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The Latest on the parade for the Golden State Warriors (all times local):

1:20 p.m.

Golden State Warriors players got off their buses to sign autographs and high-five fans and even posed for photographs holding brooms during their championship parade in Oakland.

JaVale McGee Youth Baker Mayfield Jersey , Nick Young and Jordan Bell ran along the barriers holding the crowd back and mingled with fans and even hugged some of them.

Even coach Steve Kerr joined in on the fun and walked up to crowd to sign autographs during the team’s victory parade Tuesday.

McGee, who was wearing only shorts, said, ”I’m just excited to be here with these guys. Our fans are amazing! All the love that they show is just beautiful.”

Young, also just in shorts during a very warm afternoon, swept the ground with a broom as dozens of fans held up their phones to take his picture.

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12:15 p.m.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has gotten off the double-decker bus to the cheers of the crowd.

Curry is holding the Larry O’Brien Trophy up in the air as dozens of cameras surround him.

Officials had promised a more interactive parade this year for the team that has won three championships in four years.

Klay Thompson used a megaphone from the bus to say hello to the crowd but his greeting was drowned out.

Teenager Adriana Carnecer of San Francisco says she is a lifelong fan and is excited the team will be closer to home.

The back-to-back champions plan to move to San Francisco next year.

The 15-year-old says the team, which has won three championships in four years, has started ”something that’s going to be greater than it already is.”

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11:25 a.m.

Gold and blue confetti is raining down in downtown Oakland, California, as a parade to celebrate the Golden State Warriors’ third NBA title in four years gets underway.

Warriors guard Klay Thompson is throwing T-shirts to fans and waving from the top of an open, double-decker bus.

Fans arrived hours before the start of the parade Tuesday to get a prime spot along the route.

The NBA champions have gone back-to-back, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 on Friday night to finish off a sweep of the NBA Finals in the fourth consecutive meeting between the clubs.

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10:40 a.m.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is promising fans the team will ”get greedy” and win more championships.

Curry says he never imagined the team would have a parade ”let alone two and now three.”

Curry spoke during a short interview Tuesday with the team that was broadcast live before the start of the parade through Oakland Jaguars Authentic Jerseys , California.

He says ”this is for you guys.”

The guard is wearing a large sun hat and under it a ”RUN TMC” baseball cap in honor of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin, the namesakes for the Don Nelson-coached Warriors teams during the 1989-90 and 1990-91 seasons.

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9:15 a.m.

Oakland resident Jasmine Culp says she is elated to attend her third Warriors parade with her three children.

The 36-year-old mother painted her lips blue and dressed in a sparkling golden sequined dress, sash, and blue-gold feather accessories to attend the parade Tuesday that she says has become a family tradition.

Culp says she and her family love that they can kick off the summer by dressing up to celebrate the Warriors.

She acknowledges it will be sad to see the Warriors move to San Francisco because they team is ”a big part of our city.”

Still, she says she will travel over the bridge to support her team.

The Warrior are set move to Chase Center, a new arena being built in San Francisco, in October 2019.

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7:00 a.m.

Golden State Warriors fans in gold and blue T-shirts and holding signs that read ”Dynasty” are already lining the streets along the team’s parade route in Oakland, California.

Hundreds of fans have taken their places behind barriers set up along the route early Tuesday, four hours before the celebration is set to start at 11 a.m.

The parade will start at Broadway and 11th Street in downtown and the team has promised to interact with fans more than in previous years.

The NBA champions have gone back-to-back, beating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 on Friday night to finish off a four-game sweep of these NBA Finals. It was the fourth consecutive finals between the clubs.

It was their third championship in four years.

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12:30 a.m.

For the second straight year, throngs of Oakland fans will get to celebrate the Golden State Warriors with a parade for a team some are calling a basketball dynasty.

Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to line downtown Oakland streets Tuesday to cheer the Warriors winning their third NBA title in four years.

