List of NBA franchise post-season droughts
Active droughts -- NBA Division Championship droughts
Table:
Franchise

Most recent title

Division

Seasons since win

Charlotte Hornets ^

None

Southeast

34

Memphis Grizzlies ^

None

Southwest

29

Philadelphia 76ers ^

2000–01

Atlantic

23

Sacramento Kings

2002–03

Pacific

21

Minnesota Timberwolves

2003–04

Northwest

20

Brooklyn Nets

2005–06

Atlantic

18

Phoenix Suns

2006–07

Pacific

17

New Orleans Pelicans ^

2007–08

Southwest

16

Detroit Pistons

2007–08

Central

16

Dallas Mavericks

2009–10

Southwest

14

Los Angeles Lakers

2011–12

Pacific

12

Chicago Bulls

2011–12

Central

12

New York Knicks

2012–13

Atlantic

11

Indiana Pacers

2013–14

Central

10

Los Angeles Clippers

2013–14

Pacific

10

Atlanta Hawks

2014–15

Southeast

9

Oklahoma City Thunder

2015–16

Northwest

8

Boston Celtics

2016–17

Atlantic

7

San Antonio Spurs

2016–17

Southwest

7

Utah Jazz

2016–17

Northwest

7

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The Charlotte Hornets are a professional basketball club based in Charlotte , North Carolina . They are members of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , playing in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference . The original Charlotte Hornets franchise played in Charlotte from 1988-2002 before relocating to New Orleans , Louisiana and becoming the New Orleans Hornets . A new franchise , the Charlotte Bobcats , began play in the 2004-05 season . The team played for ten seasons as the Bobcats before adopting the Hornets name again starting in the 2014-15 season . The Hornets name was left available after the New Orleans Hornets renamed themselves the New Orleans Pelicans . As part of a deal between the Bobcats , Pelicans and NBA , the renamed Hornets reclaimed the original Hornets ' history and records from 1988 to 2002 , while all of the Hornets ' history and records from after relocation to New Orleans in 2002 through 2013 remained with the Pelicans . As a result , the Hornets are now reckoned as having suspended operations after the 2001-02 season before returning as the Bobcats in 2004 .
This is a list of seasons completed by the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The team was founded in 1995 as the Vancouver Grizzlies as one of two franchises that joined the NBA for the 1995-96 season . The Grizzlies moved to Memphis after the 2000-01 season .
The Philadelphia 76ers , often referred to as the Sixers , are an American professional basketball team based in Philadelphia . The Sixers play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . In sixty-six NBA seasons , the franchise has played in the NBA Finalsnine times and never won . The Sixers have the third-highest victory total and third most playoff appearances in NBA history . Since 1996 , the Sixers have played home games at Wells Fargo Center . In 1937 , owner Daniel Biasone founded the franchise as the Syracuse Nationals , a member of the National Basketball League ( NBL ) . The Nationals qualified for the playoffs three times then joined the NBA in 1949 , one of seven NBL teams to merge with the rival Basketball Association of America ( BAA ) . The Nationals qualified for the playoffs in every season played in Syracuse , advancing to three Finals and Losing . For the 1963-64 season , the year following the departure of the Philadelphia Warriors for San Francisco , the Syracuse Nationals relocated to Philadelphia as the 76ers . The franchise has played fifty-three seasons as the Philadelphia 76ers , with thirty-three playoff appearances and zero championships . The Sixers acquired Philadelphia-native Wilt Chamberlain in 1964 from the Warriors and defeated Chamberlain 's former team in the 1967 Finals , but suffered a sharp fall from grace due to the loss of Chamberlain to retirement and Billy Cunningham to the ABA : in 1972-73 the team won only nine games , the fewest in an 82-game NBA season . Under coaches Gene Shue and Cunningham , and the on-court leadership of forward Julius Erving , the 76ers returned as a power quite rapidly , achieving winning records in all but one season from 1975-76 to 1990-91 .
The 2000-01 NBA season was the 76ers 52nd season in the National Basketball Association , and 38th season in Philadelphia . Allen Iverson had his best season in 2001 - he led his team to win their first ten games , he started and won All-Star MVP honors at the All Star Game . The Sixers also posted a 56-26 record , which was best in the Eastern Conference that season . It was the 76ers ' best regular season record since 1984-85 . Iverson averaged a then-career high 31.1 points , winning his second NBA scoring title in the process . He also won the NBA steals title at 2.5 per game . Iverson was named NBA Most Valuable Player for his accomplishments , beating Tim Duncan and Shaquille O'Neal by a wide margin . In addition , coach Larry Brown was named NBA Coach of the Year , Dikembe Mutombo ( who was acquired from the Atlanta Hawks ) won his fourth NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award , and Aaron McKie won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award . The season , however , was not without controversy . With the Sixers having a big lead in the Eastern Conference , Theo Ratliff sustained an injury that sidelined him for the season , thus only having Matt Geiger and Todd MacCulloch at center . Ratliff was also selected to play in the 2001 NBA All-Star Game with Iverson , but because of injuries did not play . The Sixers then traded him and Toni Kukoč to Atlanta for Dikembe Mutombo .
