Only 4 Teams in NBA History That Won More Than 64 Games..

[eliteballer]

Failed to win the title:

07 Mavs
09 Cavaliers
16 Spurs
16 Warriors

Does anyone find it odd, curious, and ridiculous that TWO of those teams failed to do so in the SAME season?

Let alone when only 19 teams in the history of the league have won that many games, TWO of them were in the SAME season?

[SouBeachTalents]

'73 Celtics too

[JebronLames]

07 mavs

[joshwake]

96-97 jazz

I'm guessing there are more......

[Young X]

I'm just gonna say it, their records were slightly inflated by the west declining this year.

This was one of the weakest years in terms of competitive teams. There was such a separation from the top 4 teams and everybody else.

As usual, none of the east teams were real threats to the Cavs but the difference is normally you have 3-4 teams from the west that are really good and close to being contenders. That wasn't the case this year with the Rockets, Clippers and Grizzlies falling off after 56 win seasons last year.

[warriorfan]

16 Warriors were the only team who had their best player suffer a major knee injury during the playoffs

[ArbitraryWater]

Thats not true though... you missed a TON of teams

[eliteballer]

96-97 jazz

I'm guessing there are more......

Jazz won 64, not more than 64

[NBAGOAT]

watered down year for the West if you're being negative, top heavy if you're being positive. Usually the 8th seed definitely has 45+wins and and the 5-8 teams are pretty good. Then again GS clearly got better during the RS and had 67 wins last year in a good west and and SA added aldridge to a 55 win team even if some of their older guys declined(Kawhi got better). Both were clearly some really great teams.

[ArbitraryWater]

I don't know how many you missed, but if you missed one, theres a good chance you missed more..

anyway, right now, regular season = low point... most unecessary regular season of any major sport.

NBA isnt even talking about shorting it to 58 games atm, which is dumb and sad.

[eliteballer]

I don't know how many you missed, but if you missed one, theres a good chance you missed more..

anyway, right now, regular season = low point... most unecessary regular season of any major sport.

NBA isnt even talking about shorting it to 58 games atm, which is dumb and sad.

Go do the math yourself then, or are too st00pid?:coleman:

[SouBeachTalents]

Go do the math yourself then, or are too st00pid?:coleman:

You did miss the '73 Celtics though, they won 68 games

[ArbitraryWater]

Actually youre right, '73 Celtics are the only team you missed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_teams_by_single_season_win_percentage
http://www.landofbasketball.com/statistics/best_seasons.htm

1950 Nationals as well, to be precise (51-13 80%, 65 wins over 82 games).

[G0ATbe]

Freebie wins out east this season for the warriors/spurs padded their records alot. These were not all time great teams, just a product of 1 shitty conference. And no explanation needed for 09 Cavs, 1 stacked team bulldozing over a shitty conference until they finally faced the only legit team out East.

[Spurs m8]

I find it more amazing Cleveland didn't win 64+ tbh
Especially in that conference....

[Mr Feeny]

Go do the math yourself then, or are too st00pid?:coleman:

You calling anyone stupid is just ironic as it comes:oldlol:

[ArbitraryWater]

Some context in difference to how those teams were built:

1973 Celtics (team effort)
2007 Mavericks (one man carrying job)
2009 Cavaliers (one man carrying job)
2016 Spurs (team effort)
2016 Warriors (team effort)

mediocre role players flaming out in the post-season but shining in the regular season, with less pressure and during a hot streak, is more understandable than the Spurs/Warriors losses.

But, Thunder have always had it out for the Spurs... and meanwhile the Warriors faced the co. GOAT doing heroic stuff :pimp:

[SouBeachTalents]

Some context in difference to how those teams were built:

1973 Celtics (team effort)
2007 Mavericks (one man carrying job)
2009 Cavaliers (one man carrying job)
2016 Spurs (team effort)
2016 Warriors (team effort)

mediocre role players flaming out in the post-season but shining in the regular season, with less pressure and during a hot streak, is more understandable than the Spurs/Warriors losses.

But, Thunder have always had it out for the Spurs... and meanwhile the Warriors faced the co. GOAT doing heroic stuff :pimp:

Agreed, but the circumstances of LeBron losing in '09 & Dirk in '07 couldn't have been more different

[34-24 Footwork]

2007 Cavs- Leader was a man child with no moves, jumper and a turnover machine

2016 Warriors - Leader was an actual child and a turnover machine.

Spurs- Tough match up that any team in the league would've loss to.

[ArbitraryWater]

Agreed, but the circumstances of LeBron losing in '09 & Dirk in '07 couldn't have been more different

in '07 it had alot to do with the coach/mismatch factor, and Dirk's father being in the middle of surgery, too..

how crazy is it for a 67-win team to have a negative season series against another team over 4 games, one team of the other 29, and exactly that one team, they have to face in the first round... and its coached by your former coach... lol.

[Meticode]

OP ****ed this thread up right from the beginning. :oldlol:

[KG215]

16 Warriors were the only team who had their best player suffer a major knee injury during the playoffs
Seriously, just shut the f**k up. Your bullshit ran it's course a long time ago. Curry was well enough to play. It wasn't a "torn meniscus" like you keep saying, it was a sprained MCL. A grade one sprain at that; the most minor of sprains.

Saying it was a major knee injury is just more bullshit, agenda driven hyperbole. A major knee injury would've meant he was carted, carried, or wheel-charied off the court and missed a significant amount of time. "Major knee injury" would imply that he was too injured to return until possibly next season and would've needed pretty immediate surgery to fix his knee.

If a guy is well enough to be running around and playing without a noticeable limp, then it's not a "major knee injury."

[JebronLames]

16 Warriors were the only team who had their best player suffer a major knee injury during the playoffs
Paul pierce outplayed prime Kobe with a sprained knee in 08. It was worse than curry's injury.

[AintNoSunshine]

And almost lost to the same team. Before a historic choke.

[DMAVS41]

Seriously, just shut the f**k up. Your bullshit ran it's course a long time ago. Curry was well enough to play. It wasn't a "torn meniscus" like you keep saying, it was a sprained MCL. A grade one sprain at that; the most minor of sprains.

Saying it was a major knee injury is just more bullshit, agenda driven hyperbole. A major knee injury would've meant he was carted, carried, or wheel-charied off the court and missed a significant amount of time. "Major knee injury" would imply that he was too injured to return until possibly next season and would've needed pretty immediate surgery to fix his knee.

If a guy is well enough to be running around and playing without a noticeable limp, then it's not a "major knee injury."

:applause: