List of NBA franchise post-season streaks
This is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise post-season appearance streaks. This list includes the all-time and the active consecutive playoffs appearance. Aside from the NBA Playoff appearance streaks, this list also includes the NBA Finals appearance streak and the NBA championships win streak.
On March 24, 1971, the Philadelphia 76ers (formerly known as the Syracuse Nationals) set an NBA record of 22 consecutive playoff appearances in the time between the 1950 NBA playoffs and the 1971 NBA playoffs. The 76ers won two NBA championships during their streak. In 2019 the San Antonio Spurs tied the NBA record of 22 consecutive playoff appearances. The Spurs' streak started in the 1998 NBA playoffs and ended after missing the 2020 NBA playoffs. The Spurs won five NBA championships during their streak.
The Boston Celtics hold the longest consecutive NBA Finals appearance streak with ten appearances between 1957 and 1966. During the streak, the Celtics won eight consecutive NBA championships—also an NBA record.
Active streaks[]
NBA Playoffs appearance streaks[]
This is a list of teams that have active and current consecutive seasons with a playoff appearance.[1]
^ | Longest streak in team history |
Streak | Team | NBA Playoffs appearance streak |
NBA championships won during streak |
Reference |
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8 | Portland Trail Blazers | 2014–2021 | — | [2] |
7 | Boston Celtics | 2015–2021 | — | [3] |
5 | Milwaukee Bucks | 2017–2021 | 1 (2021) | [4] |
5 | Utah Jazz | 2017–2021 | — | [5] |
4 | Philadelphia 76ers | 2018–2021 | — | [6] |
3 | Brooklyn Nets | 2019–2021 | — | [7] |
3 | Denver Nuggets | 2019–2021 | — | [8] |
3 | Los Angeles Clippers | 2019–2021 | — | [9] |
2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2020–2021 | 1 (2020) | [10] |
2 | Dallas Mavericks | 2020–2021 | — | [11] |
2 | Miami Heat | 2020–2021 | — | [12] |
1 | Atlanta Hawks | 2021 | — | [13] |
1 | New York Knicks | 2021 | — | [14] |
1 | Phoenix Suns | 2021 | — | [15] |
1 | Washington Wizards | 2021 | — | [16] |
1 | Memphis Grizzlies | 2021 | — | [17] |
NBA Playoffs series win streaks[]
This is a list of teams that have active and current consecutive seasons with a playoff series win.
List updated through the 2021 playoffs.[1]
^ | Longest streak in team history |
~ | Tied for longest streak in team history |
Streak | Team | NBA Playoffs series win streak |
NBA championships won during streak |
Reference |
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3 | Milwaukee Bucks | 2019–2021 | 2021 | [4] |
3 | Denver Nuggets ^ | 2019–2021 | — | [8] |
2 | Los Angeles Clippers | 2020–2021 | — | [9] |
1 | Atlanta Hawks | 2021 | — | [13] |
1 | Brooklyn Nets | 2021 | — | [18] |
1 | Philadelphia 76ers | 2021 | — | [6] |
1 | Phoenix Suns | 2021 | — | [15] |
1 | Utah Jazz | 2021 | — | [5] |
All-time streaks[]
NBA Playoffs appearance streaks[]
- Appearance streaks updated through the 2021 playoffs.
NBA Conference Finals appearance streaks[]
- Appearance streaks up to the 2021 playoffs; Includes both the NBA Conference Finals, introduced in 1971, and its predecessor Division Finals.
^ | Denotes active streak |
Streak | Team | NBA Conference Finals appearance streak |
Conference titles won during streak |
Reference |
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13 | Boston Celtics | 1957–1969 | 12 (1957–1966, 1968–69) | [3] |
8 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1982–1989 | 7 (1982–85, 1987–89) | [10] |
6 | St. Louis Hawks | 1956–1961 | 4 (1957–58, 1960–61) | [13] |
6 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1968–1973 | 4 (1968–70, 1972–73) | [10] |
6 | New York Knicks | 1969–1974 | 3 (1970, 1972–73) | [14] |
6 | Detroit Pistons | 2003–2008 | 2 (2004–05) | [23] |
5 | New York Knicks | 1949–1953 | 3 (1951–53) | [14] |
5 | Minneapolis Lakers | 1951–1955 | 3 (1952–54) | [10] |
5 | Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers | 1959–1963 | 3 (1959, 1962–63) | [10] |
5 | Boston Celtics | 1984–1988 | 4 (1984–87) | [3] |
5 | Detroit Pistons | 1987–1991 | 3 (1988–90) | [23] |
5 | Chicago Bulls | 1989–1993 | 3 (1991–93) | [24] |
5 | Golden State Warriors | 2015–2019 | 5 (2015–19) | [29] |
4 | Syracuse Nationals | 1954–1957 | 2 (1956–57) | [6] |
4 | Philadelphia 76ers | 1965–1968 | 1 (1967) | [6] |
4 | Philadelphia 76ers | 1980–1983 | 3 (1980, 1982–83) | [6] |
4 | Miami Heat | 2011–2014 | 4 (2011–14) | [12] |
4 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 2015–2018 | 4 (2015–18) | [30] |
NBA Finals appearance streaks[]
- Appearance streaks updated through 2021 NBA Playoffs.
