this was the defending nba champions golden state warriors' second consecutive trip to the nba finals and eighth overall. the warriors broke the record set by the 1995–96 chicago bulls by finishing the regular season with a 73–9 record. in addition, the warriors broke numerous other nba records, including most road wins (34), best start to a season (24–0) and longest regular-season home win streak (54 dating back to the 2014–15 season). they also became the first team to make over 1,000 three-pointers in the regular-season with 1,077, eclipsing the previous record of 933 set by the 2014–15 houston rockets.