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List of NBA franchise postseason streaks
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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.
| † | Streak ended -- |
|---|
| Streak | Team | NBA Playoffs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| appearance streak | NBA championships won | |||||||
| during streak | Reference | |||||||
| 11 | Boston Celtics | 2015–2025 | 1 (2024) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/ | title=Boston Celtics | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=July 1, 2012}} | |
| 9 | Milwaukee Bucks | 2017–2025 | 1 (2021) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/ | title=Milwaukee Bucks | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=20 March 2015}} |
| 7 | Denver Nuggets | 2019–2025 | 1 (2023) | title=Denver Nuggets | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/ | access-date=March 10, 2019 | work=basketball-reference.com}} | |
| 6 | Miami Heat | 2020–2025 | ||||||
| 4 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 2022–2025 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/ | title=Minnesota Timberwolves | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} | ||
| 3 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 2023–2025 | ||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles Clippers | 2023–2025 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NOH/ | title=New Orleans Pelicans | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=April 16, 2022}} | ||
| 3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2023–2025 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/ | title=Los Angeles Lakers | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=April 12, 2022}} | ||
| 3 | New York Knicks | 2023–2025 | ||||||
| 2 | Indiana Pacers | 2024–2025 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/ | title=Indiana Pacers | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=April 20, 2024}} | ||
| 2 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 2024–2025 | 1 (2025) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/OKC/ | title=Oklahoma City Thunder | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=April 20, 2024}} | |
| 2 | Orlando Magic | 2024–2025 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ORL/ | title=Orlando Magic | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=April 20, 2024}} | ||
| 1 | Detroit Pistons | 2025 | ||||||
| 1 | Houston Rockets | 2025 | ||||||
| 1 | Golden State Warriors | 2025 | ||||||
| 1 | Memphis Grizzlies | 2025 | — |
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 2025 playoffs.
| ~ | Tied for longest streak in team history |
|---|
| Streak | Team | NBA Playoffs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| series win streak | NBA championships won | |||
| during streak | Reference | |||
| 4 | Boston Celtics | 2022–2025 | 1 (2024) | |
| 3 | Denver Nuggets | 2023–2025 | 1 (2023) | |
| 3 | New York Knicks | 2023–2025 | ||
| 2 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 2024–2025 | ||
| 2 | Indiana Pacers | 2024–2025 | ||
| 2 | Minnesota Timberwolves^ | 2024–2025 | ||
| 2 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 2024–2025 | 1 (2025) | |
| 1 | Golden State Warriors | 2025 |
All-time streaks
NBA Playoffs appearance streaks
:Appearance streaks updated through the 2025 NBA playoffs.
| ^ | Denotes active streak |
|---|
| Streak | Team | NBA Playoffs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| appearance streak | NBA championships won | |||||||
| during streak | Reference | |||||||
| 22 | ||||||||
| Philadelphia 76ers | 1950–1963 | |||||||
| 1964–1971 | 2 (1955, 1967) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/ | title=Philadelphia 76ers | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} | |||
| 22 | San Antonio Spurs | 1998–2019 | 5 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) | title=San Antonio Spurs | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/ | access-date=October 11, 2009 | work=basketball-reference.com}} | |
| 21 | Portland Trail Blazers | 1983–2003 | ||||||
| 20 | Utah Jazz | 1984–2003 | ||||||
