Whereas followers usually have excessive hopes after an extended offseason, it’s doubtless they might not have ever imagined among the historic begins groups have loved to open a brand new season.
These franchises exceeded even the loftiest expectations on the very begin of a season, with streaks that left a mark on NBA historical past. Whereas these win streaks are indicators of a crew’s means to dominate, solely two of the groups on this record went on to win the a championship that season.
Let’s check out the NBA’s longest profitable streaks to start a marketing campaign.
24-0 – 2015-16 Golden State Warriors (Misplaced NBA Finals)
After profitable 24 straight video games to open the marketing campaign, the Warriors would go on to complete 73-9 within the midst of a dynasty with three titles in 4 seasons. Golden State, nonetheless, misplaced the 2016 NBA Finals to LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and the upstart Cleveland Cavaliers in seven video games.
15-0 – 1993-94 Houston Rockets (Received NBA Finals)
Led by MVP and NBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months Hakeem Olajuwon, the Rockets received their first 15 video games earlier than occurring to defeat Patrick Ewing’s New York Knicks in seven video games within the 1994 NBA Finals.
15-0 – 1948-49 Washington Capitols (Misplaced BAA Finals)
The 1948-49 Capitols averaged slightly below 79 factors per recreation throughout their 15-game win streak, displaying simply how a lot the sport has modified. They defeated the Knicks within the Japanese Division finals earlier than shedding to the Minneapolis Lakers and George Mikan within the BAA finals.
14-0 – 2002-03 Dallas Mavericks (Misplaced Convention Finals)
Future Corridor of Famers Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash led the Mavs to a 60-win common season earlier than struggling a defeat within the convention finals to league MVP Tim Duncan’s San Antonio Spurs.
14-0 – 1957-58 Boston Celtics (Misplaced NBA Finals)
Led by NBA MVP Invoice Russell and legendary coach Pink Auerbach, the Celtics received eight straight titles following their 1958 defeat to the St. Louis Hawks and Bob Pettit.
12-0 – 2024-25 Cleveland Cavaliers (To Be Decided)
Paced by one of many league’s most fun backcourt in Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland, the Cavs have rolled out to a shocking begin in 2024-25. Six of their 12 straight wins have been by a double-digit margin and general, they’ve a median margin of victory of 12.0 factors.
12-0 – 1996-97 Chicago Bulls (Received NBA Finals)
One of many biggest NBA groups in league historical past (really, third in our historic TRACR rankings), the 1996-97 Bulls completed the season with a 69-13 document earlier than driving Michael Jordan’s buzzer beater in Recreation 1 and “The Flu Recreation” in Recreation 5 to defeat John Stockton and Karl Malone’s Utah Jazz in six video games within the 1997 Finals.
12-0 – 1982-83 Seattle SuperSonics (Misplaced First Spherical)
The SuperSonics completed the season 36-34 following their 12-game run out of the gate. Gus Williams, Jack Sikma and David Thompson have been all named All-Stars that season, but the Sonics have been the one crew on this record to be eradicated within the first spherical – shedding to the Portland Path Blazers.
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