Over the course of the season, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors have silenced critics, all while making history. Last season, the Warriors secured their first NBA championship since 1975 by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games, and posted an impressive 67-15 regular season record. Steph Curry was the team’s best player, averaging 23.8 points per game with 7.7 assists per game. This season long performance was enough to garner the NBA Most Valuable Player.

While last season was very impressive for the Warriors, there’s little doubt that they have improved even more this year. From day one, the Warriors were making history. To start the season, the Warriors won their first 24 games, setting an NBA record for most games won by a single team before losing. If the end of the 2014-2015 season is included, this gave the Warriors a 28-game win streak, which was enough to give the Warriors the second most consecutive wins in league history, and the most consecutive wins since the Lakers won 33 straight in 1971. Now, over halfway through the season, the Warriors have been the fastest team to win 50 games in a season, and are well on pace to surpass the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls’ best single season record of 72-10. That’s not the only record of that Bulls team that the Warriors have a chance to break; by winning 46 straight home games, the Warriors have won the most consecutive home games of any team in NBA history, a record that was previously held by the ’95-’96 Bulls.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the dominance the Warriors have displayed is the fashion in which it has come. All along, basketball experts and legends such as Charles Barkley have criticized them for the style with which they play. Led by point guard Steph Curry, the Warriors make more threes than any other team in the league- and it’s not even close. This season, the Warriors have made 748 threes, which is nearly 100 more than any other team in the league. At 42% shooting from three, the Warriors are the most efficient three point shooting team. Since the Warriors shoot so many threes, many legends of the game are claiming that this Warriors team is soft, and that they would not be able to compete with the more bruising style of play that was prevalent in the 80’s and 90’s, where post play was favored over shooting threes.

No matter what any legends say, numbers don’t lie. The Warriors haven’t just been winning, they’ve dominated. With a 59-6 record to date, there’s not much evidence to dethrone the idea that the Warriors are overbearing to the rest of the NBA. Upon closer look, it is evident that the majority of the games that the Warriors have won have been won well before the final buzzer. Out of 53 wins, starting five for the Warriors have had the luxury of sitting out the fourth quarter in 14 games, simply because they had already managed to put the game out of reach by then.

Steph Curry has led the way for the Warriors, averaging 30.7 points per game, which also leads the league. While most people would agree that Curry is not an overwhelming athlete like Lebron James, he has found his own way to dominate, and perhaps that is the exact reason he is so likable. Perhaps people like seeing a guy who can barely dunk the ball dominate some of the best athletes on the face of the planet. Perhaps there’s a certain sense of hope that he instills in the average child; if they work hard enough, maybe they will one day be able to shoot like Steph. There’s something refreshing about watching a relatively small-looking guy find a way to win.

The Warriors’ unique brand of small-ball (their normal lineup has a tallest player of only 6’ 9’’) has challenged the traditional winning formula of basketball. Perhaps some people, including the legends of the game, feel threatened by this. It’s new, it’s unprecedented, but it works. While these ballers may not impose their will upon others like the bruisers of the past would do, a well-timed three ball from 40 feet away by Steph sure can break the will of his opponents. It may be too early to say, but it certainly looks like Steph Curry and the Warriors may have changed the game of basketball.