Golden State Warriors Outlast the Oakland Tribune

NBA team notches 70th regular season victory in wake of hometown newspaper loss.

At the top of the final print edition of the Oakland Tribune, the headline read: “After Brief Stumble, Curry & Co. Back on Track.” Those April 4 edition words were prophetic as today, if there was an April 8 Tribune edition, it would be all about the Golden State Warriors becoming the second team in NBA history to reach the plateau of 70 regular season victories.

The Warriors started in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, became the San Francisco Warriors in 1962 and adopted the Golden State name in 1971.

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