I know it’s happened and this is probably the least interesting post ever but when I reflect on recent NBA history, it is still shocking to me what happened that year. I never thought it would be remotely possible. It was just a record that could never be touched.
And yet it really happened. I don’t think it gets enough credit because of the “it don’t mean a thing without the ring” piece but as time passes, I gotta say it’s just a standalone incredible achievement.
The fact that the last 30 games of the season they were the target for every team, no one wanted to see them do it, and they still did it. It’s incredibly impressive.
I feel like you burn yourself out so much trying to get every last win that by the playoffs everyone is just exhausted.
Maybe in the NBA, but in the Bruins and the Patriots case it was simply a chokejob. In the NBA, the playoffs are really long and going all out for a meaningless record like the Warriors did can cost you at the end, in the NFL, the playoffs are kinda short and you also get to rest an extra week as the No. 1 seed, so it isn’t that big a deal.
It wasn’t meaningless, it still made history. Anything that has to do with the regular season isn’t as pointless as you make it out to be, that mindset is why some players feel like it’s pointless