List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks
Regular season
This list contains only the top streaks consisting entirely of regular-season games.

List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks

Section Title: Regular season
Table Section Text: This list contains only the top streaks consisting entirely of regular-season games.

Rank	Games	Team	Season(s)	Season record(s)	Date	Score	Opponent	Date	Score	Opponent

Beginning (first victory)	End (first defeat)

1	33	Los Angeles Lakers	1971–72*	69–13	November 5, 1971	110–106	Baltimore Bullets	January 9, 1972	104–120	Milwaukee Bucks

2	28 (4 + 24)	Golden State Warriors^	2014–15* 2015–16	67–15 73–9	April 9, 2015	116–105	Portland Trail Blazers	December 12, 2015	95–108	Milwaukee Bucks

3	27	Miami Heat	2012–13*	66–16	February 3, 2013	100–85	Toronto Raptors	March 27, 2013	97–101	Chicago Bulls

4	22	Houston Rockets	2007–08	55–27	January 29, 2008	111–107	Golden State Warriors	March 18, 2008	74–94	Boston Celtics

5 (tie)	20 (5 + 15)	Washington Capitols^	1947–48 1948–49	28–20 38–22	March 13, 1948	86–69	St. Louis Bombers	December 7, 1948	78–94	Indianapolis Jets

5 (tie)	20	Milwaukee Bucks	1970–71*	66–16	February 6, 1971	111–85	San Francisco Warriors	March 9, 1971	103–110	Chicago Bulls

7 (tie)	19	Los Angeles Lakers	1999–00*	67–15	February 4, 2000	113–67	Utah Jazz	March 16, 2000	102–109	Washington Wizards

7 (tie)	19	Boston Celtics	2008–09	62–20	November 15, 2008	102–97	Milwaukee Bucks	December 25, 2008	83–92	Los Angeles Lakers

7 (tie)	19	San Antonio Spurs	2013–14*	62–20	February 26, 2014	120–110	Detroit Pistons	April 3, 2014	94–106	Oklahoma City Thunder

7 (tie)	19	Atlanta Hawks	2014–15	60–22	December 27, 2014	90–85	Milwaukee Bucks	February 2, 2015	100–115	New Orleans Pelicans

11 (tie)	18 (15 + 3)	Rochester Royals^	1949–50 1950–51*	51–17 41–27	February 17, 1950	81–73	Boston Celtics	November 12, 1950	79–82	Tri-Cities Blackhawks

11 (tie)	18 (11 + 7)	Philadelphia 76ers^	1965–66 1966–67*	55–25 68–13	March 3, 1966	135–125	San Francisco Warriors	November 5, 1966	87–105	Boston Celtics

11 (tie)	18	New York Knicks	1969–70*	60–22	October 24, 1969	116–92	Detroit Pistons	November 29, 1969	98–110	Detroit Pistons

11 (tie)	18	Boston Celtics	1981–82	63–19	February 24, 1982	132–90	Utah Jazz	March 28, 1982	98–116	Philadelphia 76ers

11 (tie)	18	Chicago Bulls	1995–96*	72–10	December 29, 1995	120–93	Indiana Pacers	February 4, 1996	99–105	Denver Nuggets

16 (tie)	17	Washington Capitols	1946–47	49–11	November 16, 1946	73–65	Chicago Stags	January 1, 1947	57–62	Detroit Falcons

16 (tie)	17	Boston Celtics	1959–60*	59–16	November 28, 1959	136–110	Detroit Pistons	January 1, 1960	115–128	Cincinnati Royals

16 (tie)	17	San Antonio Spurs	1995–96	59–23	February 29, 1996	120–95	Toronto Raptors	April 2, 1996	94–101	Phoenix Suns

16 (tie)	17	Phoenix Suns	2006–07	61–21	December 29, 2006	108–86	New York Knicks	January 29, 2007	112–121	Minnesota Timberwolves

16 (tie)	17	Dallas Mavericks	2006–07	67–15	January 27, 2007	106–104	Sacramento Kings	March 12, 2007	100–117	Golden State Warriors

16 (tie)	17	Los Angeles Clippers	2012–13	56–26	November 28, 2012	101–95	Minnesota Timberwolves	January 1, 2013	78–92	Denver Nuggets

16 (tie)	17	Houston Rockets	2017–18	65–17	January 30, 2018	113–102	Phoenix Suns	March 9, 2018	105–108	Toronto Raptors

23 (tie)	16	Boston Celtics	1964–65*	62–18	December 19, 1964	115–105	St. Louis Hawks	January 23, 1965	100–104	Philadelphia 76ers

23 (tie)	16	Milwaukee Bucks	1970–71*	66–16	October 24, 1970	122–120	Baltimore Bullets	November 27, 1970	94–103	New York Knicks

23 (tie)	16 (14 + 2)	Milwaukee Bucks^	1972–73 1973–74	60–22 59–23	February 28, 1973	124–110	Seattle SuperSonics	October 14, 1973	100–109	Seattle SuperSonics

23 (tie)	16	Los Angeles Lakers	1990–91	58–24	January 9, 1991	108–85	Utah Jazz	February 9, 1991	95–99	Phoenix Suns

23 (tie)	16	Portland Trail Blazers	1990–91	63–19	March 20, 1991	100–96	Los Angeles Clippers	April 21, 1991	118–135	Phoenix Suns

23 (tie)	16	Los Angeles Lakers	1999–00*	67–15	December 11, 1999	106–94	Vancouver Grizzlies	January 14, 2000	102–111	Indiana Pacers

23 (tie)	16	Golden State Warriors	2014–15*	67–15	November 13, 2014	107–99	Brooklyn Nets	December 16, 2014	98–105	Memphis Grizzlies

23 (tie)	16	Boston Celtics	2017–18	55–27	October 20, 2017	102–92	Philadelphia 76ers	November 22, 2017	98–104	Miami Heat

23 (tie)	16	Philadelphia 76ers	2017–18	52–30	Mar 15, 2018	118–110	New York Knicks	October 16, 2018	87–105	Boston Celtics

Sentence(s)

During the 2012–13 season, the Miami Heat embarked on a 27-game winning streak, which at the time ranked as the second longest winning streak in NBA history.

final_sentence: During the 2012–13 season, the Miami Heat embarked on a 27-game winning streak, which at the time ranked as the second longest winning streak in NBA history.