OT - Warriors' Chase for 73

Submitted by doggdetroit on

The Warriors lost tonight to the Celtics. It was their first home loss of the season, breaking a 54 game home winning streak. They are now 68-8, one game ahead of the 95-96 Bulls, with 6 games remaining:

vs. Portland (40-36)
vs. Minnesota (25-51)
vs. San Antonio (63-12)
at Memphis (41-35)
at San Antonio (63-12)
vs. Memphis (41-35)

I think they go 4-2 and end up tying the Bulls at 72-10. Only one of these games can be considered a sure win. Memphis and Portland are both still jockeying for playoff position. SA has been resting players but they may be motivated in their home game against GS to finish undefeated at home. GS's two road games are back to back.

What say you?

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ThatTCGuy

April 2nd, 2016 at 2:39 AM ^

Tony Parker has already said that Popovich doesn't care about the home record thing and will be resting everybody against Golden State. I think you can chalk those up as wins for the Warriors. 

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Human Torpedo

April 2nd, 2016 at 2:49 AM ^

Maybe if some Michigan alum player was on the team, but other than that I've never seen one pro team in one season get so many threads about them on this site. At least wait till the playoffs before going in depth about the NBA

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SFBlue

April 2nd, 2016 at 2:59 AM ^

It's a booby prize. Dubs lose to the Spurs in May and it's meaningless. Prevailing attitude where I was tonight for the game is let it go. Rest for the playoffs. They've been wobbly the last few weeks. People don't remember Jordan et al because they won 72 games one season. It's the titles that count.

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LV Sports Bettor

April 2nd, 2016 at 11:57 AM ^

than the whole 72 win thing will be the reason/excuse people will have for them falling short of a championship. I think this record could end up blowing up in their faces as well as the NBA's.

I'm not saying this is the right or wrong way to look at it but people will want reasons/answers and this is the one thing that they will focus on.

I think what sucks for the NBA is if the Warriors don't win it all than you will see teams take off even more games during the regular season resting starters.  

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doggdetroit

April 3rd, 2016 at 12:54 AM ^

I can see both sides to this. I'm with you, to be considered the greatest team ever, you need to win the title. If GS breaks the record but loses to the Spurs in the playoffs, they will not be considered one of the best, not even close. 

Whenever this discussion arises it invariably begins and ends with the 95-96 Bulls. Other championship teams do get mentioned such as the 66-67 Sixers (68-13), the 71-72 Lakers (69-13), the 85-86 Celtics (67-15), the 91-92 Bulls (67-15), the 96-97 Bulls (69-13), the 99-00 Lakers (67-15), and even the 14-15 Warriors (67-15). What separates the 95-96 Bulls is certainly the lore of Jordan but it's also the best record of all time. It's kind of crazy, but should this year's Spurs win the title, they would enter into this dicussion since they figure to finish with around 67 wins.The Warriors, despite all the coverage they have received, would not.

Ultimately, it's a question of whether the Warriors want to go down in history as the greatest ever. That requires the record and the title. I sense fatigue creeping in with this team but they are so close to the record I think they are almost obligated to go for it. It is risky, but the payoff would be NBA immortality.

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UMinSF

April 2nd, 2016 at 4:16 AM ^

They really do look tired. Hard to say a team that almost never loses is limping toward the playoffs, but they seem to be running on fumes.  NBA season is a slog.

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B1G_Fan

April 2nd, 2016 at 5:06 AM ^

It's cool to own a record like this but I think anyone who saw these two teams play know who the better team was. If they ever perfect fast growing human clones we might actually get to see one day

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a different Jason

April 2nd, 2016 at 8:13 AM ^

I didn't even know what Warriors chase for 73 was until I clicked on the thread. It would be great if there was a show you could watch every day that had to two guys, maybe women, I don't care that much, that would tell you all the sports news. It would be like a regular newscast, them sitting around a desk, talking into a camera, giving us the sports news of the day. Not what is gonna happen tomorrow, not a bunch of retired players giving their thoughts. Just the gosh blessed stuff that already happened. There used to be one, what moron screwed that up?

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mGrowOld

April 2nd, 2016 at 9:06 AM ^

What I long for isnt the return of that thing (whatever its called) where news stuff got talked about........what I'm missing are the days when you werent forced by the internet police to click on clearly labled threads and read things that don't interest you.  Damn those were the days.  

Used to be, before the IP took over, that a fella could scan a sidebar, decide which topic they wanted to discuss with others, and then join in.  Not today - not since those assholes took over.  Now we are forced to read EVERYTHING and comment on EVERYTHING and that freedom of choice has disapeared.

Ahhhhh memories.

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Clarence Beeks

April 2nd, 2016 at 10:21 AM ^

Can't wait until they either get it or don't so that these threads will stop. Any other consistent grouping of threads every couple of days with the same title the mods would delete. This one? Nope. Exact same content, from initial post to subsequent comments, every single time.



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