The Warriors’ record-breaking 73-win season is impressive enough in its own right, but it can be hard to get perspective on just how much Golden State dominated the league en route to making history.
Here’s one way: take a look at the date the Warriors matched your favorite team’s win total in 2015-2016. For six teams, it was actually only 2015, as Golden State won as many games as the 76ers, Lakers, Nets, Suns, Timberwolves and Pelicans before the calendar turned. To match or exceed the win total of another 18 teams, the Warriors only needed to play up until the All-Star break, when they had 48 wins – the total belonging to the Heat, Hawks, Celtics and Hornets in their logjam for the third-best record in the East.
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Only the Clippers, Thunder, Raptors, Cavaliers and Thunder managed as many as 50 wins, a total the Warriors reached on Feb. 22 with a 102-92 win in Atlanta. Golden State could have taken the last two weeks off and still had the best record in the league.
Here are the dates for the Warriros reaching each team’s win total…
76ers (10): November 12 – Warriors 129, Timberwolves 116
Lakers (17): November 27 – Warriors 135, Suns 116
Nets (21): December 5 – Warriors 112, Raptors 109
Suns (23): December 8 – Warriors 131, Pacers 123
Timberwolves (29): December 28 – Warriors 122, Kings 103
Pelicans (30): December 31 – Warriors 114, Rockets 110
Knicks (32): January 4 – Warriors 111, Hornets 101
Bucks, Kings, Nuggets (33): January 5 – Warriors 109, Lakers 88
Magic (35): January 9 – Warriors 128, Kings 116
Jazz (40): January 22 – Warriors 122, Pacers 110
Rockets, Wizards (41): January 25 – Warriors 120, Spurs 90
Bulls, Grizzlies, Mavericks (42): January 27 – Warriors 127, Mavericks 107
Pistons, Trail Blazers (44): January 31 – Warriors 116, Knicks 95
Pacers (45): February 3 – Warriors 134, Wizards 121
Heat, Hawks, Celtics, Hornets (48): February 10 – Warriors 112, Suns 104
Clippers (53): February 27 – Warriors 121, Thunder 118 (OT)
Thunder (55): March 3 – Warriors 121, Thunder 106
Raptors (56): March 7 – Warriors 119, Magic 113
Cavaliers (57): March 9 – Warriors 115, Jazz 94
Spurs (67): March 29 – Warriors 102, Wizards 94