I wasn’t going to write this. Not now anyway. Oracle Arena still has more games to host, important games, before the lights go out and this era ends.



But when the Warriors ripped off their warmups on Sunday, revealing they were wearing the old “We Believe” uniforms, now felt right. The way the crowd erupted in a roar, so loud as to summon the old spirits, as Steph Curry yelled while showing off his home white jersey with the blue and orange “Warriors” across the chest, it became clear this was time to give Oracle its roses. While it can smell them.



“Definitely a different feel just in terms of what tonight means,” Curry said after the Warriors’ 131-104 win in the regular-season home finale. “Closing out 47 regular seasons playing in this building. Then … we saw the throwback jerseys in our lockers. That’s when I think it became a little bit real, like tonight’s a different type of celebration.