5 memorable moments from the Warriors' perfect 15-0 start

The Golden State Warriors, at 15-0, stand on the precipice of history as they prepare for Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

A win would give the Warriors sole possession of the best start in NBA history, a record they currently share with the 1948-49 Washington Capitols and the 1993-94 Houston Rockets.

Given that Golden State's point differential is twice as much in the black as Los Angeles is in the red (plus-14.4 to minus-7.2), the Warriors will almost assuredly stand alone after Tuesday.

Let's look back on their stunning run.

5. The 53-point outburst

Despite comfortably taking home MVP honors last season, Warriors point guard Stephen Curry was actually considered an underdog to repeat.

Instead, familiar names like Kevin Durant and LeBron James were looked on as favorites. Some prognosticators even foresaw the ascendant Anthony Davis taking home the Maurice Podoloff Trophy.

Curry didn't exactly take kindly to that, so he dropped 53 points against Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans on the third night of the season to show everyone who's boss.

The scariest thing: he hasn't cooled down since. Curry has scored 490 points on 317 shots this season while leading the league in scoring at 32.7 per game.

4. The Unstoppable

When the going gets tough for the Warriors, they turn to a lineup that no team in the NBA has solved.

The super small-ball unit of Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, and Draymond Green has outscored opponents by an unthinkable 81 points in 56 minutes this season.

And yes, that's the same lineup they used to topple James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Finals.

So how do you stop the Curry-Green spread pick-and-roll? Downing the screen gives Curry too much daylight to shoot; switching the play allows Curry to put a big on skates; and if you trap Curry, he whips a pass to Green for a 4-on-3.

Good luck solving that riddle. An NBA job is waiting for you if have the answer.

3. The Shot

No, not this impossible halfcourt falling-down-while-being-fouled shot by Curry.

Had it not been for Iguodala's game-tying three with 4.7 seconds remaining, the Warriors' streak might have ended on 11 to the cellar-dwelling Brooklyn Nets.

Instead, interim head coach Luke Walton drew up a beautiful inbound pay that got Iguodala an open look, and the Finals MVP made no mistake. The Warriors went on to trample the Nets 10-2 in overtime to remain perfect.

2. #DidntLoseBy50

Put yourselves in the mind of a Memphis Grizzlies fan.

The team was a budding contender for years, but they always had one weakness: no shooting to surround their bruisers down low. But despite valiantly going against the grain in a pace-and-space league, the Grizzlies always got by with their signature style. They out-gritted and out-grinded teams with a one-two combination of post scoring and suffocating defense.

And along came their antithesis, the jump-shooting Warriors, who beat them by 50 points (no, actually) on the Grizzlies' home court.

It's too much to suggest that the league caught up to the Grizzlies all at once, but Curry and the Warriors gave Memphis a valuable lesson: to win it all, you have to play both sides of the ball.

The loss also prompted a delicious bit of trolling by the salty Los Angeles Clippers.

1. What rivalry?

Speaking of those Clippers, they had their hearts broken twice by the Warriors in their undefeated run.

The first time was bad enough: The Clippers held a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter, but Curry dialed up a 30-footer over the outstretched arms of DeAndre Jordan to hand Sad Chris Paul and the Clippers their first loss of the year.

That, however, paled in comparison to the rematch at the Staples Center. Determined to avenge the loss, Paul opened the game a perfect 7-of-7 from the field and helped the Clippers build up 23-point lead in the first half.

And that still wasn't enough against the reigning champions.

The Warriors staged the biggest comeback of the year behind eight fourth-quarter 3-pointers to rip out the hearts of their most hated rivals, prompting a dejected Blake Griffin to admit defeat the following day.

"We're trying to get where they are," Griffin said.

So is everyone else in the NBA.