'We're back': Golden State Warriors revel in 4th title amid raucous parade

SAN FRANCISCO — It's been two years since the Bay Area hosted a championship parade, but the city, nor the Warriors, forgot how to take in the moment.

Stephen Curry hopped on top of a banister at a Muni train station stop and started hitting the sign that was next to him.

«M-V-P!» chants echoed from every direction, as blue and gold confetti rained down from the sky.

Ayesha Curry pointed at a sign that read «Ayesha can cook,» before popping a bottle of champagne and spraying it down on her husband. That inspired Curry and Damion Lee. So they cleared out a space in the crowd and popped their own bottle, showering the fans that stood in their path.

«We represent you guys. The life that you give us, the inspiration, all those things matter. That's what it's all about,» Curry told the small crowd made up of team and arena employees at the pre-parade rally. «Entertaining you guys, giving you something to cheer for, be passionate about. It's giving us the platform to go do things that haven't been done before in history and representing the entire Bay Area in the process. We're back, having a parade in San Francisco, so let's go do it.»

The Warriors were paired up on double-decker buses, but it didn't long for them to ditch their bus and immerse themselves in the thousands of fans that had been waiting for them since before sunrise.

Klay Thompson placed the Larry O'Brien trophy on the ground, took a step back, and did a Michael Jackson-inspired dance behind it. He then scooped up the trophy and took off running, high-fiving and dancing with any fans that ran alongside him.

A few buses behind, Jordan Poole grabbed a super soaker water gun and a pool floaty as he hopped off his bus. He ran up and down the barriers that lined