Sunday NBA Roundup: Warriors Banish Demons While Making History

April 10th, 2016 by Grant Hughes Leave a reply »

The Golden State Warriors checked off a whole bunch of boxes on their history-making NBA to-do list with a 92-86 win over the San Antonio Spurs Sunday.

And now, there's only one left: victory No. 73, which the Warriors will look to secure Wednesday at home against the Memphis Grizzlies.



The milestones achieved in Sunday's victory, each sillier than the last:

Golden State won its 72nd game of the year, tying the single-season record set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls. It also beat the Spurs in San Antonio for the first time since Valentine's Day in 1997. The road win was the Dubs' 34th of the year, also an NBA record. By logging a victory in the AT&T Center, Golden State prevented the Spurs from becoming the first team to ever go undefeated at home for an entire season. The Warriors never lost back-to-back games, another NBA first.  Last ridiculous box checked: The Warriors locked in status as the first team to ever go a full season without losing to the same team twice. There are plenty of explanations for how all this happened. Some go back months and years to the formative days of this collection of ...

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