73 wins, that's more than any other team in nba history. to make it even sweeter, the warriors did it at home. fans simply overwhelmed with excitement. not only did the team make an nba record but steph curry set a record of his own. we do have team coverage for you tonight. cheryl hurd is at oracle arena. colin resch is courtside. curry and the fans were on fire. >> steph curry wanted to put an exclamation point on this regular season. was there any doubt? >> finding curry for 400. yes, sir! >> reporter: steph goes for 46, finishes the season averaging over 30 a game. in recent weeks the warriors didn't hide the fact they wanted 73 wins. they get it beating memphis 125-104. so long chicago, 73-9, now the best record in nba history. >> it's a great way to finish off what was an amazing regular season. i just told our guys i never in a million years would have guessed that record would ever be broken. >> they celebrated on the court with the fans afterwards. it's not like winning the nba finals but we're going to say it's a close second. coming up later in sports, he hit ten threes tonight. complete curry highlight and further postgame reaction on a record-setting win and a record-setting night for the warriors. >> it was amazing all the way around. thanks, colin. let's bring in nbc bay area's cheryl hurd. one of the hottest tickets in town, cheryl. the fans got their money's worth. >> reporter: the fans are still here. this sign says it all. it says "michael who?" it was electric tonight and steph curry was on fire. the fans are still on cloud nine. tonight's game is something the warrior faithful will never forget. tonight the warriors are making history. >> last year was great but to break the record is just like unbelievable. >> reporter: and the fans have been with them all the way. >> let's go! come on, baby. this is how we get into the history book. one more time. >> reporter: the time is now for the nba champions. >> it is always good to make history, you know? i've seen draymond out and steph out and we've become good friends so i'm here supporting them. >> these guys flew in from new york and texas. they paid a pretty penny for the experience. >> it more than face value, which may be illegal in the state of california. >> reporter: that's okay. i won't say your name. was it more than $1,000? >> yes. >> reporter: was it more than $2,000? >> that's all i'm going to say. >> reporter: three oakland high school students maintaining a 3.0 gpa or better are happy to be here. the only reason they're here is because of draymond green. >> i just feel blessed to be here. i'm going to be part of the history that they also make. >> reporter: those kids are great. the fans are still having a great time. the first round of the playoffs, warriors versus rockets. warriors basketball is in full swing. reporting live in oakland, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> a lot of happy fans there, cheryl. the warriors' run is a boost to the bay area restaurant scene. fans packed the fire house grill and brewery tonight. they say the crowd jumps by about 40%. tonight there's even more. >> there's only standing room, it's hard to get a table. everyone goes nuts. >> reporter: the manager was hoping for a deep playoff run. every game they play from here on out is simply bonus for their bottom line. >> take a look at this tweet sent by president obama. after it was over, he tweeted congratulations to the warriors, a great group of guys on and off the court. if somebody had to break the bulls' record, i'm glad it was then. our coverage continues online. click on the box titled "warriors top moments." also, colin resch will be back later with more. >> and a sheriff department's spokesperson confirms a person firing a shot carries a badge. chuck coppola has the details. >> reporter: the circumstances of the shooting as we've heard them from sources raise a number of questions about judgment. a superior court spokeswoman says the gun was fired inside an office used by deputies assigned as bailiffs on the third floor criminal division next to the chambers of presiding judge terry jackson and office of the court administrator. one deputy brought a .22 caliber baby glock to work was apparently unfamiliar how to operate it. he handed it to another deputy and the second deputy pointed it at the second deputy, not realizing it was loaded, missing the deputy, missing a cabinet and hitting the wall. they called the incident accidental. the court administrator was nearby. he got in right after it happened before many staff arrived. that superior court spokeswom spokeswoman -- the deputy who fired it remains off duty. >> we go to a storm we are tracking. let's bring in meteorologist jeff ranieri. people want to know is it going to hit during the commute? >> it's going to miss the major rush for tomorrow. the bulk of this storm will be heading away from the bay area. we're not expecting a super strong storm but as that cold front sweeps across, it will bring us wet weather for tomorrow morning. it is starting to bring a few areas of rain, approaching santa rosa from the west moving off towards the east. you'll likely get showers here in the next 20 to 30 minutes. other than that it's mainly dry throughout the bay area. how do things look for us overnight? that's really when most of it is expected to happen. at 2:30 in the morning, it moves across the peninsula, and eventually down towards san jose. we're tracking how much rainfall we'll get and another drastic change expected by the weekend. that's coming up in 15 minutes. >> we do have live coverage of traffic and weather together on "today in the bay" starting tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. >> it's certainly been a long time since this has happened but california will really count when it comes to choosing candidates for president. republican party leaders say that's evidenced by the fact that donald trump is coming to town. the billionaire republican will be in burlingame two weeks from friday. he'll kick off the convention at the hyatt regency. >> i'm glad we are attracting really for the first time all the republican presidential nominees. >> i would say trump has a slight edge. >> reporter: why? >> just because of the celebrity side to it. >> trump promised a pro-jobs