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Goodbye Oracle: Longtime Arena workers reflect on Oakland’s final Warriors farewell

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OAKLAND — As the Golden State Warriors wind down their half-century run at Oracle Arena starting with Wednesday’s Finals game, the memories run deep for Darrell Parrish, who has been selling jerseys and souvenirs there since the mid-1990s.

The meteoric rise and fall of the improbable “We Believe” playoff run. Stephen Curry’s transcendental rise and how he made near-half court shots a staple of the modern NBA. Klay Thompson’s lightning scoring barrages, epitomized by his record 37-point quarter in 2015, the season the Warriors began their yearly appearances in the championship round.