Like it or not, the Portland Trail Blazers' Western Conference foe Golden State Warriors are on pace to make history this season. The defending NBA champions have dominated headlines around the league throughout the 2015-16 campaign. With a 55-5 record through 60 games, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is likely to break the record mark of 72-10 he helped set as a player with the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.

Four of five the Warriors losses might have their logical reasoning: maybe it was fatigue versus the Milwaukee Bucks; no Stephen Curry, Harrison Barnes, Festus Ezeli or Leandro Barbosa versus the Dallas Mavericks; resting triple-double machine Draymond Green against the Denver Nuggets or perhaps it was the nostalgia surrounding Green's return to Detroit and Ben Wallace's jersey retirement versus the Pistons.

But when the Warriors came to Portland on February 19, everyone was healthy and rested following the NBA All-Star Break. That night, the Trail Blazers handed Golden State its worst defeat of the season, a 32-point loss in which the home team ran its visitors out of the gym behind Damian Lillard's career-high 51 points.

While the national NBA media preps for the Warriors' likely accomplishment of becoming the greatest team in league history, Sports Illustrated has broken down each of Golden State's five defeats. Of the Trail Blazers' blowout, Jake Fischer writes:

"Rather than play at their accustomed tempo, which is around league average, Portland matched Golden State’s relentless cadence. The Blazers’ pace paid dividends for the team’s offensive production. Head coach Terry Stotts urged his players to keep running all game, frantically waving his arms on the sideline like a third base coach signaling his players to race home. 'It wasn’t necessarily trying to outscore Golden State, per se. I think every team, at least my philosophy, is that you try and get easy baskets when you can. And if you can’t, then you play against halfcourt,” Stotts said. “I have a lot of respect for their halfcourt defense and whether their big guys are on the court or Draymond Green’s at the five and they’re doing a lot of switching, it’s just easier when you don’t have to play against that.'"

The result was Portland's largest win of the season, and a shift in national attention on the team as it pushes for a playoff spot in the West. Read the entire article, including insight from Lillard, CJ McCollum and Allen Crabbe, at SI.com.