Warriors interim head coach tells team to go for NBA’s best start

Warriors interim head coach tells team to go for NBA's best start [...] interim head coach Luke Walton on Friday night finally gave the Warriors the full go-ahead to talk about chasing the best start in league history and the mandate "to go get" the record. The league's best-ever start of 15-0 was set by the Washington Capitols in 1948 and matched by the Houston Rockets in 1993. Red Auerbach's Capitols went on to lose in the championship series to the Minneapolis Lakers, but Hakeem Olajuwon's Rockets beat the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals. Curry said most of his teammates were aware of the 15-0 record, but it didn't seem like a realistic goal until this week, when the Warriors beat Toronto, the Clippers and Chicago in a four-day span to move to 14-0. The Warriors could tie the record Sunday at Denver (6-7) and break the mark at home Tuesday against the Lakers (2-10). In the grand scheme of things, our ultimate goal is to win a championship. Dating to the 2014-15 regular season, the Warriors have won a franchise-record 18 straight games. The Warriors have a chance to tie the 1948 Washington Capitols and the 1993 Houston Rockets for the league's best-ever start. The Warriors are...