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

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  (#22) 1966 - 1967 Philadelphia 76ers

  With an incredible starting record of 46-4, and a final season record of 68-13, Wilt Chamberlain took the reins of his team, alongside Billy Cunningham and Hal Greer. After defeating the Boston Celtics in the semifinals, ending Boston's dominant run, the 76ers went on to beat the Golden State Warriors in six games.
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  (#17) 2004 - 2005 San Antonio Spurs

  The "Big Three" of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginóbili were ready for another NBA crown. After having to deal with a Duncan ankle injury, the Spurs still managed a 59-win regular season, just as Duncan returned to play. They then blasted through the postseason, and ended up in the NBA Finals against the previous season's champion, the Detroit Pistons. With a brutal seven game series, Duncan led the team to their third championship in seven years.
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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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  (#21) 1998 - 1999 San Antonio Spurs

  With the dominance of Tim Duncan and a shortened 50-game NBA season (due to the lockout), the Spurs racked up an NBA-best 37 wins in the regular season and lost only one game in the postseason, leading up to the NBA Finals. There, they faced the New York Knicks, beating them in five games. Duncan earned an NBA Finals MVP award for his efforts.
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  (#4) 1996 - 1997 Chicago Bulls

  Why mess with a winning formula? Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman, all in their prime, and coming off of an NBA Championship, figured that one just wasn't enough. Along with Steve Kerr (who won the 1997 NBA Three Point Shootout Championship), they broke the Utah Jazz, winning Game 5 - a game that went down in history as Jordan's infamous "Flu Game."
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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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