This article is a list of seasons completed by the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) .
The 2002-03 NBA season was the Kings ' 54th season in the National Basketball Association , and 18th season in Sacramento . The Kings were coming off their controversial Western Conference Finals defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers , who won the series in seven games . During the offseason , the Kings signed free agent Keon Clark and later on in December signed Jim Jackson . Throughout the season , none of the Kings ' players played a full season via suspension or injury , but they still managed to post a 59-23 record , two games less than their previous output in which they went 61-21 , thus repeating as Pacific Division Champions once again . Bobby Jackson was named Sixth Man of The Year . After easily dispatching the Utah Jazz in five games in the first round , the team started to look like a title contender , but in Game 2 against the Dallas Mavericks in the second round , their title hopes took a serious blow when star forward Chris Webber suffered a knee injury while trying to catch a lob pass from teammate Mike Bibby , ending his season . Webber 's knee required microfracture surgery in the following off-season . Without their team captain and MVP , the Kings lost the series in seven games . Following the season , Hedo Türkoğlu was traded to the San Antonio Spurs , Scot Pollard was traded to the Indiana Pacers , Clark was dealt to the Utah Jazz , and Jackson signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets . Webber and Peja Stojaković were both voted to play in the 2003 NBA All-Star Game in Atlanta . However , this time , Stojakovic was the only team representative as Webber was forced to withdraw due to a sprained ankle in a home loss against the Utah Jazz . Head coach Rick Adelman was selected to coach the Western Conference All-Stars .
This article is a list of seasons completed by the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . The Timberwolves joined the NBA as an expansion team for the 1989-90 NBA season , along with the Orlando Magic .
The 2003-04 NBA season was the 15th season for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association . The season is one of the most memorable in Timberwolves history . During the offseason , the Timberwolves signed free agents Michael Olowakandi and Trenton Hassell . With a Western Conference-best 58-24 finish , the Wolves set the franchise record for wins , and won its first and only division championship . Power forward Kevin Garnett averaged 24.2 points , a league-high 13.9 rebounds , 5.0 assists , 1.5 steals and 2.2 blocks per game , winning the regular season Most Valuable Player Award . In the first round of the playoffs , the Timberwolves defeated the Denver Nuggets in five games , which was their first ever win in a playoff series . The Wolves were then pushed to the limit in the semifinals by the Sacramento Kings , who they narrowly defeated in a deciding seventh game . In the Western Conference Finals , they faced the Los Angeles Lakers , who had defeated them in last season 's First Round in six games . The Lakers team was known for its all-star starting lineup of Shaquille O'Neal , Kobe Bryant , Gary Payton and Karl Malone , and were defeated in six games . The Lakers would then go on to lose in the NBA Finals to the Detroit Pistons in five games . They also acquired 4-time All-Star Latrell Sprewell in the off-season . The arrival was seen as controversial as Sprewell was known for his choking incident with then-Warriors head coach P.J .
This is a list of seasons completed by the Brooklyn Nets professional basketball team . The Nets were founded as the New Jersey Americans in 1967 , a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association ( ABA ) . A year later , the team moved to Long Island , New York , and were renamed as the New York Nets . There , behind the play of Hall of Famer Julius Erving , the team won its only two ABA championships : in 1974 and 1976 . After the 1975-76 season , the ABA merged with the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , and the Nets were one of four franchises that joined the NBA . After a season of being the second team to represent the state of New York ( the other being the New York Knicks ) , the team moved back to New Jersey as the New Jersey Nets . In the NBA , the Nets have experienced only one period of sustained success , from the 2001-02 season to the 2006-07 season , when led by Jason Kidd they played in the postseason every year and twice reached the NBA Finals , but lost to Shaquille O'Neal-led Los Angeles Lakers in 2002 and then to Tim Duncan-led San Antonio Spurs in 2003 . After 35 seasons in New Jersey , owner Mikhail Prokhorov moved the team to the New York City borough of Brooklyn to become the Brooklyn Nets .
The 2005-06 New Jersey Nets season was the team 's 39th season in the NBA . Without Brian Scalabrine , who was signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics in the offseason . They began the season hoping to improve upon their 42-40 output from the previous season . They bested it by seven wins , finishing 49-33 and qualifying for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season . The Nets lost in the second round to the eventual champions , the Miami Heat .
