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In the following season, the Warriors—boosted by over half a decade of skillful drafting—finished with the best record in NBA history; the team ended the 2015–16 season with a mark of 73–9, one win better than Michael Jordan’s 1995–96 Bulls. The Warriors reached the 2016 NBA Finals but were defeated by the Cavaliers in seven games.
Coach Steve Kerr led the Warriors to an NBA record 73–9 regular season, eclipsing the 72–10 of the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls team he was a player on. [1] Golden State beat the Houston Rockets 121–94 on April 24 to go up 3–1 in the first round series, in doing so they set the NBA record for threes made in a playoff game, hitting 21-of-40 ...
The 2016–17 Golden State Warriors season was the 71st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 55th in the San Francisco Bay Area.In the climax season of the Warriors’ dynasty, they won their fifth NBA championship, and second in three seasons, setting the best postseason record in NBA history by going 16–1. [2]
The Warriors began the 2015–2016 regular season by winning their first 24 games, the best start in NBA history. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] This surpassed the previous record of 15–0 by the 1948–49 Capitols and the 1993–94 Rockets , [ 84 ] and broke a 131-year-old record of 20–0 set by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team, to claim the best ...
The 2017 NBA draft was held on June 22, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Warriors did not have a pick, but acquired the Chicago Bulls's 38th pick in the second round for cash, having chosen power forward Jordan Bell out of Oregon. After the draft, the team signed Bell's former Oregon teammate, Chris Boucher, to a two-way contract. [5]
The regular season ended on April 12, 2017, and the playoffs began on April 15, 2017, and ended on June 12, 2017, with the Golden State Warriors going 16–1 in the playoffs and beating the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games during their third consecutive matchup in the NBA Finals.
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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr in 2019. In 2014–15, Golden State won 67 games in the regular season, led by NBA MVP Stephen Curry.The Warriors' starting lineup with the 7-foot (2.1 m) Andrew Bogut at center played 813 minutes together and outscored opponents by 19.6 points per 100 possessions.