List Of National Basketball Association Longest Winning Streaks
This is a list of the longest winning streaks in National Basketball Association history. Streaks started at the end of one season are carried over into the following season. Three lists are provided—one with streaks that consist entirely of regular-season games, one with streaks of playoff games only, and one with streaks that include both regular-season and postseason games.
The Los Angeles Lakers won 33 straight games in the 1971–72 season, the most in NBA history. That season, they compiled a season-best 69–13 record and went on to win the NBA championship.
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