OAKLAND, Calif. — They began lining downtown streets at 4 a.m., hours before their basketball heroes climbed aboard trolley buses and slowly made their way through a sea of blue and gold.
The elation in honoring an NBA champion for the second time in three years also wasn’t reserved Thursday for just those who idolize Golden State players and wear their jerseys, but was also able to grasp hold of even some media members assigned to cover the massive party known as The Bay’s Day.
“There goes Wilt Chamberlain by us right now,” said one television commentator.