OAKLAND, Calif. – When the Golden State Warriors walk into their practice gym they are greeted by a large, old banner that reads, "1974-75 NBA World Champions." Warriors All-Star Stephen Curry believes his team's record season will be a bust if a new title banner isn't finally added to the practice gym this year.

"For the players, it is," Curry told Yahoo Sports. "No one will be happy for anything less. If we don't win our last game this season it's going to be a disappointing feeling, one where we felt like we fell short."

The Warriors enter the postseason with a league-high and franchise-record 67 wins, as well as home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. Golden State is led by Curry, the 3-point champion and a Most Valuable Player candidate. None of the Warriors was born when Rick Barry, Jamaal Wilkes and coach Al Attles led the franchise to the last title.

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Now with high expectations, Curry and the Warriors are in unfamiliar territory. This postseason they're being hunted.

"We know we are going to get everybody's best shot," Curry said. "The regular season has prepared us for playoff situations. We've had a lot of double-digit wins, but we've really had to fight for 48 minutes every single night to make that happen. You'd probably look at it and say that's easy. That's great preparation for what we are going to have to go through.

"You just got to prepare. The feeling in the locker room is the exact same. You got to be very hungry. No one has changed, and I think that's a big deal."

Seven members of the Warriors' 1975 NBA championship team were in attendance when the anniversary of their title was celebrated on March 23. They said the key to winning was unselfishness, camaraderie and a belief in one another. Curry said he got insight from those players on what is needed to become a champion.

"They had to rally around each other and they had this stubborn belief that they could win," Curry said. "They knew what it took to win. They had more motivation that if you have the right pieces and everyone plays their role the best they can, you have to take advantage of that situation because it doesn't come around every year.

"Coming back 40 years later, they remembered how they felt. Nobody can take that away from them. That was motivation to go through that experience just like they did and enjoy it."

Curry also would love to win the NBA's Most Valuable Player award. He and Houston Rockets guard James Harden lead the race. New Orleans' Anthony Davis, the Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook and the Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James and Kyrie Irving are also candidates.

Harden has said he is deserving of the MVP award, and the Rockets sent a video book promoting him to voters. The Warriors' promotion included a media-relations representative calling voters and asking them to consider their award candidates. Curry declined to campaign for himself. The Warriors' lone MVP winner was Wilt Chamberlain during the 1959-60 season.

"Obviously, you can make a case for whomever," Curry said. "I can say whatever I want about my season and what separates me from the other guys on the list and all that. At the end of the day you have to win games. You have to play at a high level and let it do the talking for yourself.

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