<Tr> <Td> Home </Td> <Td> Away <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California . The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division . The Warriors play their home games at the Oracle Arena in Oakland . The Warriors have reached nine NBA Finals, winning five NBA championships in 1947, 1956, 1975, 2015 and 2017 . Golden State's five NBA championships are tied for fourth-most in NBA history with the San Antonio Spurs, and behind only the Boston Celtics (17), Los Angeles Lakers (16) and Chicago Bulls (6). As of 2017, the Warriors are the third most valuable NBA franchise according to Forbes, with an estimated value of $2.6 billion . </P> <P> The team was established in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a founding member of the Basketball Association of America (BAA). In 1962, the franchise relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and was renamed the San Francisco Warriors . In 1971, the team changed its geographic moniker to Golden State, California's state nickname . The team is nicknamed the Dubs as a shortening of "W's". </P> <P> Wilt Chamberlain and Stephen Curry have both been named the NBA's Most Valuable Player while playing for the Warriors, for a total of three MVP awards . 18 Hall of Famers have played for the Warriors, while four have coached the team . Golden State holds the NBA records for best regular season with 73--9 and most wins in a season (regular season and postseason combined) with 88 in 2015--16, as well as best postseason with 16--1 (. 941 winning percentage) in 2016--17 . </P>

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