The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix , Arizona , United States . They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The Suns began playing in the NBA as an expansion team in the 1968-69 NBA season . In their inaugural season , the Suns posted a win-loss record of 16-66 . They participated in the playoffs only once in their first seven seasons . In the 1975-76 season , a rookie Alvan Adams helped the team reach its first NBA Finals , which they lost to the Boston Celtics 4-2 . Charles Barkley and Steve Nash won the Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award while playing for the Suns . Barkley led the Suns to the 1993 NBA Finals , where they lost to the Chicago Bulls . After signing with the Suns in 2004 , Nash led the team to three straight division titles , but after reaching the Conference Finals in 2009-10 the Suns have subsequently experienced their worst period of on-court failure , missing the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons ( the franchise 's previous record playoff drought was five seasons , which happened after the team made the postseason in only their second year of existence during the 1969-70 campaign ) . Despite their failures in the 2010s , the Suns franchise has the NBA 's fourth-best all-time winning percentage , winning 54 percent of its games , as of the end of the 2015-16 season . In their first forty-three seasons , the Suns made the playoffs 29 times , posted nineteen seasons with fifty or more wins , appeared nine times in the Western Conference Finals , and advanced to the NBA Finals in 1976 and 1993 . As a result , based on their all-time winning percentage , the Suns are the most successful franchise to never win an NBA championship .
The 2006-07 Phoenix Suns season started with the team trying to return to the Western Conference Finals , where they were eliminated in six games by the Dallas Mavericks in the previous season , 2005-06 . After an excellent regular season in which they posted a 61-21 record , in a rematch of last season 's First Round where they came back from a 3-1 deficit , they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening round of the playoffs in five games , but were narrowly defeated in the Western Conference Semifinals in six games by the more experienced and heavily favored and eventual NBA champion San Antonio Spurs . The Suns ' marketing slogan for the 2006-07 season was Eyes on the Prize . Billboards and bus wraps showed closeups of the eyes of a different Suns player , each face photographed in a strongly tinted purple color ( orange on some ads ) , with small reflections of the NBA championship trophy reflected in the pupils .
The New Orleans Pelicans are a professional basketball team based in New Orleans , Louisiana . They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The franchise began play during the 2002-03 NBA season as the New Orleans Hornets following the relocation of the Charlotte Hornets , based in Charlotte , North Carolina . After three seasons in New Orleans , Hurricane Katrina forced the franchise to temporarily relocate to Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , where they spent two seasons as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets . The Hornets returned to New Orleans full-time for the 2007-08 season . The team changed its name to the New Orleans Pelicans at the conclusion of the 2012-13 season . Led by All-Star Baron Davis , the New Orleans Hornets qualified for their first post-season appearance during the 2002-03 season . They lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round . The team earned their first division title during the 2007-08 season , behind the play of All-Stars Chris Paul and David West . Finishing with a franchise-best record of 56 wins and 26 losses , the Hornets won the Southwest Division title over the defending champion San Antonio Spurs . They advanced to the Conference Semifinals , where they were defeated by the Spurs in seven games . In 16 seasons , the Pelicans have compiled an overall record of 630-715 all-time .
The 2007-08 New Orleans Hornets season was the Hornets ' 6th season in the National Basketball Association . They returned to New Orleans full-time for the first time since 2004-05 . Although they declined an option to play part of this season at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , as they did for most of the previous two seasons , they did play their first preseason game at the Ford Center on October 9 for a final curtain call . On February 21 , 2008 Bobby Jackson was traded to the Houston Rockets along with teammate Adam Haluska for Bonzi Wells and Mike James as part of a three team deal involving Houston and the Memphis Grizzlies . Also , Marcus Vinicius was traded to the Rockets where they traded him to the Memphis Grizzlies to gain the rights to Malick Badiane and Sergei Lishouk . The Hornets finished the regular season with a record of 56-26 , good enough for winning the Southwest Division . This title was clinched with their win over the Los Angeles Clippers on April 15 , and marks the first division title for the franchise . Their record also ensured the 2nd seed for the Western Conference playoffs . The Hornets closed the season with a 30-11 record at home along with a 26-15 road record . It is the only season in New Orleans franchise history that they have won 50 games in a season . The Hornet 's accomplishments in the season earned coach Byron Scott the NBA Coach of the Year award . On April 29 won game 5 of their first round playoff series vs. the 7th seeded Dallas Mavericks , thereby winning the series 4-1 .
