List of National Basketball Association longest losing streaks
Regular season

List of National Basketball Association longest losing streaks

Section Title: Regular season
Table Section Text: None

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

Beginning (first defeat)	End (first victory)

1	28 (10 + 18)	Philadelphia 76ers^	2014–15 2015–16	18–64 10–72	March 27, 2015	98–119	Los Angeles Clippers	December 1, 2015	103–91	Los Angeles Lakers

2 (tie)	26	Cleveland Cavaliers	2010–11	19–63	December 20, 2010	90–101	Utah Jazz	February 11, 2011	126–119	Los Angeles Clippers

2 (tie)	26	Philadelphia 76ers	2013–14	19–63	January 31, 2014	99–125	Atlanta Hawks	March 29, 2014	123–98	Detroit Pistons

4	24 (19 + 5)	Cleveland Cavaliers^	1981–82 1982–83	15–67 23–59	March 19, 1982	97–119	Milwaukee Bucks	November 10, 1982	132–120	Golden State Warriors

5 (tie)	23	Vancouver Grizzlies	1995–96	15–67	February 16, 1996	100–110	Atlanta Hawks	April 3, 1996	105–103	Minnesota Timberwolves

5 (tie)	23	Denver Nuggets	1997–98	11–71	December 9, 1997	83–92	Detroit Pistons	January 24, 1998	99–81	Los Angeles Clippers

5 (tie)	23	Charlotte Bobcats	2011–12	7–59	March 19, 2012	80–105	Philadelphia 76ers	November 2, 2012	90–89	Indiana Pacers

8	21 (14 + 7)	Detroit Pistons^	1979–80 1980–81	16–66 21–61	March 7, 1980	105–106	Washington Bullets	October 25, 1980	112–109	Houston Rockets

9 (tie)	20	Philadelphia 76ers	1972–73	9–73	January 9, 1973	110–126	Chicago Bulls	February 14, 1973	106–104	Milwaukee Bucks

9 (tie)	20 (12 + 8)	New York Knicks^	1984–85 1985–86	24–58 23–59	March 23, 1985	105–113	Kansas City Kings	November 12, 1985	103–93	Phoenix Suns

9 (tie)	20	Dallas Mavericks	1993–94	13–69	November 13, 1993	100–101	Utah Jazz	December 23, 1993	93–89	Minnesota Timberwolves

9 (tie)	20 (4 + 16)	Los Angeles Clippers^	1993–94 1994–95	27–55 17–65	April 18, 1994	131–134	Golden State Warriors	December 7, 1994	96–94	Milwaukee Bucks

13 (tie)	19 (4 + 15)	Philadelphia 76ers^	1971–72 1972–73	30–52 9–73	March 21, 1972	111–117	Atlanta Hawks	November 11, 1972	114–112	Houston Rockets

13 (tie)	19	San Diego Clippers	1981–82	17–65	March 11, 1982	107–113	Kansas City Kings	April 15, 1982	129–123	Portland Trail Blazers

13 (tie)	19	Los Angeles Clippers	1988–89	21–61	December 30, 1988	109–124	Los Angeles Lakers	February 8, 1989	114–111	Houston Rockets

13 (tie)	19	Dallas Mavericks	1992–93	11–71	February 6, 1993	93–111	Denver Nuggets	March 17, 1993	102–96	Orlando Magic

13 (tie)	19	Vancouver Grizzlies	1995–96	15–67	November 7, 1995	88–99	Dallas Mavericks	December 15, 1995	104–100	Portland Trail Blazers

13 (tie)	19	Orlando Magic	2003–04	21–61	October 30, 2003	98–100	New Orleans Hornets	December 8, 2003	105–98	Phoenix Suns

13 (tie)	19 (1 + 18)	New Jersey Nets^	2008–09 2009–10	34–48 12–70	April 15, 2009	73–102	New York Knicks	December 4, 2009	97–91	Charlotte Bobcats

13 (tie)	19	Memphis Grizzlies	2017–18	22–60	January 31, 2018	101–105	Indiana Pacers	March 17, 2018	101–94	Denver Nuggets

21 (tie)	18	Utah Jazz	1981–82	25–57	February 24, 1982	90–132	Boston Celtics	April 2, 1982	127–118	Kansas City Kings

21 (tie)	18	Boston Celtics	2006–07	24–58	January 7, 2007	79–87	Orlando Magic	February 14, 2007	117–97	Milwaukee Bucks

21 (tie)	18 (15 + 3)	Minnesota Timberwolves^	2010–11 2011–12	17–65 26–40	March 13, 2011	77–100	Golden State Warriors	January 1, 2012	99–82	Dallas Mavericks

21 (tie)	18	Charlotte Bobcats	2012–13	21–61	November 26, 2012	69–114	Oklahoma City Thunder	December 31, 2012	91–81	Chicago Bulls

21 (tie)	18	New York Knicks	2018–19	17-65	January 4, 2019	112–119	Los Angeles Lakers	February 16, 2019	106–91	Atlanta Hawks

26 (tie)	17	San Francisco Warriors	1964–65	17–63	December 20, 1964	111–113	Philadelphia 76ers	January 28, 1965	105–90	Cincinnati Royals

26 (tie)	17	San Diego Rockets	1967–68	15–67	January 18, 1968	126–129	Cincinnati Royals	February 18, 1968	111–106	Philadelphia 76ers

26 (tie)	17	Miami Heat	1988–89	15–67	November 5, 1988	91–111	Los Angeles Clippers	December 14, 1988	89–88	Los Angeles Clippers

26 (tie)	17	Orlando Magic	1991–92	21–61	December 4, 1991	115–124	Portland Trail Blazers	January 8, 1992	104–103	Seattle SuperSonics

26 (tie)	17	Dallas Mavericks	1993–94	13–69	February 26, 1994	99–110	Cleveland Cavaliers	April 5, 1994	88–80	Sacramento Kings

26 (tie)	17	Toronto Raptors	1997–98	16–66	November 6, 1997	92–109	Seattle SuperSonics	December 10, 1997	104–97	Philadelphia 76ers

26 (tie)	17	Los Angeles Clippers	1998–99	9–41	February 5, 1999	92–101	Phoenix Suns	March 11, 1999	106–92	Sacramento Kings

26 (tie)	17	Los Angeles Clippers	1999–00	15–67	March 15, 2000	78–98	Sacramento Kings	April 19, 2000	114–106	Seattle SuperSonics

26 (tie)	17	Philadelphia 76ers	2014–15	18–64	October 29, 2014	91–103	Indiana Pacers	December 3, 2014	85–77	Minnesota Timberwolves

26 (tie)	17	Phoenix Suns	2018–19	19–63	January 15, 2019	97–131	Indiana Pacers	February 25, 2019	124–121	Miami Heat

Sentence(s)

The New York Knicks has a 20-game losing streak.

final_sentence: The New York Knicks has a 20-game losing streak.