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On This Date In Warriors History: We Believe Warriors Take Down the Top-Seeded Dallas Mavericks

Robust, gritty and tenacious. The 2006-07 Warriors were a resilient group piloted by Head Coach Don Nelson with a roster headlined by Baron Davis, Jason Richardson, Stephen Jackson, Monta Ellis, Al Harrington and Matt Barnes.

That group caught fire at the end of the regular season, winning 16 of their final 21 games to finish with a 42-40 record, clinching the eighth and final spot in the West on the last day of the regular season. This marked the franchise’s first playoff appearance in 13 years, and fans, fueled by the ‘We Believe’ movement, turned Oracle Arena into ‘Roaracle.