| 19 | Boston Celtics | 1951–1969 | (1957, 1959–1966, 1968, 1969) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/ | title=Boston Celtics | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} | |
| 17 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1977–1993 | 5 (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988) | |||||
| 16 | Minneapolis Lakers | |||||||
| Los Angeles Lakers | 1959–1960 | |||||||
| 1961–1974 | 1 (1972) | |||||||
| 14 | Fort Wayne Pistons | |||||||
| Detroit Pistons | 1950–1957 | |||||||
| 1958–1963 | ||||||||
| 14 | Boston Celtics | 1980–1993 | 3 (1981, 1984, 1986) | |||||
| 14 | Chicago Bulls | 1985–1998 | 6 (1991–1993, 1996–1998) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/ | title=Chicago Bulls | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} | |
| 14 | New York Knicks | 1988–2001 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/ | title=New York Knicks | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} | ||
| 13 | Phoenix Suns | 1989–2001 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHO/ | title=Phoenix Suns | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} | ||
| 12 | Baltimore Bullets | |||||||
| Capitol Bullets | ||||||||
| Washington Bullets | 1969–1973 | |||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||
| 1975–1980 | ||||||||
| 1 (1978) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WAS/ | title=Washington Wizards | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625100058/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WAS/ | archive-date=June 25, 2012 }} | |
| 12 | Philadelphia 76ers | 1976–1987 | 1 (1983) | |||||
| 12 | Milwaukee Bucks | 1980–1991 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/ | title=Milwaukee Bucks | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} | ||
| 12 | Dallas Mavericks | 2001–2012 | 1 (2011) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/ | title=Dallas Mavericks | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} | |
| 11 | St. Louis Hawks | |||||||
| Atlanta Hawks | 1963–1968 | |||||||
| 1969–1973 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ATL/ | title=Atlanta Hawks | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119182154/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ATL/ | archive-date=January 19, 2009 }} | |
| 11 | Boston Celtics^ | 2015–2025 | 1 (2024) | |||||
| 10 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1995–2004 | 3 (2000, 2001, 2002) | |||||
| 10 | Denver Nuggets | 2004–2013 | ||||||
| 10 | Atlanta Hawks | 2008–2017 |
NBA Conference Finals appearance streaks
:Appearance streaks up to the 2025 NBA 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 | ||||||
| 13 | Boston Celtics | 1957–1969 | 12 (1957–1966, 1968, 1969) | ||||
| 8 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1982–1989 | 7 (1982–1985, 1987–1989) | ||||
| 7 | Minneapolis Lakers | 1949–1955 | 5 (1949, 1950, 1952–1954) | ||||
| 6 | St. Louis Hawks | 1956–1961 | 4 (1957, 1958, 1960, 1961) | ||||
| 6 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1968–1973 | 5 (1968–1970, 1972, 1973) | ||||
| 6 | New York Knicks | 1969–1974 | 3 (1970, 1972, 1973) | ||||
| 6 | Detroit Pistons | 2003–2008 | 2 (2004, 2005) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/ | title=Detroit Pistons | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=April 8, 2019}} |
| 5 | New York Knicks | 1949–1953 | 3 (1951–1953) | ||||
| 5 | Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers | 1959–1963 | 3 (1959, 1962, 1963) | ||||
| 5 | Boston Celtics | 1972–1976 | 2 (1974, 1976) | ||||
| 5 | Boston Celtics | 1984–1988 | 4 (1984–1986) | ||||
| 5 | Detroit Pistons | 1987–1991 | 3 (1988–1990) | ||||
| 5 | Chicago Bulls | 1989–1993 | 3 (1991–1993) | ||||
| 5 | Golden State Warriors | 2015–2019 | 5 (2015–2019) | ||||
| 4 | Syracuse Nationals | 1954–1957 | 2 (1954, 1955) | ||||
| 4 | Philadelphia 76ers | 1965–1968 | 1 (1967) | ||||
| 4 | Philadelphia 76ers | 1980–1983 | 3 (1980, 1982, 1983) | ||||
| 4 | Miami Heat | 2011–2014 | 4 (2011–2014) | ||||
| 4 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 2015–2018 | 4 (2015–2018) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/ | title=Cleveland Cavaliers | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} |
NBA Finals appearance streaks
:Appearance streaks updated through 2025 NBA playoffs.
