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Its still the Warriors as the team to catch out West
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The Associated PressFor Golden State, 73 is irrelevant. Only one number matters, and it’s 16.The Warriors’ chase of being the greatest team in NBA history last season fell short in a big way, when the team that posted the best regular-season record of all time blew a 3-1 lead in the finals and lost the title to Cleveland.So entering this season, any talk of setting another win record — even after adding Kevin Durant — would be foolish. The only thing the Warriors are interested in is getting the 16 postseason wins that would secure a second championship in three years, and they’ll again be the consensus pick to get out of the Western Conference for the third straight season.“They’re as good as it gets in the NBA,” said new Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton, who most recently was a Warriors assistant.Much of the look of the West has changed.