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The Warriors enjoyed a great start to the season, entering the new year with a plus. Davis often found himself at odds with new head coach Mike Montgomery used to dealing with college players in his long tenure at Stanford and failed to remain healthy, playing in just 54 games.

On April 5, , the Warriors were officially eliminated from playoff contention in a overtime loss to the Hornets, extending their playoff drought to 12 seasons. Entering the season, the Warriors held the active record 12 for the most consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance see Active NBA non-playoff appearance streaks.

During the off-season, Golden State announced that it had bought out the remaining two years of coach Montgomery's contract and hired previous Golden State and former Dallas Mavericks coach Don Nelson to take over for him.

During training camp, small forward Matt Barnes established himself in the rotation. This trade allowed the Warriors to "run and gun" their way to the playoffs with a more athletic and talented team.

On March 4, , the Warriors suffered a loss in Washington, the Wizards handing them their 6th straight loss when former Warrior Arenas hit a technical free throw with less than one second remaining after Nelson had protested a controversial call with the Warriors ahead by a slim margin.

The loss dropped them to March 4 marked the turning point for the Warriors. The Warriors closed out the regular season at in their last 21 games.

A close Game 5 saw the Mavericks eke out a victory with a last-minute surge led by superstar forward Dirk Nowitzki to send the series back to California at It was an upset in name only, given the fact that the Warriors had swept the Mavericks in the regular season series. The Warriors went on to play the Utah Jazz in the second round of the playoffs, where they dropped two close games at EnergySolutions Arena to open the series.

The series then shifted to the Oracle Arena, where the Warriors won Game 3 in a convincing blowout. Davis scored 32 points and electrified the crowd with a monster dunk on Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko late in the fourth quarter, but they lost Game 4 at home, their first loss in Oakland in well over a month and the Jazz closed them out in Game 5 in Salt Lake City.

The Warriors faced early difficulties in their attempt to return to the playoffs. Richardson was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats for rookie Brandan Wright. To make things even worse, Jackson was suspended for seven games over a firearm incident.

They opened the season with six straight losses, but Ellis' rise, Davis' solid injury-free season The Western Conference was very strong that season; every playoff team won 50 games, leaving the Warriors two games out of the last playoff spot.

The Warriors sold out nearly every home game during the season averaging 19, per game, the highest in team history. In the offseason, Baron Davis opted to return to his home town and sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. The Warriors had a disappointing season, finishing Ellis was injured in a moped accident, and suspended for 30 games for riding the vehicle against the terms of his contract, depriving the Warriors of their top player.

They traded disenchanted forward Al Harrington to the New York Knicks for guard Jamal Crawford, and were undone by injuries and the minimal experience of their young players such as Anthony Morrow and Brandan Wright. Coach Nelson often had to make adjustments to the starting lineups since many of the original starters missed games due to injuries. Despite the team's losing record, the Warriors were hard to beat when they had a healthy lineup and a strong bench.

With leadership and improvement in their young players, they were sometimes able to defeat powerhouse teams such as the Boston Celtics, During the off-season, Warrior ownership declined to renew the contract of general manager Mullin. Larry Riley, Nelson's longtime assistant coach, was promoted in his place and drafted Stephen Curry as an outstanding 7th lottery pick, but dubiously traded Jamal Crawford to the Atlanta Hawks for Acie Law and Speedy Claxton.

The Warriors had another injury-prone year in Four days later, they signed center Chris Hunter. Starting in January , they issued multiple day contracts, most notably to power forward Anthony Tolliver from the Idaho Stampede.

Due to their multiple injuries, they were granted an exception allowing them to sign Reggie Williams from the Sioux Falls Skyforce to a day contract on March 2, making it their fifth D-League call-up that season, tying an NBA record. They eventually waived the injured Bell to sign Williams for the rest of the year, and finished the season , fourth in the Pacific Division.

They also introduced a modernized version of their "The City" logo depicting the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and switched to a simplified color scheme of royal blue and gold. They also introduced new uniforms reminiscent of the "The City" uniforms. The Warriors made an offseason trade that sent Turiaf, Randolph and Kelenna Azubuike to the New York Knicks in return for star high-scoring power forward David Lee via a sign-and-trade.

Johnson, Bruce Karsh, Jeffrey A. The Warriors continued their signing spree by adding Harvard guard Jeremy Lin to their roster with a one-year partially guaranteed contract containing a second-year team option, the first Taiwanese-American player in NBA history. Keith Smart was hired as head coach that same month after Nelson had resigned before the start of training camp.

On February 27, Murphy and the Warriors reached a buyout agreement and he was waived. During a steady season without making any real ground in the playoff race, the Warriors broke franchise records with 21 made 3's in a win against the Orlando Magic.

