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Tim Capurso

How Red-Hot Thunder Are Pacing Compared to 73-Win Warriors, 72-Win Bulls

Seventy-four wins here they come?

Fresh off of winning the franchise's first NBA championship this past season, the Thunder have loudly kickstarted its 2025-26 title defense by winning 21 of its first 22 games played, including 13 straight entering play on Friday. Oklahoma City's red-hot start has basketball fans wondering—besides the question if they'll ever lose again—if the defending champions can best either the 72-win Chicago Bulls of 1995-96 or the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors, who won a record 73 games in the regular season.

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