cash.  there was Run TMC...the Road Warriors...beating Jordan, Magic, Bird, Barkley....Run DMC performing at the Arena before the 3rd playoff game against the Lakers in '91...and yes - Spree for Three and trading for the rights to Webber.

then i suffered through the next five years of hell...don't want to go into it.  alas, traveling 1.5 hours each way to the arena just wasn't fun anymore.  i loved the warriors...but it was like cruel and unusual punishment.  i got older..got more responsibilities...and regretfully gave up my season tickets in '99.

i've remained a fan and rooted hard for the warriors to become fun again.  every year i've come back with hope...every year i've been disappointed.  my wife has known the score just by watching my face.

to cut to the chase...in the spirit of this thread...i'm a very happy man right now.  i'm with you all.  i feel the same way.  for me, the playoffs is big...but there's something more, too.  simply put, i like these guys.  i like that they like each other and they work hard and pull for each other and play as a team.  i love that they are having fun.  

one dub.  let's go warriors!

Haven't posted in awhile, but have enjoyed GSOM all season.  Great job Atma and crew.

Latest Ranking of This Century's Most Thrilling Warrior Moments:

1. Warriors Dump MurphLeavy onto Indy for Jax and Big Al
   
2. Warriors Clinch Playoff Slot!!!
   
3. Arenas Throws Perfect 75 Foot Alley-Oop to J-Rich 5 years ago
   
4. A 9,437-way tie for last

My 4 month old daughter has never seen the Warriors miss the playoffs!

Had a dream last night that the W's traded Dunleavy and Murphy...and get this, they made the PLAYOFFS with a 42-40 record!?!

Luckily, I woke up in the middle of the night with a smile on my face knowing the W's finally did it this season. By the way, the Oracle was rocking last night...

to all the cool goldenstateofminder's for making my days at work go by a little faster.

Congrats Warriors ... stanley cup here we come!
 

GSoM for the fun all season!  You guys are the best!
The Curse is over!!!! Playoffs Warriors!!

Warriors for finally turning the annual hope into reality. Show the nation what this team is actually made of.

GSOM:

I don't think people outside Oakland truly understand the phenomenally insane Warrior fans and just how deserving they are of this euphoria.  The right team got that berth and I'm, for one, amped about the prospect of GS taking a stab at DAL.  

Best of luck.

clipperblog

to describe how amazing the end to this season has been.   Everything that could go wrong, didnt for the first time in 12 years.  Wouldn't it be fitting if we topped Detroit and a certain power forward in the Finals? (Getting a little ahead of myself)

I'm at a loss for words.  In the last 13 years, I've never given up on the Warriors and it finally pays off.

Thank you Warriors and congratulations to everyone!

Get ready, Dallas, because here we come!!

Oakland hoops.  One dub.

I wonder what's going on in the heads of the 4 Warriors traded to the Pacers.  This is what I think they're saying to themself.....

Ike Diogu: That's cool they made the playoffs.  I probably wouldn't get any playing time though so not too much to celebrate if I were there.  I know the Pacers may trade Jermaine O'Neal so my time to shine here is now.

Keith McLeod: The Warriors make the playoffs and I get stuck on this crummy team they call the Pacers.

Troy Murphy: Wow...They made the playoffs without me.  Good to finally see J-Rich there.  When's my time?  

Mike Dunleavy:  What the heck?  How the hell did they make the playoffs?  I wanted out of there because the Warriors don't seem to have any direction for me and the team.  I came to the Pacers envisioning this team is way better than the Warriors and will get my playoff time here.  Now it looks like I'll end up with the longest playoff drought.

I'm a Mavs Fan, but I soooo sympathize and am happy for you.
I suffered through the mavs of the 90's - you know, 20 wins and what not, being beat up at school for wearing their stuff, ect . . .
It was such a great feeling when my team finally didn't suck and made the playoffs! I remember falling in love with Don Nelson, as old, fat, and ugly as he was!
That season the Mavs had to face the heavily favored Jazz, went down 0-2 in a five game series, but won three in a row to take the series and send Karl Malone fishing. A Don Nelson special, right there!
Enjoy the great feeling guys! It will be hard to upset the Mavs in a 7 gamer, but if you do, I'll be happy for you (sort of).
Don Nelson is a God, he turned the Mavs around, and bright things are in the future for you guys ;)

Thank you GSoM, it is good to know that there are other diehard Warriors fans out there. We have all been through a lot, this is a great moment to celebrate together.

To GSOM and the entire Warrior Nation: Thank you!  Our patience and support has paid off!  Our dubs are playoff bound!  

