Golden State Warriors: The Road To 73 Wins

by NBA News

In the 1995-96 season, the Chicago Bulls accomplished what no team had done before or since — winning 70 games and finishing the season with a history-making 72-10 record.

Winning 18 games in a row in one stretch, the Bulls also led the league in scoring at 105.2 ppg, were third in defense at 92.9 ppg for a spectacular +12.2 point differential. They lost only two home games all season, and they won more road games, 33, than any team in NBA history.

In the playoffs they lost just one game en route to the NBA Finals, sweeping Miami, beating New York in five and sweeping Orlando. In the NBA Finals they raced to a 3-0 lead over the Seattle SuperSonics, dropped a pair of games in Seattle and then used their stifling defense to close out the series with an 87-75 win in Game 6.

This season, the Golden State Warriors are making a run at history. As they make a run at a 70-win season (and perhaps the Bulls’ all-time wins mark) see how they compare record-wise to Chicago at each point in each team’s respective season.

2015-16 Warriors vs. 1995-96 Bulls

Warriors result Record Game # Bulls result Record
111-95 W vs. Pelicans 1-0 1 105-91 W vs. Hornets 1-0
112-92 W vs. Rockets 2-0 2 107-85 W vs. Celtics 2-0
134-120 W @ Pelicans 3-0 3 117-108 W vs. Raptors 3-0
119-69 W vs. Grizzlies 4-0 4 106-88 W @ Cavs 4-0
112-108 W vs. Clippers 5-0 5 110-106 W vs. Blazers 5-0
119-104 W vs. Nuggets 6-0 6 94-88 L @ Magic 5-1
103-94 W @ Kings 7-0 7 113-94 W vs. Cavs 6-1
109-95 W vs. Pistons 8-0 8 109-94 W vs. Nets 7-1
100-84 W @ Grizzlies 9-0 9 108-102 W @ Mavericks (OT) 8-1
129-116 W @ Timberwolves 10-0 10 103-94 W @ Spurs 9-1
107-99 W vs. Nets 11-0 11 90-85 W @ Jazz 10-1
115-110 W vs. Raptors 12-0 12 97-92 L @ Sonics 10-2
124-117 W @ Clippers 13-0 13 107-104 W @ Blazers 11-2
106-94 W vs. Bulls 14-0 14 94-88 W @ Grizzlies 12-2
118-105 W @ Nuggets 15-0 15 104-98 W @ Clippers 13-2
111-77 W vs. Lakers 16-0 16 101-94 W vs. Knicks 14-2
135-116 W @ Suns 17-0 17 106-87 W vs. Spurs 15-2
120-101 W vs. Kings 18-0 18 118-106 W @ Bucks 16-2
106-103 W @ Jazz 19-0 19 112-103 W vs. Magic 17-2
116-99 W @ Hornets 20-0 20 127-108 W @ Hawks 18-2
112-109 W @ Raptors 21-0 21 108-88 W vs. Lakers 19-2
114-98 W @ Nets 22-0 22 123-114 W @ Celtics 20-2
131-123 W @ Pacers 23-0 23 114-101 W vs. Mavericks 21-2
124-119 W @ Celtics (2 OT) 24-0 24 113-104 W vs. Raptors 22-2
108-95 L @ Bucks 24-1 25 100-86 W vs. Jazz 23-2
128-103 W vs. Suns 25-1 26 103-97 L @ Pacers 23-3
121-112 W vs.Bucks 26-1 27 120-93 W vs. Pacers 24-3
103-85 W vs. Jazz 27-1 28 95-93 W vs. Hawks 25-3
89-83 W vs. Cavs 28-1 29 100-86 W vs. Rockets 26-3
122-103 W vs. Kings 29-1 30 117-93 W @ Hornets 27-3