agenda. >> bernie sanders and hillary clinton staged duelling rallies in new york today. this is the head of the state's presidential primary that will take place next week and also tomorrow's new york debate. sanders people said at his rally at a park in manhattan brought one of the largest galleries he's ever had, some 27,000 people. and clinton focused on the republicans in the race. sanders did not return that favor. he criticized the front-running democrat for her vote in support of the iraq war and also her super pac. >> the search continues in season fran for that missing 2-year-old toddler but tonight folks in san francisco are remembering her deceased mother. details in a live report. >> plus an unprecedented donation in the fight against cancer. what inspired tech billionaire sean parker to pony up a quarter of a billion? and the department of transportation is keeping score. the airlines most likely to be on time and the ones most likely to be late. as the statewide search for two year old arianna fitts continues, those who worked with her mother nicole...who was found dead just days after going missing with arianna...are a search for 2-year-old arianna continues. those who worked with her mother, nicole, are remembering her tonight. pete souratos joins us. >> they emotional for her co-workers. it was private even though it was in this public parking lot. earlier today i spoke with a close friend of hers who worked with her at best buy. she said they were close friends and she was the last person to see her. employees held a private vigil in the parking loss, mourning the loss of nicole fitz who went missing with her 2-year-old arianna last week. arianna is still missing, her mother was found dead. nicole lived with goyette's family. >> i had left my lunch at home one day and she bought me lunch. we were best friends ever since. >> goyette said nicole never came back from a meeting that was said to be with arianna's baby-sitter who lives in oakland. nicole told goyette the baby-sitter was upset. >> i said are you sure you want to go alone? if she's upset, i can go with you. >> she did get a call three hours later saying she was in fresno. we now know that's not the case as the search for arianna and search for nicole's killer continues. employees tell me they plan to hold a more public vigil this friday. sfpd did not have any new details to add. >> pete, thank you very. the final chapter in a sad tragedy. that's what the san francisco attorney general said today in the asiana crash. three people died when the plane clipped the edge of the runway, a crash largely blamed on the pilots. >> new developments tonight in a disturbing crime in the east bay. another little girl has come forward saying a dental assistant molested her, too, during a procedure. alejandro is accused of preying on children while working at concord dental office. detectives say he recorded the attacks. they are trying to sift through dozens of the recordings and photos. >> the videos are very clear of what happened. i've had to view most of them along with the primary detective. they're unpleasant. >> detectives say that he filmed himself touching more than 50 young patients inappropriately. so far four girls have come forward to police. >> 30 months in jail. that is the sentence a former season fran political consultant received today. ryan chamberlain led the fbi on a three-day manhunt back in 2014 after investigators found bomb-making chemicals and deadly toxins in his knob hill apartment. after he serves himself timing he'll be on probation for another 12 years. >> in san bruno, police say a man with severe autism was killed. police say the driver of a dark colored car like this fled the seen early monday morning. it was still very dark when police say scott was hit and killed. he wandered away from facility. the driver never stopped. >> and a controversy over the pepper spraying of this peaceful protest. they had contracted to scrub the video. thachs -- that was $175,000 of public money used. the chancellor has been asked to resign. >> findings as part of a study from the department of transportation found that 83% for flights for leading airlines nationwide did arrive on time. southwest had the best on time arrival, hawaiian and alaska airlines received good mark for promptness. jetblue and spirit airlines tended to be late. jeff ranieri has the microclimate forecast and what we can expect for thursday. >> the rainfall is beginning to pick up, peggy. you can see we're starting to see it fill in as the storm system is picking up moisture. in terms of where rainfall is falling right now, it's isolated to the north bay. you can see on the current scan and now showers approaching santa rosa as well. things will be able to pick up over the next three to four hours. the other thing we'll be watching, not only the chance of rain but those cooler temperatures down to 46 in the north bay, san francisco 52, a chilly 48 for the east bay and for the south bay we start off at 50. as we mentioned, the big question always is and we have rainfall coming in, will it hit the hardest portion of the commute? what you'll see with this storm system as it moves in is a lot of us will be sleeping.ly you'l with wet roads and a lot of you will be getting your lawns wet. also for contra costa and almeida county and moves towards fremont. we may have lingering showers by 6:30 in the morning. really when the majority of that commute gets going, we will be looking at drying conditions and increased sunshine. it's a quick blast overnight. i really wish these totals would be a lot higher. i know we did get that storm system that past weekend but we need to get all we can with the current drought in place. we'll be close to a quarter inch up into santa rosa but you can see how the numbers fall off once you go south of san francisco as that storm system is expected to lose some of its strength. .05 in livermore and .03 in san jose. for tomorrow you'll find the chance of rainfall in the morning and sun building in the afternoon. if you're going to the coast line tomorrow, be prepared for that chilly weather to stay with us. 57 for your high in san francisco. towards the financial district, a little bit warmer. for the peninsula, palo alto 63. up toward the south bay, a great day in san