Warriors, Curry complete march into history with ease

Golden State sets NBA record for most-ever wins (73), while star Stephen Curry adds to his sharpshooting lore

POSTED: Apr 14, 2016 9:43 AM ET

OAKLAND — Just in case the night needed more exclamation marks,Stephen Curry hit six 3-pointers. In the first quarter.

Just in case the significance of this forever Wednesday night together needed to be underlined, some Warriors grabbed souvenirs afterward and signed autographs in the locker room. For each other.

Just in case getting into the record book wasn't enough, Golden State stomped in by beating the Grizzlies 125-104 amid the bedlam of Oracle Arena and Curry walking around unconscious again. And they did so without any Warrior playing more than 30 minutes, 31 seconds.

There are special nights, and then there are special nights.

The regular-season finale went as well as the Warriors could have planned, hoped or expected, which, come to think of it, is about the same as the previous 81 games. Look no further than Draymond Green cradling the game ball during the unusual move of addressing the crowd minutes after the buzzer, palmed in the hand and pressed against the bicep, and still clutching the same ball close when he stepped on the stage for the postgame news conference.

These Warriors of coach Steve Kerr understood exactly what they had accomplished by winning for the 73rd time in 82 tries. In breaking the all-time record of 72-10 set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls (on which Kerr was a guard), they were not about to downplay it while also claiming to only be focused on a second straight NBA title. Not any of it.