OAKLAND – Steve Kerr still remembers watching along the sidelines at Oracle Arena as the Warriors beat the Mavericks 111-86 in Game 6 of the Western Conference first-round series in 2007, marking their first playoff series in more than a decade and becoming the first eighth seed in NBA history to beat a one seed in a seven-game series.
“It was the greatest atmosphere I had ever experienced in a basketball game,” said Kerr, who was a color commentator for TNT that night. “That’s not hyperbole, this place was so loud.”
Now, nearly a decade after the monumental upset, former coach Don Nelson and franchise cornerstones Jason Richardson and Stephen Jackson traded stories prior to Thursday’s matchup against the Kings on “We Believe” night.