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The 2016 Warriors felt untouchable. They won seventy-three games, rewrote what people thought was possible in a regular season, and carried a feeling that the future belonged to them. This episode sits with that memory, then walks straight into the collapse that still follows Golden State fans everywhere.

Dean Simon joins Sports Scar’d to revisit the final stretch of a year that was supposed to crown a dynasty at its starting point. He talks about the rush of watching Steph, Klay, and Draymond roll through the league, the chase for seventy-three, and the nerves that came with each win stacking higher than the last.

We go back to the OKC comeback, the adrenaline that came with surviving it, and the belief that nothing could shake this team. Then Game 5 hits. Draymond’s suspension, LeBron turning the series around, and the moment Kyrie buried the shot that ripped the air out of Warriors fans everywhere. Dean walks through where he was, what he felt, and how fast the mood changed.

The episode also sits with the silence that followed. The jokes, the memes, the way sports media felt like a place you either avoided or forced yourself to watch just to feel anything at all. Dean talks about the emotional whiplash of going from a historic season to one of the most painful endings the league has ever seen.

We close by asking what that loss did to the Warriors’ legacy. Would 2016 have changed how people see the original core? Did needing Durant shift the story more than fans like to admit? And even after more titles, does that summer still sting? Dean opens up about pride, regret, and the words no Warriors fan ever wants to hear: “seventy-three and nine and they blew a three-one lead.”

If you lived through it, you’ll feel every beat of this one. If you didn’t, you’ll understand why that season sits heavy in Golden State history.