Who Got the Best NBA Record?

The answer may surprise you! We take a look at the teams with the best NBA records this season.

The teams

The teams that got the best record in the NBA this season were the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, and the Toronto Raptors.

The Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, the Warriors relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the city’s name, before changing its geographic moniker to Golden State in 1971. They play their home games at the Chase Center.

The Warriors won the 1957 NBA Finals, and reached the finals again in 1956 and 1974 losing both times. Golden State has appeared in ten NBA Finals, winning six championships, including four in a row from 2015 to 2018. The franchise owns the NBA’s best regular season record (73–9) during the 2015–16 season, as well as setting an NBA record for most wins in a season with 67–15 (.817) during the 1973–74 season.

The Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers, also known as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team began play as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves. Home games were first held at Cleveland Arena from 1970 to 1974, followed by the Richfield Coliseum from 1974 to 1995. Since 1994, the Cavs have played their home games at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in downtown Cleveland.

The Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center, located in Downtown Houston. Throughout the rockets history they have appeared in four NBA Finals and won back to back titles in 1994 and 1995 led by Hakeem Olajuwon.

The players

The players with the best NBA records are Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and Kobe Bryant. They have all played in at least 10 NBA seasons and have won multiple championships. Michael Jordan is the greatest player of all time, LeBron James is the greatest player of his generation, and Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest players of all time.

LeBron James

LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players in NBA history and has been praised for his all-around game, competitive spirit and leadership. James has won four NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, two Finals MVP Awards, two Olympic gold medals, an NBA scoring title, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He has also been selected to 14 All-Star teams, 12 All-NBA teams, and six All-Defensive teams.

Steph Curry

Stephen Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A six-time NBA All-Star, he has been named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice and won three NBA championships with the Warriors. Many players and analysts have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history. He is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring teams to regularly utilize the three-point shot.

James Harden

James Harden is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Arizona State, where he was named a consensus All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2009. Harden was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder.

In 2012, he helped lead the Thunder to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Miami Heat in five games. Harden was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year that season. He was traded to Houston before the start of the 2012–13 season. During his first year with Houston, he became one of only two players to average at least 25 points and 5 assists per game off the bench, along with Dell Curry.

Harden continued his excellent play as a starter in 2013–14, finishing second in MVP voting behind only Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City. He led the league in scoring that year with a career-high 27.4 points per game, making him just the seventh player since 1976 to average 27 points or more while shooting at least 45 percent from three-point range.

He has continued his high level of play in 2014–15 and 2015–16, being named an All-Star and All-NBA selection each season and finishing second in MVP voting once again behind only Stephen Curry of Golden State in 2015.

The stats

As the end of the NBA season wrapped up, the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets had the best records in the league. Let’s take a look at the stats to see who had the better season.

Regular season

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men’s basketball league in North America, composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is widely considered to be the premier men’s professional basketball league in the world.

The NBA regular season runs from October through early April, with each team playing 82 games. Most games are played on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Tuesdays and Thursdays are typically reserved for either one game nationally televised by TNT or two games regionally televised by sibling networks NBA TV and ESPN2. For weekend games, nationally televised games air on Saturdays typically at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC, while ESPN airs a doubleheader of two back-to-back games at 8:00 p.m. ET and 10:30 p.m. ET on Sundays. On opening night (the first night of the season), all 30 teams play. National television broadcasts are distributed to ESPN, TNT, ABC, and NBA TV by the league office.

As of the 2019-20 season, the regular season begins in October and ends in April. Each team plays 82 games with 41 home games and 41 away games.

Playoffs

The playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the conclusion of the NBA regular season to determine the league’s champion for that season. Teams are seeded so that the team with the best record faces the team with the worst record, and so on.

In each round, the two teams with the best records face each other, while the two teams with the worst records face each other. The winners of each round advance to the next round, until only one team remains. That team is crowned the NBA champion.

The analysis

The Lakers have the best record in the NBA.

The experts’ opinions

The experts’ opinions are just that – opinions. They are not fact, and should not be treated as such. However, they can be useful in helping you to understand the reasoning behind why certain teams are better than others.

For example, some experts may believe that the Golden State Warriors are the best team in the NBA because of their star players, while others may believe that the Cleveland Cavaliers are the best team because they have the best record.

In the end, it is up to you to decide who you think is the best team in the NBA.

The fans’ opinions

The fans’ opinions about who got the best NBA record this season are all over the place. Some people think that the Golden State Warriors are the clear-cut favorites, while others believe that the Cleveland Cavaliers have what it takes to win it all. There are also a lot of people who think that the San Antonio Spurs are the team to beat.