This is a list of seasons completed by the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association . The franchise was founded in 1941 as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons in the National Basketball League and as the Fort Wayne Pistons joined the Basketball Association of America , which was the precursor to the NBA . However , the games won and lost in the NBL are not included in the franchise total . The Pistons have had three main periods of success . In the early years of the NBA the team reached the NBA Finals twice in consecutive years before falling to the Lakers and then to the St. Louis Hawks . Following an extended era of mediocrity the Pistons , led by the Hall of Fame backcourt of Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars and nicknamed the Bad Boys for their intimidating defence , posted winning records every seasons from 1983-84 to 1991-92 , and after narrowly losing in 1988 , ended the Lakers dynasty of the 1980s the following season and repeated the following year . The Pistons third period of success , with former on-court star Dumars serving as general manager and building a top team from other franchises discards , occurred between 2001-02 and 2007-08 when the team won fifty games or more during every season , including a third NBA title in 2003-04 and a franchise record total of wins two seasons later . The Pistons have experienced two major periods of failure . Between 1956-57 and 1982-83 , the Pistons had just three winning seasons and overall had a winning percentage of .417 , culminating in a combined record of 37-127 ( win percent .226 ) in the 1979-80 and 1980-81 seasons , after which the drafting of Isiah Thomas completely revitalized the franchise . Since 2009-10 , the Pistons have only once finished out of the bottom two in their division or had a winning record . In the six seasons starting in 2009-10 the franchise had an overall record of 172 wins from 476 games or a winning percentage of .361 .
The 2007-08 Detroit Pistons season was the 67th season of the franchise , the 60th in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , and the 51st in the Detroit area . The Central Division Pistons finished the regular season with a 59-23 record , 14 games ahead of the second place Cavaliers . Their 59 wins were the third most in franchise history . In the NBA Playoffs , Detroit advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth consecutive time since 2003 , making them the first team since the 1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers to appear that many consecutive times in their respective Conference Finals . The Pistons lost to the eventual NBA champions Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals two games to four . Their game 4 win over Boston on May 26 , 2008 remains their most recent playoff victory . Following the season , Flip Saunders was fired as head coach . Detroit played its home games at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills , Michigan , which was sold out for each of the 41 regular season home games and all nine playoff games . The Pistons wore the # 50 on the upper left side of their jerseys in honor of the 50th anniversary of them playing in Detroit . This season is the last time until the 2015-16 NBA season that the Pistons had a winning record .
The Dallas Mavericks are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas , Texas . They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The Mavericks began playing in the NBA as an expansion team in the 1980-81 season . In their inaugural season , they posted a win-loss record of 15 - 67 . From 1983 to 1990 , the Mavericks , led by key players including Mark Aguirre , Brad Davis and Rolando Blackman , made the postseason six out of seven times , appearing in the Conference Finals in 1988 . For the rest of the decade the Mavericks were dreadful : they bottomed out with an 11 - 71 record and the worst average point differential in NBA history during the 1992-93 season . This was followed by a 13-69 mark in the 1993-94 season - easily the worst two-season record in NBA history - and the Mavericks did not win more than thirty-six games in any season until 1999-2000 . The Mavericks returned to prominence in the 2000s , coinciding with the franchise 's purchase by Mark Cuban . Leading by the trio of Dirk Nowitzki , Michael Finley and Steve Nash , they returned to the playoffs in 2001 and to the Conference Finals in 2003 . While Nash and Finley left in 2004 and 2005 respectively , Nowitzki emerged as the teams leader , leading the Mavericks to their first NBA Finals appearance in 2006 , only to lose to the Miami Heat . After a series of early exits from the playoffs , the Mavericks returned to the NBA Finals again in 2011 , also against the Heat , and won their first NBA Championship . The Mavericks have played 36 seasons , and advanced to the playoffs in 21 of those seasons .
The 2009-10 Dallas Mavericks season was the 30th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) .
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles , California that competes in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , which was formerly called the Basketball Association of America ( BAA ) . Since 1999 , the Lakers have played their home games at Staples Center . The Lakers ' franchise was founded in 1947 in Minneapolis , Minnesota . The first owners purchased the disbanded Gems from Detroit , Michigan , then renamed and moved the team . It was in Minneapolis where the Lakers received their official title from Minnesota 's nickname , Land of 10,000 Lakes . The Lakers won five championships before relocating to Los Angeles for the 1960-61 NBA season . The Lakers went on to lose all of their six appearances in the NBA Finals in the 1960s , despite the presence of Elgin Baylor and Jerry West . In 1972 , the Lakers compiled a 33-game winning streak , the longest streak in U.S. professional team sports , and won their sixth