73-9 Regular Season Record (2015-16)

Lore & Background

Golden State broke their franchise record of 28 road wins in a season which they set in 2014–15; they ended the season with 34, passing the same 1995–96 Bulls team led by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen for the most road wins in NBA history. Warriors' head coach, Steve Kerr, has a significant connection to that Bulls team, as he previously served as a point guard during that specific season. Throughout the 2015-16 NBA season, Golden State broke over twenty-five NBA records and more than ten franchise records, including most wins ever recorded in an NBA season (regular-season and postseason combined); with 88. However, they lost in the NBA Finals to the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games, despite initially leading the series with a 3–1 advantage.

In Their Own Story

The air inside Oracle Arena was thick with anticipation, a rare quiet before the storm of noise that usually followed a Curry deep ball. It was April 13, 2016. The scoreboard read 73-9. Draymond Green stood near the sideline, towel over his head, eyes wide as he processed the number on the jumbotron. They had done it. They had surpassed Michael Jordan's Bulls. But in that moment of triumph, a strange melancholy hung over the court. The players knew the record was now theirs forever, yet the shadow of what came next loomed large. As the final buzzer sounded, there were hugs and tears, but no confetti cannons fired for a championship. Just the weight of history, heavy on their shoulders.

Reader's Guide

The Warriors began the 2015–16 season by winning their first 24 games, eclipsing the previous best start in NBA history, set by the 1993–94 Houston Rockets. Their record-setting start ended when they were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks on December 12, 2015. The Warriors broke a 131-year-old record of 20–0 set by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team, to claim the best start to a season in all of the major professional sports in America. They also won 28 consecutive regular-season games dating back to the 2014–15 season, eclipsing the 2012–13 Miami Heat for the second longest winning streak in NBA history. The Warriors also set an NBA record 54-straight regular-season home-game winning streak, which spanned from January 31, 2015, to March 29, 2016. The previous record of 44 was held by the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls. The Warriors also became the first team in NBA history to go the entire regular season without back-to-back losses and without losing to the same team twice.

Did You Know?

• Stephen Curry was the first unanimous MVP in NBA history.
• Curry broke his own NBA record for made three-pointers in a season, finishing with 402.
• The Warriors became the first team in NBA history to go the entire regular season without back-to-back losses and without losing to the same team twice.
• Golden State set an NBA record 54-straight regular-season home-game winning streak.
• The Warriors lost in the NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games, despite initially leading the series 3–1.