The Golden State Warriors celebrated ring night in style before defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-100 in their first NBA regular season game this season.
The Oracle Arena was packed as a sellout crowd and coaches roared and celebrated Warriors’ players as they received rings in honor of their 2017/18 NBA Championship win.
“Last year was an unbelievable journey,” Warriors’ Stephen Curry said. “Let’s celebrate this to the fullest.”
The Warrior’s player rings were colored blue and white like the team’s jersey. They had 74 sapphires and 74 diamonds on opposite sides to represent the team’s total wins last season. The rings were made of a reversible top side that reveals the club’s mantra, “Strength in Numbers.”
Hard-fought Win
Steve Kerr’s team was splendid from the start, and superstar Steph Curry went on to score 32 points. Thunder kept pushing last year’s Championship winners. But without point guard Russell Westbrook who is out with injury, they found it hard to score past the Warriors.
Thunder’s former player Kevin Durant scored 27 points while Draymond Green made 13 rebounds to put to life the team’s mantra strength in numbers’ and win the game. Paul George was Thunder’s best player as his 27 points, combined with rookie Dennis Schroder’s 21 ensured Oklahoma went home after a hard-fought game.
