The Golden State Warriors are unreal. They are the greatest basketball team I have ever seen in my lifetime. Stephen Curry is on lock to win his second NBA Most Valuable Player award at the end of this season and will lead the Warriors to another championship victory come June.

Not only are the Dubs the defending champions, they are also on the cusp of breaking the 1996 Chicago Bulls best single season record of 72-10. However, they have a target on their back and the rest of the league is coming for them.

Will they break the Bulls record? No, not in my opinion. They currently sit at 56-6, which is the best start in NBA history and need to finish the season 17-3 to break the record. It’ll be close, but they will either tie or fall short of the record.

Why would I doubt the Warriors as they chase history? Consider this: Golden State opponents bring a maximum effort when matched up against the defending champions and are known to employ a “not on our watch,” mentality in an attempt to get a win during this historic run. No team takes the night off when the Warriors are on the schedule and instead pull out all the stops to knock them off.

Champions in past years almost always experience a decline. The correlation between this and teams beating the defending champions is strong. According to ESPN, the past two champions before the Warriors — the San Antonio Spurs in 2014 and Miami Heat in 2013 — lost 7 and 12 more games respectively, in the next season following their championships.

The Warriors are not experiencing the type of decline past champions are accustomed to. Instead, they defy logic and are on pace to be better than last year. They have appeared unstoppable at times, especially when they started this season on an NBA record 24 game win streak.

However, it has been made apparent by a handful of games earlier this season that teams can, and will, defeat the Warriors as a result of the opposition’s vanquishing mentality. For example: they lost to a mediocre Milwaukee Buck’s team in December and fell victim to the worst team in the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers, this past Sunday. While it is rare to see Golden State lose in this fashion, these games show that a gritty effort can stymie the champs.

Another point to examine: The Warriors are not blowing opponents out of the water as they were during their 24 game winning streak to start the season. They recently needed an enormous fourth quarter effort from Curry and Klay Thompson to get past the Miami Heat, an average team in the Eastern Conference. They then needed a wild overtime comeback capped off by a Curry 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Pair these close victories with an extremely tough remaining schedule and a 17-3 finish is becoming more unlikely. The Warriors are slated to play the second best team in the league, the San Antonio Spurs three times, two of which are on the road. They also have games against very competitive teams like the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers.

The final roadblock that will stand in the way of the Warriors success? Andre Iguodala’s hamstrings, Klay Thompson’s back and Steph Curry’s fragile ankles. The Warriors would be foolish not to rest these players towards the end of the season, to ensure they are fresh for the playoffs and certainly will do so. Without any one of these critical players, the Warriors come down to earth and are capable of being beaten three times in these final 20 games.

All of these factors will contribute to at least four losses over the next two months. Sorry, Warrior fans, your team is amazing, but they are not breaking the record.