It could depend on how much Cleveland and Orlando push Boston, and how much San Antonio and Denver or Portland push Los Angeles. Otherwise, there isn't really a point or a need to win seventy-two or seventy-three games during the regular season unless you really want to clinch home court advantage throughout the playoffs, convincingly.
A team like Orlando could have a chip on their shoulders and desire to dominate this season. Still, winning seventy or more games shouldn't be a serious goal. If it is... Then your team isn't looking at the bigger picture. Sometimes, records just get broken without you trying to break them. That could be the case here for either one of the best teams in the NBA this season.
"'Oh definitely. Definitely, playing with those three other guys, also combining that with the guys we have on the bench, I think we can definitely can. Me personally, I think we can get that Bulls record. You know we have the talent for it. We have the will for it and ... I think we have the defense for it."
Because honestly, I really do feel that. That was a good team. They had some [Hall of Famers] on there, but we have a few on this team, too."
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_d ... nba,195434
"I don't want the players to get that as a goal," he told the LA Daily News. "That's not a goal. The goal is to go through the season in an orderly fashion and build momentum through the end of the year. I think it just takes so much out of you to push that all the time, to just keep pushing it.
"A lot of things could happen."
http://www.nesn.com/2009/10/phil-jackso ... -wins.html




Top 10 Teams in NBA History
http://www.nba.com/history/toptenteams_index.html
This list doesn't include the sixty-six win 2007-2008 championship Boston Celtics team, or the sixty-five win 2008-2009 championship Los Angeles Lakers team. Or, obviously, the best team(s) this season.