jose with 64 degrees. for the north bay, east bay and tri-valley, you have it easy tomorrow. whatever you dress for here in let's say napa, if you're heading to oakland, you've got pretty much the same weather and right here across the tri-valley, plenty of low to mid 60s. but get ready for major changes by this weekend, friday, saturday and sunday a drier, warmer wind moves in combining with hotter air. it will give us a lot 70s on friday. by saturday the south bay goes to 80 and on sunday 85 degrees. light jacket weather tomorrow and you got shorts weather by this weekend. we've kind of had it all lately but it's been nice. >> it has been nice. good variety. thanks so much, jeff. >> coming up next, a counterfeit cash scheme that stretched more than two dozen states. the south bay man at the center of it all and how investigators finally tracked it down. then we have jimmy. >> ice cube is my guest tonight, and we have battle of the instant songwriters. do not change the channel. it good! (vo) one hundred million pounds. that's how much garbage visitors to our national parks add to the country's landfills each year. but this year, subaru is sharing their zero-landfill expertise with the national parks to work toward the goal of making garbage there a thing of the past. to get involved visit subaru.com/environment. that spanned more than two dozen states...appears to be out of business tonight. a south bay man is in custody - and the equien a counterfeit money operation that spanned more than two dozen estates appears to be out of business tonight. a south bay man is in custody and equipment used locked up. aaron austin made fake money. he was tracked down in virginia and has charges stemming from another mail operation in virginia. >> tainted soil was found on ten acres of land off pete road in morgan hill. plans were to build a new elementary school on that land but a recent soil test found a high level of a toxic insecticide that's been linked to parkinson's disease and cancer. it is being determined whether the toxins can be removed from the oil safely. >> sean parker is talking about one of the largest donations of its kind. he sat down exclusively with nbc and he talked about the decision to fund research at more than 40 laboratories. >> when somebody sees an opportunity to change lives and change the world and it's not being funded -- >> why can't i do it? >> yeah. it's actually in my dna to go after those sorts of opportunities. >> parker expects great results because any breakthrough at one research center two be immediately available to five others within his new institute. >> coming up, we go back to oracle for the highlights from tonight's epic warrior win. we'll be right back. >> and happening now, a southern california school sports coach allegedly fired for handing out fruit on our facebook page. the story of a middle school coach who was helping out, he thought, but lost his job after school leaders say he was breaking the law. >> also, dairy queen is planning to milk the market, planning 400 new locations. we'll be right back. those are some good looking tomatoes. yep. how long have you been growing them? for a couple months. me too. hey leonard, if we've been growing our tomatoes the same amount of time, why did your dirt grow more than my dirt? because my dirt's better than your dirt. oh. nature's care organic potting mix produces more tomatoes than those other guys. that's some good dirt. produces more tomatoes than those other guys. and so was steph curry. this -- just one of the many three pointers he sunk, tonight. well, they were simply unstoppable. and so was steph curry. this just one of -- oh, right there -- many three pointers he sunk tonight. let's send it back out to colin resch. with curry, it's like he's breaking the records while breaking the record. i think he broke the three-point record as well? >> yeah. the guy's unbelievable. i don't know what other adjective to use for him. never before has a season finale had so much interest and intrigue. bulls, you can move aside. the warriors now the best nba team in history. a sellout crowd for the 175th straight game witnessing history. chasing 73 was the main story. but steph curry's personal chase of 3 -- 400 threes in a season was another. curry had his tenth 20-point game of the season. needing eight coming in to reach 400. here it is, 400 and fittingly on the night they're going for 73 wins. it gave the warriors a 73-53 lead. steph finishes with 46 points, 10 of 19 from beyond the arc. the warriors, they rout memphis 125-104. celebratory relief afterwards, 7-9. how good does that sound? >> we love winning, we love to compete and push ourselves. that's what's pushed us to this opportunity tonight. hopefully that will continue. >> that's crazy. i was talking to somebody today about four, five years ago and the team won 25 games. now fast forward we've lost 9 games. that's incredible. >> reporter: the perfect ending to what was the perfect regular season. next up playoffs, saturday, home here against the rockets. live at oracle arena colin resch, nbc bay area. peggy? >> so exciting. thanks so much. not just the warriors. also an unforgettable night for the lakers. we'll have that after the break. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. well, i've got something to show you. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it uses extended range electric technology. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. it's got every technology there is. the prius actually belongs on the table. arena in oakland ... =vo= and a historic night at the staples center in los angeles. kobe bryant was given a champions send-off in the last game of his 20-year career. bryant put on a show in front of an historic night at the oracle arena but also at the staples center where kobe bryant was given a sendoff for his last night of his 20-year career. with 4 seconds left in the game, fans chanted his name as kobe exited the court. the lakers went on to beat the utah jazz. that's how you want to go out. >> there was a big cheer in the newsroom. >> he had an incredible career. a good sendoff for him. >> for sure. >> thanks for joining us. good night. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ice cube. ellie kemper. musical guest, conrad sewell.