title , under coach Bill Sharman . The Lakers ' popularity soared in the 1980s when they won five additional championships during a nine-year span with the help of Hall of Famers Magic Johnson , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , James Worthy and coach Pat Riley , the franchise 's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins . Two of those championships during that span were against their arch-rivals , the Boston Celtics . With the help of Shaquille O'Neal , Kobe Bryant , and Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson , the Lakers played in seven NBA Finals between 2000 and 2010 , winning three of them consecutively from 2000 to 2002 , losing the next two in 2004 and 2008 , and winning in 2009 and 2010 ; the last three appearances were without O'Neal . The Lakers hold records for having ( at the end of the 2014-15 NBA season ) the most wins ( 3,125 ) , the highest winning percentage ( .620 ) , the most NBA Finals appearances ( 31 ) of any NBA franchise , second-fewest non-playoff seasons with seven and are second NBA championships with 16 , behind the Boston Celtics ' 17 .
The 2011-12 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 64th season of the franchise , its 63rd season in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , and its 52nd season in Los Angeles . For the first time since 2005 , Phil Jackson did not return as the Lakers coach and replaced by former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown . Following the 2011 NBA lockout each team only played 66 games instead of the usual 82 . At midseason they traded longtime point guard Derek Fisher to the Houston Rockets for Jordan Hill and longtime forward Luke Walton to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ramon Sessions . The Lakers finished 41-25 , winning the Pacific Division for the 33rd time . They finished the season as the # 3 seed in the Western Conference . In the playoffs , they lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 1-4 in the Western Conference semi-finals . This season marked Kobe Bryant 's final career playoff appearance . During this season , the Lakers were supposed to acquire Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets in a three-team deal that would send Lamar Odom , Goran Dragic , Luis Scola , and Kevin Martin to the Hornets and Pau Gasol to the Houston Rockets , but then-NBA Commissioner David Stern had later vetoed the trade . Following the season , Andrew Bynum was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-team deal .
The Chicago Bulls are a National Basketball Association ( NBA ) team based in Chicago , Illinois . Dick Klein founded the Bulls in 1966 after a number of other professional basketball teams in Chicago had failed . [ a ] In their 50 seasons , the Bulls have achieved a winning record 25 times , and have appeared in the NBA playoffs 34 times . They received international recognition in the 1990s when All-Star shooting guard Michael Jordan led them to their six league championships . The only two NBA franchises that have won more championships than the Bulls are the Boston Celtics ( 17 championships ) and Los Angeles Lakers ( 16 ) . The Bulls initially competed in the NBA 's Western Division . The Western Division was renamed the Western Conference in 1970 , and was split into the Midwest and Pacific Divisions . The Bulls played in the Midwest Division until 1980 , when they moved to the Central Division of the Eastern Conference .
The 2011-12 Chicago Bulls season was the 46th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The Bulls finished the lockout-shortened season with a 50-16 record and ended as the number one seed in the Eastern Conference for a second consecutive season . Chicago started their playoff run on April 28 , taking Game 1 of the first round against the Philadelphia 76ers at the United Center . However , that victory was marred with the season-ending injury of point guard and reigning MVP Derrick Rose , who tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the final minutes of the game . Chicago then lost three games in a row and were also without the services of starting center Joakim Noah for Games 4 and 5 of the series following an injury in his left ankle during Game 3 in Philadelphia . The Bulls won one more game at home before losing the series 2-4 in Philadelphia and became the fifth number one seed in league history to lose a playoffs series against a number eight seed , following the Seattle SuperSonics in 1994 , the Miami Heat in 1999 , the Dallas Mavericks in 2007 , and the San Antonio Spurs in 2011 .
The New York Knickerbockers , better known as the New York Knicks , are a professional basketball team based in New York City that competes in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . An original member of the NBA , the Knicks play in the Eastern Conference 's Atlantic Division . In its 73 seasons , the franchise has reached the NBA Finals eight times and won two championships . As of the end of the 2018-19 season , New York has won more than 2,700 regular season games , and the team has the fourth-highest victory total in NBA history . Since 1968 , the Knicks have played home games at Madison Square Garden . One of the Basketball Association of America 's ( BAA ) eleven teams during its inaugural season , the Knicks won the league 's first game , defeating the Toronto Huskies 68-66 on November 1 , 1946 . The club qualified for the playoffs in the league 's first three seasons before the BAA merged with the National Basketball League in 1949 to form the NBA . Following the merger , New York extended its streak of playoff appearances to nine consecutive years , and reached the NBA Finals each year from 1952 to 1954 . The Knicks returned to the Finals in 1970 and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games for the team 's first title . New York and Los Angeles faced each other again in the 1972 Finals , a series that the Lakers won four games to one . The Knicks earned their second NBA championship the following year , as they won a rematch with Los Angeles in five games . From 1988 to 2001 , the franchise reached the playoffs in fourteen consecutive seasons , but did not win an NBA title .
