The Warriors gave this 105-year-old fan a VIP ticket to Game 1

The Golden State Warriors are getting ready to reintroduce themselves to the nation as a potential championship team Thursday night as they face the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals in Oakland, CA.

The team has been killing it on the court, thanks in part to key players Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, among others.

All that hard work has brought them to their first NBA Finals appearance in 40 years, and at least one superfan has been waiting a long time for Thursday night.

"Sweetie," who is turning 106 next week has been cheering on the Warriors probably longer than this year's team has been alive. She first moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1936, according to Contra Costa Times reporter Doug Oakley, who interviewed Sweetie Friday. He writes that she "can talk sports just as well as any other fanatic."

A Warriors team rep apparently saw the story and got in touch. Now Sweetie is headed to the big leagues, sort of.

She scored a VIP suite ticket to Thursday night's game.

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