The Warriors had no business making the NBA Finals in 1975. When they defied prognosticators and simple logic by miraculously doing so, the Coliseum Arena’s leaders said hosting Finals games would be bad for their business.
So the Warriors couldn’t play in the NBA Finals at their Coliseum home. “Sorry,” they were told, the Ice Follies were already booked there and, besides, it was much more lucrative opening the doors for Sesame Street characters on ice skates than it was having the Warriors ther. . .