The Warriors will move across the Bay to San Francisco next season as they’ll play in their new home of the Chase Center, and this season they’ve paid tribute to their time at Oracle Arena in its final season hosting Golden State home games.
On Sunday, the Warriors played their final game in Oracle and to celebrate the occasion, they broke out some special throwback uniforms. As he’s done much of the year, Steph Curry wore a throwback on his way into Oracle, this time of his former teammate Monta Ellis, which sent Twitter into a frenzy given their, well, acrimonious relationship.
Last regular season game ever at Oracle, Steph honors Monta 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/2SduLF96yB
— NBC Sports Bay Area & CA (@NBCSAuthentic) April 7, 2019
After warmups, Curry revealed another homage to that era of Warriors basketball as he and his teammates showed off their choice for the uniforms they’d wear in their final Oracle game: the “We Believe” white home unis, which caused an eruption from the home fans.
“We Believe” Warriors jerseys for the last regular season game at Oracle Arena 🔥 pic.twitter.com/l9hlKDRz0o
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 8, 2019
It’s a cool nod from the Warriors to the most successful team in recent Warriors history prior to them. You could tell the players were really excited to wear the uniforms and the fans, obviously, loved the decision. Golden State has had one of the great home court advantages in the NBA thanks to Oracle and many have wondered if the Chase Center will ever be able to match the energy of a great Oracle night. The pop the jerseys got was a reminder of how loud that building can get, and how tough it will be to replace.
