Stephen Curry Comments on Potentially Breaking NBA Regular-Season Wins Record

While the Golden State Warriors have stressed the importance of winning an NBA championship this season, reigning MVP Stephen Curry admitted Tuesday that breaking the single-season wins record is very much on the players' minds as well. 

According to Mark Strotman of CSNChicago.com, Curry acknowledged that surpassing the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls' record of 72-10 is among the team's goals: "We want to get that number. Why not?"

The three-time NBA All-Star further explained his reasoning by discussing the prestige that goes along with making history, per Strotman:

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We have an opportunity to do something that has never been done before in history. So many great players have suited up since the NBA began, and for us 15 guys to say we've accomplished something as a group that's never been done before, that's remarkable. So, we earned the right to have a 48-minute game to eclipse that mark, and we have to go out and finish the job and do it the right way.

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Golden State tied Chicago's 72-win mark with a victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, and it has an opportunity to close out the 2015-16 campaign with a record-setting 73-9 record if it can defeat the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.

Surprisingly, one person who may be pulling for the Dubs is Michael Jordan, who spearheaded the Bulls' 72-10 record.

In an ESPN interview (h/t Cameron DaSilva of FoxSports.com), Warriors forward Draymond Green said that MJ urged Golden State to make history: "Mike told me at All-Star, 'Go win the record. Go get the record. If y'all don't win this record, I'm going to be hot, and I'm blaming you.'"

Golden State is 3-0 against the Grizz this season, although Memphis pushed it to the limit Saturday in a narrow, 100-99 loss.

The Warriors have also lost two of their past four home games after starting 36-0 at Oracle Arena, which makes the record anything but a lock.

Every indication is that the Dubs will throw caution to the wind and go for 73-9 despite having the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference locked up.

Breaking the wins record and then winning a second consecutive championship could cement the 2015-16 Warriors as the greatest team in NBA history, and while the latter portion of that equation is most important, Curry and Co. are not hiding their desire to top the Bulls.

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