To our awesome GS Warriors:  like the 75' Warriors, you all will shock the NBA world this postseason.  I just know it.

To Mark Cuban:  BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID!

Let's take a journey through time...

OK, we start off with Sprewell and Mullen and then there's also Jamison and Arenas, but what about Ricky Pierce? Jerome Kersey? Vinny del Negro? Mark Price? Dale Davis? Terry Cummings or for that matter Vontigo Cummings?

Surely you remember Adam Keefe? or maybe Carlos Rogers? Todd Fuller? Tim Young? Bill Curley?

OK, how 'bout Mookie? Or Marshall? Or Bouges? What 'bout good old Ronnie Sikley? BJ? Bimbo (no he's not your ex-girlfriend)? Felton? Gugliota? Sean Lamply from Cal?

Just take a look at the rosters from '93 through today.  I'm betting most of your memories are repressed like mine were.  Relax as all your years of frustration melt away and you can actually read Dunleavey without cursing his name.

This is my first message in a LOOOOOONG time. I've held bakc a lot because, being the superstitious Warriors/A's/Golden Bears fan that I am, I noticed that everytime I wrote a note on our wonderful blog, the Warriors lost. My las tthree messages were before the Lakers loss, the first Spurs lost at home, and the Blazers loss.

But I shall stay silent no more. The curse of C-Webb is over, and I'm happy as hell that it was Donnie Nel that brought glory back to the Bay Area. What a Story!

A couple of points:

1. If I was a Clipper Fan, I'd be hating life now. Carrying the burden as the Most Disappointing Team of 2006-7. If I were in their shoes, I would be frustated, much less suspicious, about why AJ benched his Mavs against the Warrios but played a full squad against the Sonics. (sure, why not reverse it?). But I would be more frustrated that the Clips blew that game against Sactown's "B" team. Clipper fans really have no one to blame but themselves on that one. It hurts to say this, because I really fell in love with the Clips last year (I'm currently living in LA), and I can never really hate a team who, like us, has had to endure so mcuh frustration in the past. All I can say is, I wish it were the Lakers on vacation, not the Clips.
2. Damn, the breaks really went our way these past months. SO much so, that I was pretty much expecting a 20 point lead in EVERY game. During this stretch run, Mcgrady, the Mavs starters, Brandon Roy, Pao Gasol, Kevin Garnett, Kirilinko, were all either hurt or unavailable during this stretch run. When have we ever gotten this many breaks in succession? Didn't this whole last three weeks of the season seem weird??? Granted, the Warriors not only took advantage of each break we had, we annhilated the competition over the past 5 games. In the end, the Warriors made their own breaks. We had so many of our own injuries to overcome earlier, and because of Coach Nelson and our troops, we have finally reached the promised land.
3. Just want to give a shot out to GSOM. What a great community we are becoming. We are the envy of all other blogs out there. I wish I was living in the bay to enjoy things like GSOM night or just to find time to hang out with y'all. L.A. sucks! Do any of your other SoCalers know of a Warrior dominated bar around here?
4. Thank you Don Nelson and the Warrios of 2006-2007 for putting 13 years of misery, frustration, and embarassement down the toilet. I've stuck with you guys wearing my Warriors jerseys with pride as with many of us here.

I hope this is only the beginning. Seeya in the Playoffs.

when you blast "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions" from the rooftops.

Everywhere in class today, all I heard was Warriors. Before this explosion, no one ever talked about them. It was incredible.

Duck and cover baby, cuz here come the Warriors!

I hope we can show the world what great basketball fans the Bay Area has. Let the Oracle ROCK next Friday!!!!

I am so glad the Warriors have made it back to the playoffs.  I have been waiting patiently in the same #15 jersey since I was a senior in high school!!!!  It was great to celebrate with all the fans last night at the arena...Playoffs, here we come Dallas!

ive been a warriors fan for a while. and i never knew what it felt like to be in the playoffs. i was speechless. warriors DESERVE all of this. especially my hero JASON RICHARDSON! all injuries and pain gone through for 6 years paid off. proves his loyalty and passion into the game. thanks to all the hardcore warriors fan! keep representing our team. i love GOLDEN STATE OF MIND.

* leave you with this quote by Stephen Jackson: "Once you make the playoffs, all you need is 16 wins and you're the NBA champ, that's the easiest way to look at the championship."

ya baby!!!

but what? no warrior wonder?

lol, jk great recap

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!!

just thank you. this season has been memorable since game 1, and it does go to show, you can't experience true bliss without some sorrow along the way. Keep on rollin baby, keep on rollin!