The 2014-2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1975, THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS.

It has been nearly seventeen hours since Stephen Curry heaved the ball into the air as the Warriors celebrated their first NBA Championship in 40 seasons.
And with this title under their belts, it is beginning to set in for Golden State fans how truly special their championship-caliber roster was this season.
A roster that swept the New Orleans Pelicans in the Quarterfinals, rallied from a seemingly insurmountable 2-1 series deficit to dispatch of the Memphis Grizzlies in six Semifinal games, and demolished the Houston Rockets in an almost embarrassing five-game Conference Finals series victory...
However, all of the aforementioned victories were merely small steps leading up to Golden State's dethroning of King James in the NBA Finals to assume their position as the new-found NBA Champions.
Additionally, all of these victories came without the Warriors being forced to utilize their incomparable home court advantage in a nerve-wrecking Game 7 atmosphere.
And with their 67 regular season wins and 16 postseason wins, the 2014-2015 Golden State Warriors will likely go down as the third best team in NBA history (behind only two Chicago Bulls teams, which Steve Kerr, coincidentally, was also a part of).
For such an incredible accomplishment, these resilient Warriors deserve to be commended.
The question now becomes: is their recent success sustainable? And will we see another champagne celebration in the Warriors' locker room in the near future?

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