The 2012-13 New York Knicks season was the 67th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . They clinched a playoff berth on March 22 , 2013 , with a win over the Toronto Raptors , and clinched the Atlantic division title on April 9 against the Washington Wizards . In the playoffs , the Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics in six games in the first round , before falling to the Indiana Pacers in the conference semifinals in six games . This was the Knicks ' first Atlantic division title since the 1993-94 season , their highest win total since the 1996-97 season , their first 50-win season as well as the first time they advanced past the first round since the 1999-2000 season . As of 2019 , the Knicks have not returned to the playoffs since this season .
The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis , Indiana , United States . They are members of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The Pacers were founded in 1967 , originally as members of the American Basketball Association , where they were crowned league champions three times and made the playoffs in all of the nine seasons they participated in the league . The Pacers were led during the ABA days by two-time MVP Mel Daniels and by head coach Bobby Leonard . The 1976-77 season marked the first season of NBA play for the Pacers and the team struggled early , compared to their ABA success . The Pacers only made it to the NBA playoffs three times in their first 13 seasons . The Pacers would not win their first playoff series until the 1993-94 season , which came against the Orlando Magic . It was during this time that the Pacers were led by 1987 draft pick , Reggie Miller , who entered the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012 . Miller would play for the Pacers until the 2005 season and with his help , the Pacers would go on to win one Eastern Conference championship , four Central Division championships , and make 15 playoff appearances . Over the Pacers 49 seasons of play they have made the playoffs 32 times ( 23 in the NBA and 9 in the ABA ) . The Pacers have appeared in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals eight times ( 1994 , 1995 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2004 , 2013 , 2014 ) and advanced to the NBA Finals in 2000 , where they eventually lost to the Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 . The Pacers are one of 11 franchises to have never won an NBA championship and the only Central Division team without at least one title .
The 2013-14 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana 's 47th season as a franchise and 38th season in the NBA . The Pacers marked their best start in franchise history , 16-1 . In the playoffs , the Pacers defeated the Atlanta Hawks in seven games in the First Round , and the Washington Wizards in six games in the Semifinals to advance to the Conference Finals for the second straight year , only again to be stopped by the two-time defending NBA champion Miami Heat in six games , making it the third straight year that the Pacers had their playoff run ended by the Heat . Miami would go on to lose to a rejuvenated San Antonio Spurs team in a five-game NBA Finals series . The team 's season roster is featured in NBA 2K18 .
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles , California . They play in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) and are a member of the NBA Western Conference 's Pacific Division . The Clippers were founded in 1970 as the Buffalo Braves . They were one of three franchises that joined the NBA as an expansion team in the 1970-71 season . The Braves moved to San Diego , California after the 1977-78 season , and became known as the San Diego Clippers . For the 1984-85 NBA season , the Clippers moved north to Los Angeles and became known as the Los Angeles Clippers . On October 14 , 1970 , the Braves beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-92 in their first game . In the 1972 NBA Draft , the Braves selected Bob McAdoo , who later won such awards as Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player . During McAdoo 's years ( 1972-76 ) with the franchise , the Braves reached the post-season three times and had a record of nine wins and 13 losses during that time . Overall , the Clippers have qualified for the post-season fourteen times ; most recently in the 2018-19 season . They passed the first round of the playoffs five times ( 1975-76 , 2005-06 , 2011-12 , 2013-14 and 2014-15 ) . The Clippers have never won league or Conference titles .
The 2013-14 Los Angeles Clippers season is the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , their 36th season in Southern California , and their 30th season in Los Angeles . In the playoffs , the Clippers defeated the Golden State Warriors in seven games in the First Round , but lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in six games in the Semifinals .