| ^ | Denotes active streak |
|---|
| Streak | Team | NBA Finals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| appearance streak | NBA championships won | |||||||||
| during streak | Reference | |||||||||
| 10 | Boston Celtics | 1957–1966 | 9 (1957, 1959–1966) | |||||||
| 5 | Golden State Warriors | 2015–2019 | 3 (2015, 2017, 2018) | |||||||
| 4 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1982–1985 | 2 (1982, 1985) | |||||||
| 4 | Boston Celtics | 1984–1987 | 2 (1984, 1986) | |||||||
| 4 | Miami Heat | 2011–2014 | 2 (2012, 2013) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIA/ | title=Miami Heat | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} | |||
| 4 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 2015–2018 | 1 (2016) | |||||||
| 3 | New York Knicks | 1951–1953 | ||||||||
| 3 | Minneapolis Lakers | 1952–1954 | 3 (1952–1954) | |||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1968–1970 | ||||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1987–1989 | 2 (1987, 1988) | |||||||
| 3 | Detroit Pistons | 1988–1990 | 2 (1989, 1990) | |||||||
| 3 | Chicago Bulls | 1991–1993 | 3 (1991–1993) | |||||||
| 3 | Chicago Bulls | 1996–1998 | 3 (1996–1998) | |||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000–2002 | 3 (2000–2002) | |||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2008–2010 | 2 (2009, 2010) | |||||||
| 2 | Philadelphia Warriors | 1947–1948 | 1 (1947) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/GSW/ | title=Golden State Warriors | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=July 1, 2012}} | |||
| 2 | Minneapolis Lakers | 1949–1950 | 2 (1949, 1950) | |||||||
| 2 | Syracuse Nationals | 1954–1955 | 1 (1955) | |||||||
| 2 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 1955–1956 | ||||||||
| 2 | St. Louis Hawks | 1957–1958 | 1 (1958) | |||||||
| 2 | St. Louis Hawks | 1960–1961 | ||||||||
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1962–1963 | ||||||||
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1965–1966 | ||||||||
| 2 | Boston Celtics | 1968–1969 | 2 (1968, 1969) | |||||||
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1972–1973 | 1 (1972) | |||||||
| 2 | New York Knicks | 1972–1973 | 1 (1973) | |||||||
| 2 | Washington Bullets | 1978–1979 | 1 (1978) | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WAS/ | title=Washington Wizards | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=30 March 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625100058/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WAS/ | archive-date=25 June 2012 }} |
| 2 | Seattle SuperSonics | 1978–1979 | 1 (1979) | |||||||
| 2 | Philadelphia 76ers | 1982–1983 | 1 (1983) | |||||||
| 2 | Houston Rockets | 1994–1995 | 2 (1994, 1995) | |||||||
| 2 | Utah Jazz | 1997–1998 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/?lid=header_teams | title=Utah Jazz Franchise Index | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=8 March 2016}} | ||||
| 2 | New Jersey Nets | 2002–2003 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/ | title=Brooklyn Nets | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=July 1, 2012}} | ||||
| 2 | Detroit Pistons | 2004–2005 | 1 (2004) | |||||||
| 2 | San Antonio Spurs | 2013–2014 | 1 (2014) |
NBA championships win streaks
:Championship streaks up to and including the 2025 NBA playoffs
|Denotes active streak |} --
| Streak | Team | NBA championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| win streak | Reference | |||||
| 8 | Boston Celtics | 1959–1966 | ||||
| 3 | Minneapolis Lakers | 1952–1954 | ||||
| 3 | Chicago Bulls | 1991–1993 | ||||
| 3 | Chicago Bulls | 1996–1998 | ||||
| 3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000–2002 | ||||
| 2 | Minneapolis Lakers | 1949–1950 | ||||
| 2 | Boston Celtics | 1968–1969 | ||||
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1987–1988 | ||||
| 2 | Detroit Pistons | 1989–1990 | ||||
| 2 | Houston Rockets | 1994–1995 | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/ | title=Houston Rockets | work=basketball-reference.com | access-date=October 11, 2009}} |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2009–2010 | ||||
| 2 | Miami Heat | 2012–2013 | ||||
| 2 | Golden State Warriors | 2017–2018 |
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