Game 5: It's Time (Warriors 104, Rockets 90)

Over the last 40 years, Al Attles has seen it all.  From his spot on the Warriors’ bench as a player and a coach to his long-held spectator’s seat in Oracle Arena, he’s been with this team for the few highs and the many lows.  If there’s a world record for voluntarily subjecting yourself to mediocre basketball, he holds it, along with a few other Warriors faithful.  But 40 years later, when Al Attles stands on the court with all his quiet strength and dignity, he is still the man who led the Warriors to their only California championship (a series in which he not only coached his team to a sweep, but was ejected for fighting in defense his star player).  He was a perfect choice to hand the 2014-15 Warriors their Western Conference trophy.  40 years from now, when we see Stephen Curry, Steve Kerr, Draymond Green or any of the other members of this team, we may think back to May 27, 2015 — and hopefully, back to the basketball still yet to be played in the NBA Finals.

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