The Warriors continued to make history on Sunday night, joining the 1995-96 and 1996-97 Bulls as the only teams to win at least 66 games in consecutive seasons.
In fact, Golden State became the 15th team ever to win 66 and joined the Celtics, Lakers and Bulls as the only franchises with multiple 66-win seasons ever.
This means the Warriors now must go just 7-2 the rest of the way to break the Bulls' record for wins in a season. The Warriors have gone no worse than 7-2 in every nine-game stretch this season and six of their final nine games are at home, where Golden State has now won a record 53 straight regular-season games.
A loss tonight would have been a monumental upset going up against the lowly 76ers, who now have as many road losses (35) as the Warriors have home wins.
In fact, Elias tells us the difference in win percentage entering the game (.903 vs .123) was the largest in a game between teams at least 40 games into a season in NBA history. The 21.5 point spread was the second-largest in an NBA game in the last 20 seasons, trailing a March 2008 Celtics-Heat game in which Boston was favored by 22.
The Warriors did not cover that spread, but they still got their 66th victory faster than any team in NBA history.
Draymond the triple-double machine
Draymond Green extended his single-season franchise record with his 12th triple-double of the season.
This is only the 2nd time in the last 30 seasons multiple players have recorded at least 12 triple-doubles (Russell Westbrook has done so as well this year).
The last time came in 1988-89 when Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan both surpassed that figure.
Green now has 13 career triple-doubles, trailing only Hall-of-Famers Tom Gola and Guy Rodgers in Warriors franchise history, per Elias.
Klay stays hot
Klay Thompson went for 40 in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. He's the first Warrior besides Stephen Curry to do this since Antawn Jamison back in December 2000.
It was also Thompson's eighth 40-point game in the last two seasons. Only James Harden, Curry and Westbrook have more such games in this time.
This was also the fourth time this season the Warriors boasted one player with 40 points and another with a triple-double.
The rest of the NBA has two such games combined. In fact, Elias tells us this is the most such games by any team in a season since Wilt Chamberlain's 1962-63 Warriors also had four.
More history for Warriors as Green, Thompson shine
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