Bulls Coach On The 95-96 Bulls: “MJ And The 72-Win Bulls Might Have Won A Few More Games If They Knew The ’16 Warriors Would Win 73”

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Back in 2016, the Warriors made history by finishing out a 73-win season. Though they lost in the Finals that same year, that regular-season record went down as the best in NBA history.

Of course, the record they had to beat belonged to the 1995-96 Bulls, who had won 72 games en-route to their fourth Championship win.

Beating that Bulls team in anything is no easy feat and, in fact, had the Bulls “known” the Warriors would win 73 games, current Bulls assistant coach Jim Cleamons says the team would have won even more games.

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Things like that are always easy to say in hindsight. With the documentary out, our minds are still fresh with feelings of awe about that Bulls team.

But going an entire season only losing 10 times is pretty tough — there’s a reason why it has only been done twice in the NBA’s 73-year history. A lot of variables go into winning a basketball game and to be good enough to win 72 of them in a single season is an experience very few teams have ever known.

So could they have actually won a few more games? Those Bulls scored 105.2 points per game and held their opponents to 92.9 points per game — the greatest season margin of victory of all time. Almost all of their ten losses either involved Jordan having a bad shooting night or the other team getting hot from the field and three of those ten losses were within a single possession.

With a few makes or misses in Chicago’s favor, things could have easily gone the other way. Alas, we’ll never truly know.

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Nico Martinez is a veteran staff writer for Fadeaway World from Brooklyn, New York. He joined Fadeaway World in 2016 and is currently residing in Columbia, South Carolina. Nico holds a degree in Sports Management from Columbia International University where he built a strong foundation in the inner workings of sports media and management. Nico's contributions have significantly enhanced the credibility and depth of Fadeaway World's content, earning him recognition across the sports journalism community. His work has been discussed in prestigious publications like Sports Illustrated. A dedicated follower of LeBron James, Nico often leads coverage on news related to the basketball star. With nearly a decade of experience in sports journalism, Nico consistently provides comprehensive and timely basketball news, engaging a wide audience of basketball enthusiasts.Nico's most desired player to interview, past or present, is Kevin Durant. He is particularly keen on asking Durant if he has any regrets about his career, especially concerning his departure from the Oklahoma City Thunder, and why he engages so much with fans on social media. 
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