Throughout the preseason, the dominant storyline about the Golden State Warriors wasn't their league-leading record in 2014-15, their historic point differential or their championship run. Instead, we spent much of October debating how lucky Golden State was on the way to the title.
Even if you weren't a Warriors skeptic, there was still reason to expect a step backward this season because of regression to the mean in terms of health (a strength for Golden State in 2014-15), performance and motivation.