Posted on 04/13/2016 10:18:37 PM PDT by kik5150
The biggest story of the NBA's regular season has reached its resolution. It ends with the Golden State Warriors holding a 73-9 record, a new league record for wins in a single season.
The Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 125-104 at Oracle Arena on Wednesday to end the season on a four-game winning streak that puts them one win ahead of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls for the new mark. If the Warriors can repeat as champions, they will certainly be remembered as one of the greatest teams in NBA history and will be considered a budding dynasty.
This final win concludes a thrilling regular season for Golden State in which they dominated the NBA landscape. They started the year with a record 24 victories in a row, continued a home winning streak that ended with an all-time high 54 straight at Oracle Arena, became the second team to win 70 games in one season and 65 games in consecutive seasons (and the only one to improve on a 65-win season), and avoided losing two games in a row for the first time in league history. They also did it with a style that won fans all over the basketball world, thanks in large part to the dominance of presumptive back-to-back MVP Stephen Curry.
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Golden State deserves this.
They were so bad for so many years...
Not a basket ball fan but this is like a baseball team winning 140 games
Got to see him play live when he was at Davidson in the SOCON tourney here vs College of Charleston. He was awesome then.
Check this out in a mostly unrelated story.
Wins only mean something correlated to the level of skill of the teams beaten. It would take a boatload of stats to determine something along the lines of parity with teams of different eras. I am not declaring my Bulls of yore a superior team, but I am not willing to give comparable accolades to Golden State.
and yet the story tonite & tomorrow will be that Kobe Bryant scored 60 points to lead his Lakers to a win in his final game.
The Bulls played in an era where it was in the rules for the players to be much more physical. I wonder how this Warriors team would fare if their noses were bloodied.
People are starting to forget what the Jordan Factor was all about. He was the most driven and talented player I have ever seen in any sport. Without exception.
Utah Game 5 says it all.
The sad part is the coach who got them here is no longer part of it.
Wasn’t he a baseball player before he tried basketball?
HOORAY Curry
HOORAY Green
HOORAY Warriors
HOORAY Kobe
I remember the baseball experiment with the Birmingham Barons in 1994-1995 after his dad was murdered. Michael said at the time that baseball had been the first sport he really loved. But I don't think he actually played affiliated baseball in his youth.
He was a once in a lifetime basketball player with a singular will to compete and win. It was a joy to follow his career. But I don't live in Cleveland or New York. Or Indiana. Or LA . Or Portland. Or Phoenix. Or Portland. Or Utah.
Or Detroit. Thank God.
All that being said, congratulations to Golden State.
..and, Paul Ryan is a douche.
c’mon Oxford.
Curry was on fire - 46 pts in two quarters.
Great win, superb record - both well deserved by a classy and talented bunch of guys.
I’ve really enjoyed watching them play all season, and the best may be yet to come.
Or you can flip the script. How would
the Bulls do if they had ;*to play a more
finesse game and which Bull would join
Pippin to neutralize Warrior 3pt
production?
Good for the Warriors. They play some mighty fine ball
You play in the era you play in. The Bulls were a terrific team to watch as well.
73 wins in a season will stand for at least as long
True words
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