114-91 L vs. Mavericks 29-2 31 113-84 W vs. Bucks 28-3
144-110 W vs. Rockets 30-2 32 113-87 W vs. Sonics 29-3
111-108 W vs. Nuggets 31-2 33 120-93 W @ Sixers 30-3
111-101 W vs. Hornets 32-2 34 116-109 W @ Bullets 31-3
109-88 W vs. Lakers 33-2 35 116-104 W vs. Sixers 32-3
128-108 W vs. Blazers 34-2 36 92-89 W @ Raptors 33-3
128-116 W vs. Kings 35-2 37 111-96 W @ Pistons 34-3
111-103 W vs. Heat 36-2 38 99-79 W @ Knicks 35-3
112-110 L vs. Nuggets  36-3 39 104-84 W vs. Grizzlies 36-3
116-98 W vs. Lakers 37-3 40 102-80 W vs. Heat 37-3
113-95 L @ Pistons 37-4 41 93-82 W vs. Suns 38-3
132-98 W @ Cavs 38-4 42 98-87 W @ Rockets 39-3
125-94 W @ Bulls 39-4 43 105-85 W @ Kings 40-3
122-110 W vs. Pacers  40-4 44 99-84 W @ Lakers 41-3
120-90 W vs. Spurs  41-4 45 105-99 L @ Nuggets 41-4
127-107 W vs. Mavericks 42-4 46 106-96 L @ Suns 41-5
108-105 W @ Sixers 43-4 47 99-95 W @ Warriors 42-5
116-95 W @ Knicks 44-4 48 111-98 W vs. Bullets 43-5
134-121 W @ Wizards  45-4 49 112-109 W @ Pistons (OT) 44-5
116-108 W vs. Thunder 46-4 50 103-100 W @ Timberwolves 45-5
123-110 W vs. Rockets   47-4 51 110-102 W @ Pacers 46-5
112-104 W @ Suns  48-4 52 106-72 W vs. Cavs 47-5
137-105 L @ Trail Blazers 48-5 53 96-91 W @ Hawks 48-5
115-112 W @ Clippers 49-5 54 113-104 L @ Heat 48-6
102-92 W @ Hawks 50-5 55 111-91 W vs. Magic 49-6
118-112 W @ Heat  51-5 56 120-99 W vs. Timberwolves 50-6
130-114 W @ Magic  52-5 57 110-87 W vs. Warriors 51-6
121-118 W @ Thunder (OT)  53-5 58 107-75 W vs. Celtics 52-6
109-105 W vs. Hawks (OT)  54-5 59 115-106 W vs. Bucks 53-6
121-106 W vs. Thunder 55-5 60 102-81 W vs. Pistons 54-6
112-95 L @ Lakers 55-6 61 104-72 L @ Knicks 54-7
W 119-113 vs. Magic 56-6 62 103-86 W vs. Bullets 55-7
W 115-94 vs. Jazz 57-6 63 108-87 W vs. Nuggets 56-7
128-112 W vs. Blazers 58-6 64 97-93 W @ Nets 57-7
123-116 W vs. Suns 59-6 65 98-94 W @ Sixers 58-7
125-107 W vs. Pelicans 60-6 66 89-67 W vs. Kings 59-7
121-85 W vs. Knicks 61-6 67 107-86 W vs. Knicks 60-7
130-112 W @ Mavericks 62-6 68 109-108 L @ Raptors 60-8
87-79 L @ Spurs 62-7 69 111-80 W vs. Hawks 61-8
109-104 W @ Timberwolves 63-7 70 106-85 W vs. Clippers 62-8
114-98 W vs. Clippers 64-7 71 110-92 W @ Heat 63-8
128-120 W vs. Mavericks 65-7 72 100-92 W vs. Heat 64-8
117-105 W vs. Sixers 66-7 73 126-92 W @ Hornets 65-8
102-94 W vs. Wizards 67-7 74 90-86 W @ Magic 66-8
103-96 W @ Jazz 68-7 75 98-97 L vs. Hornets 66-9
106-109 L vs. Celtics 68-8 76 113-100 W @ Nets 67-9
136-111 W vs. Blazers 69-8 77 112-82 W vs. Sixers 68-9
124 – 117 L vs. Timberwolves 69-9 78 98-72 W @ Cavs 69-9
vs. Spurs 79 86-80 W @ Bucks 70-9
100-99 W @ Grizzlies 71-9 80 110-79 W vs. Pistons 71-9
92-86 W @ Spurs 72-9 81 100-99 L vs. Pacers 71-10
125-104 W @ Grizzlies 73-9 82 103-93 W vs. Bullets 72-10