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What is the best start to a season in NBA history?

The 2025-16 Golden State Warriors hold the record for the best start to a season in NBA history. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

In their first three games of the 2025-26 season, Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe of the Philadelphia 76ers combined for 182 points -- the most by any starting backcourt through a team's first three games of a season since starters were first tracked in 1970-71.

Only time will tell if the 76ers can continue their hot streak and level up to the historic start of the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors. Check out the teams with the best starts to a season in NBA history below:

* denotes NBA championship that year

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