The historic game wasn't a fair fight.
The undefeated Golden State Warriors, anchored by 213cm Australian centre Andrew Bogut, thrashed the Los Angeles Lakers 111-77 in front of a delirious home crowd in Oakland on Tuesday to achieve the best opening to a NBA season.
The Lakers were the Warriors' 16th consecutive victim.
"It's special," Warriors' guard Stephen Curry said.
"A lot of players have played in this league and a lot of great teams and nobody has accomplished what this team has tonight so we have to be proud of those kinds of moments."
The 1948-49 Washington Capitols and the 1993-94 Houston Rockets began their seasons 15-0, but now the Warriors, continuing their hot form after winning last year's NBA championship, are headed into uncharted territory.
The Warriors' will play eight of their next nine games on the road, but many are against weak teams.
The biggest challenges could come on the road trip when they play the Toronto Raptors on December 5 and the Indiana Pacers three days later.
They also have a Christmas Day home match-up with last year's NBA Championship foes, LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Warriors dominated the Lakers from the moment Bogut won the opening tip and, 15 seconds later, forward Draymond Green buried a three-pointer.
At halftime, the Warriors were up 54-38.
Melbourne-born Bogut had eight points, all from dunks, seven rebounds and two blocks.
Curry had 24 points.
Lakers veteran Kobe Bryant, the NBA's highest-paid player with $US25 million ($A34.5 million) this season, equalled the worst shooting game of his two-decade career.
Bryant had airballs and clangers on his way to 1-14 shooting for just four points.
As the Warriors clock up wins, the once-formidable Lakers have the second-worst record in the NBA - two victories and 12 losses.
The Warriors, who had just eight turnovers and excelled with 32 assists against the Lakers, could challenge the record 72-win season by Michael Jordan's 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.
In other games, Paul George scored a season-high 40 points and made seven three-pointers, part of a franchise-record 19 by Indiana in a 123-106 victory over the Washington Wizards.
CJ Miles added 32 points, his most since joining the Pacers before the start of last season, as Indiana won for the ninth time in 11 games and ended the Wizards' three-game winning streak.
The Pacers finished 73.1 per cent (19 of 26) from three-point range, crushing their previous season high of 44.4 per cent (12 of 27).
In Memphis, the Grizzlies scored a 110-96 win over Dallas. Mike Conley scored 21 points, Jeff Green added 19 and seven Memphis players reached double figures against the Mavericks.
Paul Millsap scored 25 points and Jeff Teague added 16 in Atlanta's 121-97 defeat of Boston, Chicago held off Portland 93-88 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Denver 111-94.
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