While the Golden State Warriors have stressed the importance of winning an NBA championship this season, reigning MVP Stephen Curry admitted Tuesday that breaking the single-season wins record is very much on the players' minds as well.
According to Mark Strotman of CSNChicago.com, Curry acknowledged that surpassing the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls' record of 72-10 is among the team's goals: "We want to get that number. Why not?"
The three-time NBA All-Star further explained his reasoning by discussing the prestige that goes along with making history, per Strotman:
We have an opportunity to do something that has never been done before in history. So many great players have suited up since the NBA began, and for us 15 guys to say we've accomplished something as a group that's never been done before, that's remarkable. So, we earned the right to have a 48-minute game to eclipse that mark, and we have to go out and finish the job and do it the right way.
Golden State tied Chicago's 72-win mark with a victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, and it has an opportunity to close out the 2015-16 campaign wit ...
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Stephen Curry Comments on Potentially Breaking NBA Regular-Season Wins Record
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