Rockets set franchise record for most wins in a season. In the case of a tie in regularseason records involving more than two teams, the following criteria will be utilized in the following order. Warriors improve to 729, tie nba record for most regular. They are the tenth nba team to win 67 games in a season. Worst 50 teams in nba history this is the list with the bottom 50 nba teams by winning percentage in the regular season. The team stepped up in the final game to win 125104 and set the nba record for most wins in a regular season. They set a new franchise record in wins last season 67, went a combined 165 en route to the championship, then began the title defense in the kind of remarkable way that few saw coming. Set regularseason record of 72 wins that stood for 21 years. Check out the best of phantom from the dubs 73rd win of the season, passing the 199596 chicago bulls for most regular season wins. He would retire at the end of 200910 season with 1,335 career wins a. They went on to win the nba championship with a 161.
List of national basketball association seasons wikipedia. Warriors notch nbarecord 73rd win to surpass 199596 bulls. You have selected to display nba regular season history data from the most recent season back to the 19461947 season. In the 201617 season, the golden state warriors posted a season best 6715 regular season record and began the 2017 playoffs with a 15game win streak, the most consecutive wins in nba playoff history. Warriors improve to 729, tie nba record for most regular season wins the warriors moved their record to 729, tying the wins total of the 199596 chicago bulls, whose 72. The golden state warriors finish 739 to have the best regularseason record in nba history. Golden state warriors tie chicago bulls nba single season. Curry finished the season as the nba scoring leader with averages of 30. Warriors become second team in nba history to win 70 games in. Team, w sort by wins, l sort by losses, win% sort by win percentage, gb sort by games behind, conf sort by conference record, div sort by division. With tonights win, the warriors have clinched the best record in the nba for the second consecutive season, becoming the seventh franchise in.
Nba team regular season records for wins basketball. I am not a 100% sure but russell might be not on this list because bball reference does not have data for his time period. Single season win records in each major professional sport. The 7172 lakers and 9697 bulls are currently tied for 2nd place. Despite some lateseason fumble, the warriors defeated the memphis grizzlies in the final game of the season to break the 199596 chicago bulls record for most regularseason wins.
In that season, the warriors recorded 73 wins and 9 losses with a winning percentage of. Those lakers also had an nba record 33game winning. The best single regular season record was recorded by the golden state warriors in the 20152016 season. The 199596 bulls won a then record 72 regular season games out of 82 and are widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in nba history. Warriors outsiders podcast with special guest nate duncan with six games left in the regular season, the warriors have the opportunity to. The official site for the latest nba basketball regular season standings from across the league. Golden state warriors recordbraking 73 th win in nba. Coming off a championship year, the warriors started the 201516 season 240 and went on to break the nba single season record with 73 wins. Defunct baanba franchises are also listed, provided they played at least one season, beginning with. The warriors reached the 2016 nba finals but were defeated by the cavaliers in seven games. Golden state warriors set nba record with 73win season wsj. Bill sharmans lakers routed the seattle supersonics to end the year with a.
The following is a listing of all 30 current national basketball association nba teams ranked by winloss record percentage, accurate as of the end of the 201819 nba season. In the following season, the warriorsboosted by over half a decade of skillful draftingfinished with the best record in nba history. List of nba teams by single season win percentage wikipedia. Such teams include the memphis grizzlies, which has already eclipsed its preseason mark of 27. Tied with 69 victories are the 1997 bulls and the 1972 lakers of jerry west and wilt chamberlain. The prior record was 316 wins, which they set from 2014 through 201718. Golden state warriors clinch nba record for season wins april 14, 2016 1. Twenty three of the top 51 teams in the regular seasons turned out to be the nba champions, among them 7 celtics squads, 7 lakers and 4 bulls in 2016, stephen curry and his warriors had the best regular season in nba history, winning 73 games, one more than the 72 won by the 1996 chicago bulls led by michael jordan, but they couldnt win the championship and lost in the finals against lebron. The records include wins and losses recorded by a teams playing time in the basketball association of america baa. For nearly 40 years the doubtful honor of being at the top of this list was for the 1973 philadelphia 76ers with a. The 201415 golden state warriors season was the 69th season of the franchise in the national basketball association nba, and their 53rd in the san francisco bay area. Nba futures, win totals remain valid unless season is. They beat out the 68 regularseason record set a couple of years prior by the philadelphia 76ers. Nbas best breaks the regular season wins record set by the jordanled 199596 chicago bulls.
The chicago bulls, who had 72 wins and 10 losses in the 9596 season currently hold the record for most regular season wins. After the bulls won their sixth championship, phil jackson was not resigned and spend some time away from basketball. Spurs tie alltime nba record for most home wins in. Wins l losses min minutes played offrtg offensive rating defrtg defensive rating netrtg net rating ast% assist percentage astto assist to turnover ratio ast ratio assist ratio oreb% offensive rebound percentage dreb% defensive rebound percentage reb% rebound percentage tov% turnover percentage efg% effective field goal percentage ts% true. Golden state warriors vs memphis grizzlies the last game of 20152016 nba regular season. Nelson had coached 31 years in the nba, winning as many as 60 games a season and as few as 14. As we settle into a thanksgiving holiday weekend and approach the quarter mark of the 201920 nba regular season, oddsmakers have updated every teams projected win totals. List of national basketball association longest winning. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. Michael jordan returned from his baseball hiatus at the end of the 1995 season only to see the bulls fall short of the nba finals. The warriors had their nbarecord 54game home winning streak in the regular season snapped in an april 1 loss to boston at oracle. Most road wins in nba history 34 best road start in nba history and third longest road. Most wins in nba history, regular season and postseason combined 88 started 360 at home, part of an nba record 54straight home wins dating back to 201415 season. The open floor podcast offers their thoughts on golden states tremendous start and answer if they should chase the nba regular season wins.
The golden state warriors joined the 199596 chicago bulls in rarefied air, sharing the nba record for most wins in a single season with 72 after defeating the san antonio spurs 9286 on sunday. Adding another award to their historic 73win season, the 201516 warriors are bracketology champions. The rockets play in the southwest division of the western conference in the national basketball association nba. Greatest regular seasons in nba history fox sports. Golden state finished 392 at home for the second straight year. Despite establishing a franchise record with its 59th victory on saturday, houston isnt concerned with regularseason milestones.
Don nelsons wins record could be preserved because of nba. The houston rockets are an american professional basketball team based in houston, texas. The team was established in 1967, and played in san diego, california for four years, before moving to houston, texas in the rockets debut season, their winloss record was 1567. Will warriors break nba regular season record for wins. Franchiserecord for wins in a season before the warriors posted 67 and 73 wins the past two seasons. The rockets sights are set on the franchises third championship. The team would see that number tick up only eight more times during the regular season, finishing the year one game better than the 199596 chicago bulls 7210 and setting the record for most regular season wins ever in the nba. The warriors finished the season 6715, a new franchise record for wins in a season, beating their previous best record of winning 59 games in the 197576 season. The nba also recognizes records from its original incarnation, the basketball association of america baa. Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. The win capped off arguably the most superlative run in league history, as the spurs broke the 199596 chicago bulls previous record of 37 straight wins at home to start a season en route to.