This is a list of seasons completed by the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The 2014-15 season was the first time the franchise won at least 60 games in a regular season , in either St. Louis or Atlanta .
The 2014-15 Atlanta Hawks season was the 65th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) and the 47th in Atlanta . Their Southeast Division championship was the first for the Hawks since winning the Central Division in 1994 . It was the best finish by the team since finishing first in the Eastern Conference during the 1993-94 season . This was the first time since the Southeast Division was created for the 2004-05 season that the division title was not won by a team from the state of Florida . The Hawks finished the season with a 60-22 record for a franchise high in wins , earning them the first seed in the Eastern Conference and home court advantage for the Conference . The Hawks would reach their first-ever Conference Finals since the NBA was split into two conferences , but their season ended with a four-game sweep against the Cleveland Cavaliers . The Hawks became the first # 1 seed to get swept in a playoff series since the Detroit Pistons in 2003 . Their 22 wins improvement was the second largest by a team that made playoffs in consecutive non-lockout seasons behind 25 wins by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls .
The Oklahoma City Thunder are a professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma . They play in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) and are a member of the NBA Western Conference 's Northwest Division . The Thunder were founded in 1967 as the Seattle SuperSonics as one of two franchises that joined the NBA in the 1967-68 season . The SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City after the 2007-08 season . The move from Seattle to Oklahoma City marks only the third time that a current franchise won a title in one city and moved some time afterwards to another city ( the others are the Atlanta Hawks who left St. Louis after winning the 1958 title there , and the Los Angeles Lakers who left Minneapolis after winning five titles there ) . Overall , the Thunder have qualified for the NBA playoffs on eight occasions after being relocated from Seattle ( 21 times as the SuperSonics ) . They reached the Western Conference Finals seven times , reaching the NBA Finals in 1978 , 1979 NBA Finals,1996 and 2012 , winning their only championship in the 1979 NBA Finals against the Washington Bullets whilst in Seattle .
The 2015-16 Oklahoma City Thunder season was the 8th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 50th in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , and the first under head coach Billy Donovan . After coming just short of making the playoffs the previous season , the Thunder won the Northwest Division and clinched the third seed in the Western Conference . In the playoffs , the Thunder defeated the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the First Round , and the San Antonio Spurs in six games in the Semifinals ( which was also Tim Duncan 's final NBA game ) before reaching the Western Conference Finals for the fourth time in a span of six seasons , but were eliminated by the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors in seven games after leading the series 3-1 . After almost pulling what would 've been one of the biggest upsets in professional sports history over the 73-9 Warriors , the Thunder missed out on what wouldve been their first Finals appearance since 2012 . The Warriors would go on to lose in seven games against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals after they too led the series 3-1 . After the season , Kevin Durant controversially left the team in free agency for the Golden State Warriors .
This is a list of seasons completed by the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association . It documents the teams season-by-season records , including post-season records , and also includes year-end awards won by the team 's players and/or coaches . With seventeen NBA Championships , the Celtics have won more than any other NBA franchise , while the 1959-to-1966 domination of the NBA Championship , with eight straight titles , is the longest consecutive championship winning streak of any North American professional sports team to date . Following this , the Celtics had two major periods of success separated by quite poor seasons during rebuilding . Between 1971-72 and 1975-76 the Celtics , led by Dave Cowens and John Havlicek , won 294 of 410 regular season games and reached the conference finals in each of those five seasons , winning two more NBA championships , whilst between 1979-80 and 1987-88 led by the frontcourt of Larry Bird , Kevin McHale and Robert Parish the Celtics won 550 of 742 regular season games and reached every Conference Final except for 1982-83 when they were swept in the Conference Semifinals by the Milwaukee Bucks . The Celtics have had 13 separate seasons where they won 60 or more regular season contests , the highest number for any franchise . Between 1993-94 and 2006-07 the Celtics had their single sustained period of failure , with an overall win percent of .423 and only twice getting beyond the first playoff round . With the acquisition of Kevin Garnett for 2007-08 , the Celtics achieved a record single-season rise in win percentage to claim their first title in twenty-two seasons , in the process achieving the best average point differential between the 1995-96 Bulls and the 2015-16 Warriors . The team remained a power until after the 2011 lockout , but lost to the Lakers in their most recent Finals appearance . The Celtics are 23-8 all-time in seventh games of playoff series , and 7-1 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals .
