The Golden State Warriors raised their championship banner and received their rings before comfortably defeating the New Orleans Pelicans by a final score of 111-95.

Stephen Curry is now putting that championship season firmly in the past.

"This is the last straw of the whole championship celebration," Curry told Yahoo Sports. "We celebrated for three months, as we should. But you can't get distracted by what happened last year. I might peek at [the ring] every once in a while, but it's not like it's going to go away.

"I'm going to put it in the safe and just worry about what's ahead. When we are 10 games into the season nobody cares about it. You can't bring the [ring] out onto the floor. It's not going to intimidate anybody. You got to go out and play."