By: Eric He

Not since Gerald Ford was President have the Golden State Warriors been this good.

With a 108-95 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night, the Warriors won their franchise-record 60th game of the season and clinched the top seed in the West, ensuring them home-court advantage through the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs.

The last time the Warriors won more than 59 games and were the top seed in the conference was the 1975-1976 season.

After a rather sluggish first quarter, the Warriors pulled away in the second, dominated in the third, and coasted in the fourth for a comfortable win.

Stephen Curry’s 25 points led the way, and he maintained his torrid shooting from beyond-the-arc, hitting 6-of-9 three-point attempts. Klay Thompson, who finished with 21, scored 17 points in the third quarter that saw the Warriors outscore the Bucks 34-25 and extend a 10-point lead to 19.

Thompson made jumper after jumper, and scored nine consecutive points at one juncture to propel the Warriors’ advantage.

Back-to-back shots by Curry midway through the fourth put the Warriors up 99-78 and sealed the game.

Notes

The Warriors rested Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green on the back-end of a back-to-back. David Lee started in Green’s place … James Michael McAdoo contributed 12 points off the bench. … The Warriors held the Bucks to 37.9 percent shooting and 13.3 percent (2-of-15) from three-point range. … With their 26th road win of the season, the Warriors set yet another franchise record. … Next up for Golden State will be the Clippers on the road on Tuesday night.