With 17 games remaining in the regular season, the Golden State Warriors have won the Pacific Division title and earned a top-three seed in the playoffs after the Los Angeles Clippers' loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday.
The Warriors, 59-6, have held the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference all season and are currently ahead of the second-place San Antonio Spurs by 3.5 games.
The defending champs are also chasing the 72-win record held by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls and gunning for a championship repeat.
The team announced the division title shortly after the Clippers’ loss:
Monte Poole of CSN Bay Area outlined the Warriors' path to the next milestone they can clinch:
It’s the first time in 40 years the Warriors have won back-to-back division titles, per GSW Stats. The last time it did so, Golden State won the NBA title in 1974-75 and lost in the Western Conference Finals the following season.
The Pacific title is certainly a milestone, but the Warriors have their sights set on so much more.
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Warriors Clinch Pacific Division Title, Top-3 Seed in 2016 NBA Playoffs
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