The NBA champions have gone back-to-back Authentic Adam Boqvist Jersey , beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 on Friday night to finish off a sweep of these NBA Finals in the fourth consecutive meeting between those clubs.

City streets have been lined with gold and blue banners along the parade route and shop and restaurant owners say they are getting ready to open their businesses during the big celebration.

Officials say as many as 1 million fans are expected to attend.

Jon Cooper didn’t blame Andrei Vasilevskiy for the Tampa Bay Lightning digging a deep hole early in the Eastern Conference final.

Two games and two losses brought plenty of criticism of the young Russian goaltender. Cooper wasn’t thrilled about that.

”The questions were coming from the other side of the table, and I felt it was the questioning of Vasilevskiy,” the Tampa Bay coach said. ”We don’t. He’s been the guy for us.”

Vasilevskiy is the guy who turned the series around for the Lightning, who now lead the Capitals 3-2 and can eliminate Washington on the road in Game 6 on Monday night and move on to the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights. After a 6.00 goals-against average and .839 save percentage in Games 1 and 2, he has a 2.00 GAA and .943 save percentage since as the series’ biggest difference-maker.

”Just tried to stay positive and play my game,” Vasilevskiy said last week. ”It’s very important, especially in the playoffs. Good or bad game, doesn’t matter. Turn the page, start over again and again. That’s how you get success.”

Vasilevskiy has found plenty of success this season, his first as a full-time NHL starter. The 23-year-old is a Vezina Trophy finalist after leading the league with 44 wins and eight shutouts.

But Vasilevskiy hasn’t made it easy on himself. He rarely does.

Cooper saw it during the 2016-17 season when Vasilevskiy struggled during a stretch of 10 consecutive starts when Ben Bishop was hurt and then again late this season when a swoon by him and the entire team almost cost Tampa Bay the East’s top seed. Vasilevskiy bounced back strong each time.

”His ability to be able to turn the page now and understand, `You know what there might be a tough night for you, but I’m going to go out the next night anyway and I’ve got to be there for my team Saquon Barkley Giants Jersey ,’ – I think that’s where his growth process has really come in,” Cooper said.

The same happened between Games 2 and 3 in this series. The shy Vasilevskiy who has been reluctant to do interviews told a pool reporter he didn’t make any adjustments from his worst games against the Capitals to his best.

Somehow, he has looked like an entirely different goalie. Chants of ”Vasy! Vasy!” filled Amalie Arena in Game 5 on Saturday night when he stopped 28 of 30 shots, and the highest praise was reserved for inside the Lightning’s locker room.

”He’s a world class goaltender, that’s what he does,” defenseman Braydon Coburn said. ”He battles hard every day in practice all season long, and he’s raised his game in the playoffs here.”

No doubt his teammates have improved their play in front of Vasilevskiy, with defenseman Anton Stralman saying: ”We always feel like we owe him.” But against a star-studded Capitals team led by countrymen Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov, Vasilevskiy had to raise his game to give Tampa Bay any chance.

Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said confidence in Vasilevskiy never wavered, and he has showed them on the ice evidence of what they’ve seen all season.

”He just expects a lot,” Stamkos said. ”You see his work ethic every day in practice. You guys don’t get to see what goes on in the room, but his mental preparation Seahawks D.J. Fluker Jersey , his physical preparation, he wants to be the best all the time. He doesn’t want to give up a goal at all, including in practice. That’s the mentality he has and that’s why he’s so good.”

If the Capitals can crack Vasilevskiy like they did the first two times, there will be a Game 7 on Wednesday night at Tampa Bay. But they’d better figure that out and get an even better game from Braden Holtby because the Lightning are 11-0 in the playoffs when scoring three-plus goals.

That record is thanks to Vasilevskiy, who doesn’t like cameras but loves playoff hockey.

”It’s definitely a fun time,” he said. ”Lot of emotions. Different hockey. It’s pretty fun to play. Just excitement level is pretty high. A different season.”

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AP Sports Writer Fred Goodall in Tampa, Florida, contributed to this report.

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