The chase for 73 wins

A game-by-game look at how the Warriors are keeping up with the record-setting Chicago Bulls of 1995-96

POSTED: Apr 15, 2016 9:34 AM ET

The legendary '96 Bulls finished with a record-setting 72-10. Can this season's Warriors' team break the all-time wins record?

In the 1995-96 season, the Chicago Bulls accomplished what no team had done before or since -- winning 70 games and finishing the season with a history-making 72-10 record.

Winning 18 games in a row in one stretch, the Bulls also led the league in scoring at 105.2 ppg, were third in defense at 92.9 ppg for a spectacular +12.2 point differential. They lost only two home games all season, and they won more road games, 33, than any team in NBA history.

Seasons Forever Intertwined

The greatness of the '95-96 Bulls and the '15-16 Warriors is reflected in this one-of-a-kind video.

In the playoffs they lost just one game en route to the NBA Finals, sweeping Miami, beating New York in five and sweeping Orlando. In the NBA Finals they raced to a 3-0 lead over the Seattle SuperSonics, dropped a pair of games in Seattle and then used their stifling defense to close out the series with an 87-75 win in Game 6.

This season, the Golden State Warriors started with a 24-0 run (part of a 28-game win streak stretching back to 2014-15) before falling in Milwaukee on the road. Still, that loss could not derail them as they compiled the best single-season mark in NBA history. See how these 2015-16 Warriors compared record-wise to those Bulls of '95-96 at each point in each team's respective season.

2015-16 Warriors vs. 1995-96 Bulls

Comparing the seasons

How the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors' record matches up game-by-game with the 72-win Chicago Bulls of 1995-96.

