Warriors on Cusp of Making NBA History

Astounding. Incredible. Incomprehensible. We are just about out of superlatives to describe how incredibly and truly great the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors have been the last two seasons, in particular this season.

If for some reason you haven’t heard, the Warriors are on the precipice of passing Michael Jordan’s 1995-96 Chicago Bulls that went 72-10, the all time best record for a team in an NBA season.

Conventional wisdom in the basketball community has been that the record is unbreakable, as the grind of a grueling 82 game schedule takes an incredible toll on the players, which in turn affects their play on the court.

Golden State, however, showed from the very start of the season that they are no ordinary squad, and that they haven’t rested on their laurels after winning it all last year. In fact, this years team is exponentially better than last year’s team, which by the way also went 67-15 in the regular season.

In fact, they set the all time record for consecutive wins to begin a season, going 24-0 before losing their first game to the Milwaukee Bucks on Dec. 12. That alone is a remarkable achievement.

What makes this unit so great? Well, there are probably too many reasons to even count, but there are a few rather large ones that can not be ignored.

The first is obvious: Stephen Curry. Curry is in the midst of a historically great campaign. The NBA’s official website lists the incredible numbers that he is putting up.

Through 76 games, 73 of which he has played in, he is averaging a league-leading 30 points per game, just over 2 steals a game and he is shooting 47 percent from three point range, good enough for second in the league. Not to mention he is second in free throw percentage at 90 percent.

Oh, and by the way, he is only playing 34 minutes a game as he has sat out of many fourth quarters because his team is often way ahead in the game.

As great as he is, he has an almost equally great cast of teammates surrounding him. Klay

Thompson is averaging 23 ppg and Draymond Green is getting 14 points and 10 rebounds nightly, players who were all stars this season.

The team is so well rounded that they are able to beat opponents in a myriad of different ways, which will make it tough for any team to beat them in the playoffs, no matter their style of play.

That isn’t to say it will be easy, far from it. The San Antonio Spurs have also had a historically great season as they have yet to lose a single home game all year, with record of 38-0.

It seems as though the two teams are on a collision course for a matchup in the western conference finals. If that indeed ends up being the case, fans should be in store for an all time great series.

For the Warriors to truly make this season one for the ages, they need to win the NBA finals. If they fail to do so, people will discount the Warriors if they set the record for wins in a season.