The looming spectre of the 1996 Chicago Bulls' 72-10 record will infuse each Warriors game with significance, render Curry and co's every move appointment viewing.
Undefeated seasons are quite clearly impossible in basketball and baseball, sports that have the good grace to entertain fans on every day of the year, but a campaign in which the Warriors manage single-digit defeats would be equally astonishing as the Miami Dolphins' 17-0 Super Bowl-winning season in 1972, or Arsenal's Invincibles of 2003/04.
Years like these mean two things: in the moment, they inject a regular season with an extra slice of excitement, making an otherwise unremarkable meeting with the 7-8 Phoenix Suns seem worthy of playoff-like hype. And, in reflection, from the distance of a decade or so, they beam like beacons among the relentless grind of annual sporting competitions.
In baseball and basketball, regular seasons can often be treated as extended preludes to the main event. Teams ostensibly try to win every game but they're really more concerned with positioning themselves for the playoffs. No trophy is awarded to the regular season champions.
So when a team bust their balls every night for victory, fling themselves on the floor to fight for every loose pass and bang their bodies under the rim to scrap for every rebound, it assigns an additional layer of meaning that is admirable on the athletes' parts.
Because sportsmen, sadly, don't always care as much as their most ardent supporters. This is a job, remember, and how many from any profession can honestly profess to working with full capacity each and every day?
But the Warriors, chasing Jordan's Bulls and seeking their second straight championship, will be bringing their best on a nightly basis. And it will be a joy to watch, especially if, as their campaign creeps into April, they enter the final fortnight of the regular season with fewer than 10 defeats.
Golden State are a likeable group - young, enthusiastic, team-first and free of ego - but there will be those who wish for Chicago's record to stand, including, undoubtedly, a sizeable contingent from the Windy City. But the festivities will be just as fun for those fans.
In 2007, as a very unlikeable side edged their way toward history, much of America wanted to watch them fail, and the New England Patriots duly obliged by stumbling against the New York Giants to finish 18-1 and treat the Super Bowl to its most stunning upset. (The Patriots (10-0), incidentally, and the Carolina Panthers (11-0) are currently enjoying their own unbeatable run in the NFL.)
So revel in the 66 games remaining on the Warriors' schedule. They will lose - perhaps even today - and they may endure more than 10 setbacks come the season's end.
But, by pursuing perfection when mere greatness is acceptable, we're all winners.