Warriors result	Record	Game Number	Bulls result	Record
111-95 W vs. Pelicans	1-0	1	105-91 W vs. Hornets	1-0
112-92 W vs. Rockets	2-0	2	107-85 W vs. Celtics	2-0
134-120 W @ Pelicans	3-0	3	117-108 W vs. Raptors	3-0
119-69 W vs. Grizzlies	4-0	4	106-88 W @ Cavs	4-0
112-108 W vs. Clippers	5-0	5	110-106 W vs. Blazers	5-0
119-104 W vs. Nuggets	6-0	6	94-88 L @ Magic	5-1
103-94 W @ Kings	7-0	7	113-94 W vs. Cavs	6-1
109-95 W vs. Pistons	8-0	8	109-94 W vs. Nets	7-1
100-84 W @ Grizzlies	9-0	9	108-102 W @ Mavericks (OT)	8-1
129-116 W @ Timberwolves	10-0	10	103-94 W @ Spurs	9-1
107-99 W vs. Nets (OT)	11-0	11	90-85 W @ Jazz	10-1
115-110 W vs. Raptors	12-0	12	97-92 L @ Sonics	10-2
124-117 W @ Clippers	13-0	13	107-104 W @ Blazers	11-2
106-94 W vs. Bulls	14-0	14	94-88 W @ Grizzlies	12-2
118-105 W @ Nuggets	15-0	15	104-98 W @ Clippers	13-2
111-77 W vs. Lakers	16-0	16	101-94 W vs. Knicks	14-2
135-116 W @ Suns	17-0	17	106-87 W vs. Spurs	15-2
120-101 W vs. Kings	18-0	18	118-106 W @ Bucks	16-2
106-103 W @ Jazz	19-0	19	112-103 W vs. Magic	17-2
116-99 W @ Hornets	20-0	20	127-108 W @ Hawks	18-2
112-109 W @ Raptors	21-0	21	108-88 W vs. Lakers	19-2
114-98 W @ Nets	22-0	22	123-114 W @ Celtics	20-2
131-123 W @ Pacers	23-0	23	114-101 W vs. Mavericks	21-2
124-119 W @ Celtics (2 OT)	24-0	24	113-104 W vs. Raptors	22-2
108-95 L @ Bucks	24-1	25	100-86 W vs. Jazz	23-2
128-103 W vs. Suns	25-1	26	103-97 L @ Pacers	23-3
121-112 W vs.Bucks	26-1	27	120-93 W vs. Pacers	24-3
103-85 W vs. Jazz	27-1	28	95-93 W vs. Hawks	25-3
89-83 W vs. Cavs	28-1	29	100-86 W vs. Rockets	26-3
122-103 W vs. Kings	29-1	30	117-93 W @ Hornets	27-3
114-91 L @ Mavericks	29-2	31	113-84 W vs. Bucks	28-3
114-110 W @ Rockets	30-2	32	113-87 W vs. Sonics	29-3
111-108 W vs. Nuggets (OT)	31-2	33	120-93 W @ Sixers	30-3
111-101 W vs. Hornets	32-2	34	116-109 W @ Bullets	31-3
109-88 W @ Lakers	33-2	35	116-104 W vs. Sixers	32-3
128-108 W @ Blazers	34-2	36	92-89 W @ Raptors	33-3
128-116 W @ Kings	35-2	37	111-96 W @ Pistons	34-3
111-103 W vs. Heat	36-2	38	99-79 W @ Knicks	35-3
112-110 L @ Nuggets	36-3	39	104-84 W vs. Grizzlies	36-3
116-98 W vs. Lakers	37-3	40	102-80 W vs. Heat	37-3
113-95 L @ Pistons	37-4	41	93-82 W vs. Suns	38-3
132-98 W @ Cavaliers	38-4	42	98-87 W @ Rockets	39-3
125-94 W @ Bulls	39-4	43	105-85 W @ Kings	40-3
122-110 W vs. Pacers	40-4	44	99-84 W @ Lakers	41-3
120-90 W vs. Spurs	41-4	45	105-99 L @ Nuggets	41-4
127-107 W vs. Mavericks	42-4	46	106-96 L @ Suns	41-5
108-105 W @ Sixers	43-4	47	99-95 W @ Warriors	42-5
116-95 W @ Knicks	44-4	48	111-98 W vs. Bullets	43-5
134-121 W @ Wizards	45-4	49	112-109 W @ Pistons (OT)	44-5
116-108 W vs. Thunder	46-4	50	103-100 W @ Timberwolves	45-5
123-110 W vs. Rockets	47-4	51	110-102 W @ Pacers	46-5
112-104 W @ Suns	48-4	52	106-72 W vs. Cavs	47-5
137-105 L @ Blazers	48-5	53	96-91 W @ Hawks	48-5
115-112 W @ Clippers	49-5	54	113-104 L @ Heat	48-6
102-92 W @ Hawks	50-5	55	111-91 W vs. Magic	49-6
118-112 W @ Heat	51-5	56	120-99 W vs. Timberwolves	50-6
130-114 W @ Magic	52-5	57	110-87 W vs. Warriors	51-6
121-118 W @ Thunder (OT)	53-5	58	107-75 W vs. Celtics	52-6
109-105 W vs. Hawks (OT)	54-5	59	115-106 W vs. Bucks	53-6
121-106 W. vs. Thunder	55-5	60	102-81 W vs. Pistons	54-6
112-95 L @ Lakers	55-6	61	104-72 L @ Knicks	54-7
119-113 W vs. Magic	56-6	62	103-86 W vs. Bullets	55-7
115-94 W vs. Jazz	57-6	63	108-87 W vs. Nuggets	56-7
128-112 W vs. Blazers	58-6	64	97-93 W @ Nets	57-7
123-116 W vs. Suns	59-6	65	98-94 W @ Sixers	58-7
125-107 W vs. Pelicans	60-6	66	89-67 W vs. Kings	59-7
121-85 W vs. Knicks	61-6	67	107-86 W vs. Knicks	60-7
130-112 W @ Mavericks	62-6	68	109-108 L @ Raptors	60-8
87-79 L @ Spurs	62-7	69	111-80 W vs. Hawks	61-8
109-104 W @ Timberwolves	63-7	70	106-85 W vs. Clippers	62-8
114-98 W vs. Clippers	64-7	71	110-92 W @ Heat	63-8
128-120 W vs. Mavericks	65-7	72	100-92 W vs. Heat	64-8
117-105 W vs. Sixers	66-7	73	126-92 W @ Hornets	65-8
102-94 W vs. Wizards	67-7	74	90-86 W @ Magic	66-8
103-96 W @ Jazz (OT)	68-7	75	98-97 L vs. Hornets	66-9
109-106 L vs. Celtics	68-8	76	113-100 W @ Nets	67-9
136-111 W vs. Blazers	69-8	77	112-82 W vs. Sixers	68-9
124-117 L vs. Timberwolves (OT)	69-9	78	98-72 W @ Cavs	69-9
112-101 W vs. Spurs	70-9	79	86-80 W @ Bucks	70-9
100-99 W @ Grizzlies	71-9	80	110-79 W vs. Pistons	71-9
92-86 W @ Spurs	72-9	81	100-99 L vs. Pacers	71-10
125-104 W vs. Grizzlies	73-9	82	103-93 W vs. Bullets	72-10