Random Absolute Greatest Single-Season NBA Teams (32 items)

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  (#6) 2000 - 2001 Los Angeles Lakers

  With the dominant (yet volatile) duo of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant (the former taking home that year's League MVP award), the Lakers won an astounding 31 of their first 36 games of the season, finding themselves in the NBA Finals against Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers. Despite losing a game in overtime, they went on to win four straight games to defeat the 76ers and win the championship.
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  (#15) 2007 - 2008 Boston Celtics

  The New "Big Three" was in effect, with Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce steamrolling the league,. They turned in a 66-16 record for the regular season, a literal 42-game improvement on the previous season. After a shaky start in the postseason, the trio had to face the dominant Kobe Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers. After some back and forth, the Celtics took the series home and for their winning game, blew out the Lakers 131-92, the most lopsided victory ever in NBA Championship history.
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  (#7) 1971 - 1972 Los Angeles Lakers

  With 33 straight wins, the '71-'72 Lakeshow made for the longest winning streak in the history of the NBA. They also won 69 games in the regular season, a record at the time. With Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West, this dominance led to avenging their 1970 Finals loss to the New York Knicks, beating them in five games.
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  (#11) 1984 - 1985 Los Angeles Lakers

  What a team this was - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar alongside Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Bob McAdoo, and Jamaal Wilkes, hall of famers all. With a wrecking ball of 62 wins, they went on to play the Denver Nuggets in the Finals, having lost a seven-game heartbreaker to the Boston Celtics a season before. They won handily in five games.
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  (#19) 2014 - 2015 Golden State Warriors

  Anyone on Twitter in 2016 knows the insanity that has been Steph Curry, but he wasn't amazing out of nowhere, having nabbed the MVP award for the '14-'15 season. Curry also broke his own record for three pointers in a single season with 286, combining with Klay Thompson for 525 total treys. This season's Warriors went on to win the Championship against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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  (#25) 1972 - 1973 New York Knicks

  After losing to the Lakers 4-1 in the previous season's NBA Finals, the Knicks were prepared for revenge. With Jerry Lucas, Phil Jackson, Reed Willis, and Dave DeBusschere, they ended their season with a dominant 57 wins and, with easy wins in the postseason, faced their rival Lakers once again. This time, the tables were turned, and the Knicks won 4-1 - the same record as the previous season's series, with the Knicks on the other side of the equation.

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