What are the All-Time NBA Longest Losing Streaks in NBA History of, Detroit Pistons lead Top 10 lists.
The NBA record for most consecutive losses in a single season has officially been broken. The Detroit Pistons ran their historic losing streak to 27 games with a 118-112 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night, and have now passed the 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers and 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers for most consecutive losses in one season.
The Philadelphia 76ers still hold the longest losing streak overall at 28 games across the 2014-15 and 2015-16 campaigns. Detroit's skid is also the second longest across the NFL, NHL and MLB, according to ESPN Stats.
The Pistons, now 2-28, started their season 2-1 with wins against the Charlotte Hornets and the Chicago Bulls.
Detroit's last victory came on Oct. 28 in a 118-102 decision over the visiting Bulls.
Entering Tuesday, the Pistons had allowed an average of 121 points per game and had scored only 109 points -- the third-lowest average in the league, better than only the Memphis Grizzlies and Portland Trail Blazers.
Only seven other franchises in NBA history have had losing streaks of 20 or more games in the same season. Here's a look at their runs of futility:
Longest Losing Streak: 28 Philadelphia 76ers (2014-15 to 2015-16)
The 2015-16 season turned out to be an NBA record-setting year both in terms of greatness and despair. The Golden State Warriors broke the Chicago Bulls’ all-time win mark by finishing 73-9, while the 76ers opened the season 0-18 – tying the 2009-10 New Jersey Nets for the longest losing streak to start a season.
The Longest Losing Streaks in NBA History (Spans Seasons)
28 – Philadelphia 76ers (3/27/2015 – 12/1/2015)
28* – Detroit Pistons (10/30/2023 – ACTIVE)
26 – Cleveland Cavaliers (12/20/2010 – 2/9/2011)
26 – Philadelphia 76ers (1/31/2014 – 3/27/2014)
24 – Cleveland Cavaliers (3/19/1982 – 11/05/1982)
23 – Vancouver Grizzlies (2/16/1996 – 4/2/1996)
23 – Denver Nuggets (12/9/1997 – 1/23/1998)
23 – Charlotte Bobcats (3/19/2012 – 4/26/2012)
21 – Detroit Pistons (3/7/1980 – 10/22/1980)
20 – Philadelphia 76ers (1/9/1973 – 2/11/1973)
20 – New York Knicks (3/23/1985 – 11/9/1985)
20 – Dallas Mavericks (11/13/1993 – 12/22/1993)
20 – Los Angeles Clippers (4/18/1994 – 12/5/1994)
20 – Houston Rockets (2/6/2021 – 3/21/2021)
Longest Home Losing Streak: 19 Dallas Mavericks (1993-94)
Coming off the worst season in franchise history at 11-71 in 1992-93, the Mavericks didn’t fare much better in 1993-94. They lost 39 of their first 41 games, including a 20-game losing streak, which, at that time, tied for the longest drought in NBA history with the 1972-73 76ers.
The Longest Losing Streaks at Home in NBA History (Spans Seasons)
18 – Philadelphia 76ers (1/17/2014 – 3/21/2014)
18 – New York Knicks (12/3/2018 – 2/22/2019)
16 – Orlando Magic (3/1/1990 – 11/6/1990)
16 – Charlotte Bobcats (11/23/2012 – 1/23/2013)
16 – Brooklyn Nets (1/2/2017 – 2/15/2017)
15 – Providence Steamrollers (11/13/1948 – 1/6/1949)
15 – Cleveland Cavaliers (3/20/1982 – 11/26/1982)
14 – Charlotte Hornets (2/28/1989 – 11/3/1989)
14 – Minnesota Timberwolves (4/9/1994 – 12/14/1994)
14 – New Jersey Nets (1/29/2010 – 3/22/2010)
14 – Charlotte Bobcats (3/19/2012 – 4/26/2012)
14 – Philadelphia 76ers (11/1/2014 – 12/19/2014)
14 – Minnesota Timberwolves (3/16/2015 – 11/20/2015)
Longest Road Losing Streak: 43 Sacramento Kings (1990-91 to 1991-92)
Given some of the tough times they’ve had over the years, the Kings were bound to get a mention at some point, right? The franchise bottomed out away from home between 1987-92.
Over a 201-game stretch during that span, the Kings went an abysmal 23-178 – including a record 43-game skid that lasted more than a full calendar year from Nov. 21, 1990 to Nov. 22, 1991.
The Longest Losing Streaks on Road in NBA history (Spans Seasons)
34 – New Jersey Nets (12/23/1989 – 11/21/1990)
34 – Cleveland Cavaliers (1/13/2003 – 12/15/2003)
32 – Baltimore Bullets (1/2/1953 – 3/14/1954)
30 – Vancouver Grizzlies (2/19/1999 – 12/6/1999)
29 – San Diego Clippers (2/22/1983 – 12/18/1983)
29 – Dallas Mavericks (11/10/1992 – 3/13/1993)
28 – New Orleans Jazz (10/17/1974 – 2/7/1975)
28 – Atlanta Hawks (1/28/1976 – 11/24/1976)
28 – Indiana Pacers (2/18/1983 – 12/21/1983)
27 – Los Angeles Clippers (11/27/1987 – 3/26/1988)
26 – Cleveland Cavaliers (11/13/1970 – 3/6/1971)
26 – New Jersey Nets (3/20/1987 – 1/29/1988)
26 – Dallas Mavericks (12/26/1991 – 4/9/1992)
26 – Washington Wizards (4/12/2010 – 2/1/2011)
26 – Cleveland Cavaliers (11/19/2010 – 2/7/2011)
26 – Denver Nuggets (2/5/1991 – 11/27/1991)
25 – Chicago Bulls (12/21/2000 – 4/10/2001)
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