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What are the greatest NBA teams to fall just short?

By Rahul Raja

OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 02: Tony Allen #9 of the Memphis Grizzlies goes up for a shot on Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors at ORACLE Arena on November 2, 2015 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 02: Tony Allen #9 of the Memphis Grizzlies goes up for a shot on Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors at ORACLE Arena on November 2, 2015 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /
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Win an NBA championship: 2015-16 Golden State Warriors (73-9)

The 2015-16 Golden State Warriors were a special team. They ran back their 2014-15 championship team that won 67 games and they somehow looked better. They kicked off their season with an incredible 24-0 start. Not only it did smash the previous record of 15-0, held jointly by the 1993-94 Houston Rockets and the 1948-49 Washington Capitols, it also broke a 131-year-old record of 20–0 set by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team, to claim the best start to a season in all of the Big Four sports. And they just kept rolling.

They became the second team to break the 70+ wins barrier, the other being the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls. They tore up the record books with earth-shattering feats like: the most road wins in a regular season(34) and the longest home winning streak(54). They also became the only team to not lose back-to-back or lose to the same opponent more than once.

In the 2016 finals, they faced the Cleveland Cavaliers, whom they had beaten the year prior. Led by a trio of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, they were a force to be reckoned with. The Golden State Warriors wound up blowing a 3-1 lead to them in the 2016 Finals, setting another record by becoming the first team to blow a 3-1 lead in the finals.

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