How many Regular Season wins will the GS Warriors end up with?

[WayOfWade]

58

[Done_And_Done]

73

[oh the horror]

Unless they begin resting players I'm beginning to feel like they're fully capable of beating the Bulls 72-10 record. This team looks like they're on another level than any team in the league right now

[72-10]

The Warriors have yet to play their toughest road trip. They still have three against the Spurs, three against OKC and two against the Clip.

Ergo, their first half schedule was weak. So honestly, I think they'll end up with 69.

[72-10]

Unless they begin resting players

That's what every team in history has done, so why wouldn't the Warriors?

[Marchesk]

That's what every team in history has done, so why wouldn't the Warriors?

Same reason the 2007 Patriots didn't. They want to make history. The Warriors have already won a title. A team wins every season. But breaking 72 wins is unique.

[72-10]

Same reason the 2007 Patriots didn't. They want to make history. The Warriors have already won a title. A team wins every season. But breaking 72 wins is unique.

They probably wouldn't win the chip then.

[Marchesk]

They probably wouldn't win the chip then.

They're deep and their starters don't play heavy minutes. You're going to tell me that if the Warriors get within a few games of 72 wins, they're just going to rest starters, and Curry & Company will be okay with that?

What do you think Jordan & Pippen would have done in this situation?

[72-10]

They're deep and their starters don't play heavy minutes. You're going to tell me that if the Warriors get within a few games of 72 wins, they're just going to rest starters, and Curry & Company will be okay with that?

What do you think Jordan & Pippen would have done in this situation?

I'm not sure why you're dealing with hypotheticals here; Jordan and Pippen rested.

[Marchesk]

I'm not sure why you're dealing with hypotheticals here; Jordan and Pippen rested.

Did they rest before or after getting to 70 wins? The Bulls would have had home court locked up before then, right?

[Im Still Ballin]

As far as I'm concerned, the Warriors are resting every game

They'll be fine

[Marchesk]

I see that Jordan and Pippen did play out that 72 win regular season, but with reduced minutes. Or in some of the games, I guess. For the 70th win, Jordan played 42 and Pippen 40 minutes.

I could certainly see Kerr cutting back starter minutes.

[1987_Lakers]

They have won 9 straight and in that streak they beat the Cavs, Spurs, Bulls, & OKC. They just beat the best of the best in the last 2-3 weeks when many felt a couple of loses was on the way.

They have a 7 game road trip coming soon, but in those 7 games the Clippers & OKC are the only 2 good teams they will play. (and the Clippers are now WITHOUT Austin Rivers for what that's worth)

The good news is after their 7 game road trip, they finish the season playing 17 of their final 24 games at home and they haven't loss a home game this season, so they are in very good shape to break the record.

Since the Bulls won 72 games MANY teams started the season HOT and had people talking about breaking the Bulls record, I for once always knew the team would eventually cool off and fall rather short of the record, but when the Warriors started the season winning game after game this season, I actually took them seriously breaking the Bulls record.

I can see them finishing around 69-73 wins, heck they won 67 games last season and seem to be improved this year so them breaking the record wouldn't be surprising at the moment.

[DMV2]

Same reason the 2007 Patriots didn't. They want to make history. The Warriors have already won a title. A team wins every season. But breaking 72 wins is unique.

what's more important for them this season is getting that back-to-back championships. 73+ wins on a repeat title would be historical but a repeat should be #1 priority.

plus, they already got a near unbreakable record, 24-0 to start a season.

repeat rings/ 24-0 start/ 73+ wins is getting too damn greedy.

[Marchesk]

what's more important for them this season is getting that back-to-back championships. 73+ wins on a repeat title would be historical but a repeat should be #1 priority.

Yeah of course repeating is number one priority. So if Curry, Dray and Klay are showing wear and tear near the end of the season, you give them rest. But if they're not, then why not go for it? They're not averaging a ton of minutes as it is. The best starting players used to average 40+ mintues once upon a time. What are the Warrior averages, 32-34 minutes? That's like 16 less games over an entire season. Even if it's just five minutes less than average, you're still talking about 400 total minutes or about 12 games.