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What the Golden State Warriors did—on and off the court—to make history

It’s official: the Golden State Warriors have broken the record for the most regular-season wins in NBA history. Their 73 victories, with just nine losses, nudged them ahead of the legendary 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, the team led by Michael Jordan that went 72-10. The Warriors and their star shooter, Stephen Curry, beat that record yesterday (April 13), defeating the Memphis Grizzlies at home in Oakland, California. It’s an amazing turnaround from 2010, the year when a group of executives with little experience in the NBA, led by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Joe Lacob, bought the franchise for $450 million. At the time, it was struggling both as a sports team and a business. The new owners proceeded to reorganize everything about the way the team operated both on and off the court, setting the course for the team’s historic performance over the past six months. None of it would have been possible, of course, without the consistently except...