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Where the Warriors rank among the NBA's 50 greatest teams of all time

Which team is the greatest of all time? To answer that question with more rigor than it's typically debated in sports bars, in 2015 I ranked every team since minutes played were first tracked in 1951-52 (sorry to the 1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers) based on their performance in both the regular season and playoffs.

Three years later, it's time for an update with a new No. 1, plus several other newcomers to the list thanks to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors dominating the competition in their respective conferences.

The method

For champions, I took the average of their point differential during the regular season and their point differential in the playoffs plus the point differential of their opponents.