NY Times · Jun 13, 2019
A Basketball Mecca That Just Needed a Name
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It was the unexpected gift that helped set the stage for one of the greatest runs in N.B.A. history.
On Oct. 20, 2006, the Golden State Warriors announced that Oracle, a Bay Area software behemoth, had purchased the naming rights to the team’s arena. It was the type of deal that is routinely mocked — let us never forget Houston’s Enron Field. But this one was different.