The 2016-17 Boston Celtics season was the 71st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The team obtained the No . 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2008 when they won the NBA title . At 53-29 , they finished with the lowest winning percentage of a No . 1 seed since the Detroit Pistons in 2007 . In the playoffs , the Celtics defeated the Chicago Bulls in the First Round in six games , advancing to the Semifinals , where they then defeated the Washington Wizards in seven games , advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals , where they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games . Isaiah Thomas was voted to play in the 2017 All-Star Game . Following the season , Avery Bradley was traded to the Detroit Pistons , Kelly Olynyk signed with the Miami Heat and Thomas and Jae Crowder were traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers , ending the Isaiah Thomas era in Boston in exchange for Kyrie Irving .
The San Antonio Spurs are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio that competes in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . In 1967 , the franchise was founded in Dallas , Texas as the Dallas Chaparrals -- one of the eleven charter franchises of the American Basketball Association ( ABA ) . During the 1970-71 season , in an attempt to make the team a regional one , the franchise renamed itself the Texas Chaparrals ; also , some home games were played in Fort Worth and Lubbock . However , low attendance figures prompted the team to return full-time to Dallas the following season . In 1973 , the franchise relocated to San Antonio and was renamed the San Antonio Spurs . Three years later , the Spurs were one of four ABA franchises that joined the NBA as a result of the ABA-NBA merger . In 42 seasons since joining the NBA , the Spurs have achieved a winning record 36 times , have appeared in the NBA playoffs 38 times , and have won five NBA Championships . The team won its most recent NBA championship 2014 . The only NBA franchises that have won more championships than the Spurs are the Boston Celtics ( 17 championships ) , the Los Angeles Lakers ( 16 ) , the Golden State Warriors ( 6 ) , and the Chicago Bulls ( 6 ) . As of the end of the 2018-19 season , the Spurs owned the NBA 's all-time best win percentage ; the team had won 62.2 percent of its games since joining the NBA , placing it ahead of the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers ( .593 ) , the Boston Celtics ( .590 ) , the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder ( .541 ) , and the Utah Jazz ( .539 ) . The 2017-18 season is the first time the Spurs have won less than 50 games in a non-lockout season since the 1996-97 season . This was the longest such streak in the NBA .
The 2016-17 San Antonio Spurs season was the franchise 's 50th season , its 44th season in the San Antonio area , and its 41st in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . This season was the team 's first without longtime team cornerstone Tim Duncan since 1996-97 ; Duncan retired from the NBA on July 11 , 2016 as a 5-time champion and the first NBA player ever to win championships in 3 straight decades . With the elimination of the NHL ( National Hockey League ) 's Detroit Red Wings from the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs on March 28 , 2017 , the Spurs - with 20 consecutive NBA Playoffs appearances - held the longest active playoff streak in any of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . Despite Duncan no longer on the team , the Spurs finished the regular season with a 61-21 record , securing the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs . In the first round of the playoffs , the Spurs defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in six games . In the Western Conference Semifinals , they defeated the Houston Rockets in six games . In the Western Conference Finals , the Spurs were swept by the eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors in four games . This was San Antonio 's first time being swept in the playoffs since the 2010 Western Conference Semifinals , when they were defeated by the Steve Nash-led Phoenix Suns . The Spurs were also close to rematching the defending NBA champions Cleveland Cavaliers in the Finals for the first time since 2007 . As of 2019 , this is the only time in the post-Tim Duncan era that the Spurs advanced past the First Round of the Western Conference Playoffs .
This article is a list of seasons completed by the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The Jazz joined the NBA as the New Orleans Jazz , an expansion team that began play in the 1974-75 season . The Jazz relocated from New Orleans to Salt Lake City , Utah for the 1979-80 season . As of April 15 , 2015 , the Utah Jazz are the last franchise to not record a 60-loss season .
The 2016-17 Utah Jazz season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , and the 38th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City . They qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2012 . The Jazz finished the regular season with a 51-31 record , securing the 5th seed . In the playoffs , the Jazz defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in the First Round in seven games and advanced to the Western Conference Semifinals , where they were swept in four games by the Golden State Warriors . Following the season , Gordon Hayward would sign as a free agent with the Boston Celtics . He was also selected to play in the 2017 NBA All-Star Game .