In April , Dorell Wright made a franchise record of 3's in a season in a home win versus Los Angeles Lakers, surpassing Richardson's in He then broke another NBA record, as the first player to have scored more points in his seventh season than in all his first six seasons combined in a win against the Portland Trail Blazers.

He ended the season with the most three-pointers made in the NBA that season with , as well as the most 3s attempted with , both of which set new Warrior franchise records. The Warriors failed to make the playoffs after a win season in , and coach Smart was dismissed on April 27 due to the change in ownership. The Warriors did not improve in the NBA season under coach Jackson, finishing the lockout-shorted season with a record, 13th in the conference.

The team suffered several injuries to key players, and due to the lockout, Jackson could not establish his system in training camp. They then entered into another chaotic rebuilding phase. Team leader Monta Ellis was traded in mid-March , along with Kwame Brown and Ekpe Udoh, to the Milwaukee Bucks for center Andrew Bogut out injured for the season and former Warrior small forward Stephen Jackson, who without playing a game for the Warriors was quickly traded to the San Antonio Spurs for Richard Jefferson and a conditional first-round pick on March These moves saw the rise of Stephen Curry and David Lee to team co-captains, and saw off-guard Klay Thompson, the 11th overall pick of the NBA draft, move into a starting role.

On August 1, they signed forward Carl Landry on the termination of his one-year contract with the Hornets. In the NBA draft, they selected small forward Harrison Barnes with the 7th overall pick, center Festus Ezeli with the 30th pick, small forward Draymond Green 35th overall, and 7-foot 1-inch center Ognjen Kuzmic 52nd overall. In early November, swingman Rush was lost for the year with a torn ACL after falling awkwardly on the court early in the second game of the season, and less than a month later the team announced that Bogut was out indefinitely with a foot injury that was more serious than originally reported.

Bogut did not return to regular play until late in the season. Coming out of this maelstrom of trades and injuries with a team starting two rookies Barnes and Ezeli , the Warriors had one of their best starts in decades, earning their 20th win before hitting the game mark for the first time since The Warriors also achieved a milestone by completing their first ever road trip in franchise history, including a win over the defending champion Heat in Miami.

On April 9, , with a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Warriors clinched the playoffs for the second time in 19 years and the first time since the "We believe" Warriors. This time, the local battlecry was "we belong". The team finished the season with a record of , earning the sixth seed in the Western Conference, and defeated the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs by winning four out of six games.

They lost in the second round to the San Antonio Spurs, four games to two. This was the first playoff experience for all of the starters of this group except for Andrew Bogut. Other highlights of the season included Stephen Curry's three-point baskets to set an NBA single-season record, giving him the nickname "baby-faced assassin", and the naming of forward David Lee to the NBA All-Star Game as a reserve, ending the team's year drought without an All Star selection, dating back to Latrell Sprewell in the season.

Curry and Klay Thompson, dubbed the "Splash Brothers" by team employee Brian Witt for their backcourt shooting prowess, combined for three-pointers during the season, easily besting the prior record of set by the Orlando Magic's Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott in With their lone selection in the NBA draft, the Warriors made year-old Serbian combo-guard Nemanja Nedovic the 30th and final pick of the first round.

To make room under their salary cap, the Warriors traded Richard Jefferson, Andris Biedrins and Brandon Rush, along with multiple draft picks, including their and first-round picks, to the Utah Jazz.

On August 21, the Warriors signed 7 ft 1 in Serbian center Ognjen Kuzmic, who had been playing in Europe since his selection in the NBA draft, to a guaranteed two-year deal. The Warriors began the season showing flashes of brilliance and also plenty of lapses. In early December their record was , as compared to the year before.

Basketball's regular season begins in October and ends around the middle of April. Tickets can be purchased at the team's website or at any ticket service for Oracle Arena. Since the Oracle Arena is situated next to the O. Basketball games aren't subject to cancelation, so you can plan your ticket purchase with full confidence. Football season begins with preseason games in August and runs until the SuperBowl in early February.

The San Francisco 49ers hold the honor of being the city's very first professional major-league sports team. In , the team moved 40 miles south to a spacious new home at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. This stunning new venue can be easily reached by the Valley Transportation Authority light rail and city buses, as well as the Capitol Corridor train and Caltrain for a direct connection to San Francisco. Football games are almost never canceled, although they are occasionally moved or rescheduled.

For tickets and suite rentals, you can go to the team's website or Levi's Stadium homepage. When the Oakland Raiders were first founded in and since then have given rise to a fiercely loyal fan base: the Raider Nation. The Raiders are the traditional rivals of San Francisco's 49ers, and since they play in different conferences the "Battle of the Bay" match ups happen every four years in the regular season.