<Table> <Tr> <Td> <2014--15 </Td> <Td> 2016--17> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> <2014--15 </Td> <Td> 2016--17> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2015--16 Golden State Warriors season was the 70th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 54th in the San Francisco Bay Area . The Warriors entered the season as the defending NBA champions and they set the best ever regular - season record of 73--9, breaking the 1995--96 Chicago Bulls record of 72--10 . Golden State broke over twenty - five NBA records and more than ten franchise records this season, including most wins ever recorded in a season (regular - season and postseason combined); with 88 . This team's regular season is considered to be one of the greatest in NBA and professional sports history . </P> <P> In the postseason, the Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 4--1 in the first round of the playoffs, the Portland Trail Blazers 4--1 in the Western Conference Semi-finals and they won the Western Conference Championship by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 4--3, becoming just the 10th team to come back from a 1--3 deficit . The Warriors played the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year, where they lost in seven games and became the first team in NBA history to give up a 3--1 lead in the Finals . </P>

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