"I say it's the greatest upset in the history of major sports in the United States of America, Barry, 83, told the Bay Area News Group. We weren't even going to be a playoff team or get to the Finals, and then supposedly it's going to be a sweep. Then we sweep the team that was supposed to sweep us. You can't find anything more dramatic than that."
"Instead, it was a championship that has been largely forgotten within the larger NBA narrative. While other title-winning teams have been immortalized by books and film, Golden State's accomplishment exists only in newspaper archives and the memories of the dwindling few who watched and the even fewer who played. No cover of Sports Illustrated, no invitation to the White House, Barry said."
"Dudley, 75, was a key reserve on that overlooked group, and has made it his mission to remedy that wrong. He has spent the past few years making frequent trips to San Francisco, poring over frail archives of the old San Francisco Examiner and other newspapers and conducting interviews with nearly 30 subjects for an upcoming documentary on the 75 Warriors. The documentary, called Cardiac Kids is nearing completion."
Charles Dudley lives in Seattle but frequently recalls the 1975 Warriors. The 1975 Golden State Warriors, led by coach and team-first tactics similar to modern strategies, swept heavily favored Washington 4-0 to win the NBA title. Hall of Famer Rick Barry called it the greatest upset in major U.S. sports history and emphasized the dramatic sweep. The championship has been largely forgotten by the broader NBA narrative, lacking mainstream recognition like magazine covers or White House visits. Dudley, a 75-year-old former reserve, has been assembling archival research and nearly 30 interviews for a nearing-completion documentary titled Cardiac Kids.
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