The Chicago Bulls were apparently motivated to win 72 games by losing in the playoffs to Shaquille O’Neal‘s Orlando Magic the season before.
All footage of that series has probably been destroyed by ESPN, but the Bulls were clearly motivated to be an even better team than the year previous. All of these stories about that magical season have started popping up because the Golden State Warriors are still in the running to break the record of 72 wins. After losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves recently, the Warriors will have to win out the rest of their season to break it, and that will be exceedingly difficult considering that one of those games will come against the San Antonio Spurs.