^ | Denotes active streak |
Streak | Team | NBA Finals appearance streak |
NBA championships won during streak |
Reference |
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10 | Boston Celtics | 1957–1966 | 9 (1957, 1959–1966) | [3] |
5 | Golden State Warriors | 2015–2019 | 3 (2015, 2017, 2018) | [29] |
4 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1982–1985 | 2 (1982, 1985) | [10] |
4 | Boston Celtics | 1984–1987 | 2 (1984, 1986) | [3] |
4 | Miami Heat | 2011–2014 | 2 (2012, 2013) | [12] |
4 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 2015–2018 | 1 (2016) | [30] |
3 | New York Knicks | 1951–1953 | — | [14] |
3 | Minneapolis Lakers | 1952–1954 | 3 (1952–1954) | [10] |
3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1968–1970 | — | [10] |
3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1987–1989 | 2 (1987, 1988) | [10] |
3 | Detroit Pistons | 1988–1990 | 2 (1989, 1990) | [23] |
3 | Chicago Bulls | 1991–1993 | 3 (1991–1993) | [24] |
3 | Chicago Bulls | 1996–1998 | 3 (1996–1998) | [24] |
3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000–2002 | 3 (2000–2002) | [10] |
3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2008–2010 | 2 (2009, 2010) | [10] |
2 | Philadelphia Warriors | 1947–1948 | 1 (1947) | [29] |
2 | Minneapolis Lakers | 1949–1950 | 2 (1949, 1950) | [10] |
2 | Syracuse Nationals | 1954–1955 | 2 (1955, 1956) | [6] |
2 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 1955–1956 | — | [23] |
2 | St. Louis Hawks | 1957–1958 | 1 (1958) | [13] |
2 | St. Louis Hawks | 1960–1961 | — | [13] |
2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1962–1963 | — | [10] |
2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1965–1966 | — | [10] |
2 | Boston Celtics | 1968–1969 | 2 (1968, 1969) | [3] |
2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1972–1973 | 1 (1972) | [10] |
2 | New York Knicks | 1972–1973 | 1 (1973) | [14] |
2 | Washington Bullets | 1978–1979 | 1 (1978) | [16] |
2 | Seattle SuperSonics | 1978–1979 | 1 (1979) | [31] |
2 | Philadelphia 76ers | 1982–1983 | 1 (1983) | [6] |
2 | Houston Rockets | 1994–1995 | 2 (1994, 1995) | [32] |
2 | Utah Jazz | 1997–1998 | — | [5] |
2 | New Jersey Nets | 2002–2003 | — | [18] |
2 | Detroit Pistons | 2004–2005 | 1 (2004) | [23] |
2 | San Antonio Spurs | 2013–2014 | 1 (2014) | [19] |
NBA championships win streaks[]
- Championship streaks up to and including the 2021 NBA Playoffs
Streak | Team | NBA championships win streak |
Reference |
---|---|---|---|
8 | Boston Celtics | 1959–1966 | [3] |
3 | Minneapolis Lakers | 1952–1954 | [10] |
3 | Chicago Bulls | 1991–1993 | [24] |
3 | Chicago Bulls | 1996–1998 | [24] |
3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000–2002 | [10] |
2 | Minneapolis Lakers | 1949–1950 | [10] |
2 | Boston Celtics | 1968–1969 | [3] |
2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1987–1988 | [10] |
2 | Detroit Pistons | 1989–1990 | [23] |
2 | Houston Rockets | 1994–1995 | [32] |
2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2009–2010 | [10] |
2 | Miami Heat | 2012–2013 | [12] |
2 | Golden State Warriors | 2017–2018 | [29] |
See also[]
- List of NBA franchise post-season droughts
- List of NFL franchise post-season streaks
- List of MLB franchise postseason streaks
- List of NHL franchise post-season appearance streaks
- Basketball portal
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- National Basketball Association playoffs
- Playoff streaks
- National Basketball Association lists