List of National Basketball Association longest losing streaks

This is a list of the longest regular season losing streaks in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. Streaks started at the end of one season are carried over into the following season.

The Philadelphia 76ers lost 28 straight games spanning two seasons: 2014–15 and 2015–16, the most consecutive losses in NBA history. The 76ers broke their own previous record of 26 consecutive losses set in the 2013–14 season. The 2013–14 76ers are still tied with the 2010–11 Cleveland Cavaliers for the longest single season losing streak.

The New York Knicks have the record for postseason losing streak. New York lost 13 straight playoff games over 11 seasons. The Sacramento Kings have the largest span of drought, needing 15 seasons to get a playoff win.

There is one active streak of postseason futility. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Detroit Pistons have lost 10 playoff games in a row after being swept by the eventual NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers.

This list contains only streaks consisting entirely of postseason games.

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