The historic streak of the Golden State Warriors is over at 28 games across two seasons and 24 games to start the 2015-16 season after a 108-95 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night. Behind 28 points from Greg Monroe and a triple-double from Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks were able to do what no other team in the NBA has done in quite some time -- beat the Warriors.

Perhaps we should've seen this coming. As you may have heard by now, it was also the Milwaukee Bucks that ended the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers' 33-game win streak, which still stands as the longest streak in NBA history. What you may not have heard is that the Bucks as a franchise have actually ended six different double-digit win streaks in their history. 

Never go streaking when the deer are near. That's just good basketball and life advice should you find yourself in a forest.

But back to the Warriors and what they just pulled off. Twenty-eight straight wins across two seasons -- the second longest streak in history. Twenty-four straight wins to open the season, an NBA record. It's been 249 days since they last lost a regualr season game for crying out loud, and now they get to go home after falling one win shy of becoming the first team in NBA history to finish a road trip 7-0. 

To that point, it's easy to see why a 7-0 road trip has never happened. Coincidentally, Golden State has now finished a road trip 6-1 in two of the past three years, but this one was particularly trying -- not only for the weight of this streak, but for the fact that the Warriors were barely 24 hours removed from a brutal double-overtime victory in Boston in which both Stephen Curry and Draymond Green played well in excess of 40 minutes. 

The turnaround was just too much.

Not to take anything away from the Bucks. They were terrific. Better than they've been all season, frankly. We talked about Monroe and Antetokounmpo, who were both superb. O.J. Mayo was also dialed in with 18 points with four 3-pointers and he played spectacular perimeter defense. And the team defense was there all night, which we haven't seen much of this season, holding the Warriors to barely 40 percent from the field and a season-low six 3-pointers. This was also the first time all year Golden State has scored less than 100 points. The Bucks came to play. Credit the effort. 

For the Warriors, a little perspective here. This is a franchise that was a punchline for decades and has since turned into the gold standard of the last 14 months. Now they're actually upset and probably a bit surprised when they lose a game. Stephen Curry said the feeling was "definitely weird." Luke Walton was even more direct. 

Walton is clearly kidding around ... we think. But the spirit of this quote rings true. You don't win 24 straight without a deep desire to leave it all on the court every night. The Warriors don't take nights off, and true to form, they didn't take this one off. Milwaukee, which was also on a back to back, simply beat them. The Bucks were charged up from the opening tip. As were their apparently prophetic fans.

For the Warriors, they now get to breathe a little bit. After a good night's sleep in their own beds, they can take a step back with a couple days off and work on starting a new streak. Draymond Green said he felt the Warriors stopped getting better during the streak, so perhaps now they can get back to the grind of daily improvement. With Harrison Barnes getting closer to returning and Klay Thompson already back, they're now home for a five-game stretch that will include visits from Phoenix, Milwaukee, Utah, Cleveland on Christmas and Sacramento. 

Side note: Can you imagine the reception the Warriors are going to get at Oracle for their first game back Wednesday night against the Suns? They might celebrate the streak like they did their first title in 40 years. 

As they should. This streak was something special. It will probably be a long, long time before we ever see anything like it again. We know the Warriors aren't going 82-0, which always sounded ridiculous but was technically possible. Now they get to focus on the much more modest measurement of seeing if they can challenge the 72-10 Chicago Bulls from 1995-96 for the best record in NBA history. If you're counting, that Bulls team was 23-2 after 25 games.

The Warriors are still well on pace.

The Warriors now sit at 24-1 after loss to Milwaukee. (USATSI)
The Warriors now sit at 24-1 after their loss to Milwaukee. (USATSI)