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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.
[1]
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Longest streak in team history
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 2023 playoffs.
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Longest streak in team history
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Tied for longest streak in team history
All-time streaks
NBA Playoffs appearance streaks
Appearance streaks updated through the 2023 playoffs.
Streak
Team
NBA Playoffs appearance streak
NBA championships won during streak
Reference
22
Syracuse Nationals
Philadelphia 76ers
1950 –
1963
1964 –
1971
2 (
1955 ,
1967 )
[4]
22
San Antonio Spurs
1998 –
2019
5 (
1999 ,
2003 ,
2005 ,
2007 ,
2014 )
[19]
21
Portland Trail Blazers
1983 –
2003
—
[20]
20
Utah Jazz
1984 –
2003
—
[21]
19
Boston Celtics
1951 –
1969
11 (
1957 ,
1959 –
1966 ,
1968 ,
1969 )
[22]
17
Los Angeles Lakers
1977 –
1993
5 (
1980 ,
1982 ,
1985 ,
1987 ,
1988 )
[11]
16
Minneapolis Lakers Los Angeles Lakers
1959 –
1960
1961 –
1974
1 (
1972 )
[11]
14
Fort Wayne Pistons Detroit Pistons
1950 –
1957
1958 –
1963
—
[23]
14
Boston Celtics
1980 –
1993
3 (
1981 ,
1984 ,
1986 )
[2]
14
Chicago Bulls
1985 –
1998
6 (
1991 –
1993 ,
1996 –
1998 )
[24]
14
New York Knicks
1988 –
2001
—
[12]
13
Phoenix Suns
1989 –
2001
—
[25]
12
Baltimore Bullets Capitol Bullets Washington Bullets
1969 –
1973
1974
1975 –
1980
1 (
1978 )
[26]
12
Philadelphia 76ers
1976 –
1987
1 (
1983 )
[4]
12
Milwaukee Bucks
1980 –
1991
—
[27]
12
Dallas Mavericks
2001 –
2012
1 (
2011 )
[28]
11
St. Louis Hawks Atlanta Hawks
1963 –
1968
1969 –
1973
—
[29]
10
Los Angeles Lakers
1995 –
2004
3 (
2000 ,
2001 ,
2002 )
[11]
10
Denver Nuggets
2004 –
2013
—
[5]
10
Atlanta Hawks
2008 –
2017
—
[29]
10
Boston Celtics
2015 –
2024
—
[2]
NBA Conference Finals appearance streaks
Appearance streaks up to the 2023 playoffs; Includes both the
NBA Conference Finals , introduced in 1971, and its predecessor Division Finals.
NBA Finals appearance streaks
Appearance streaks updated through
2023 NBA playoffs .
Streak
Team
NBA Finals appearance streak
NBA championships won during streak
Reference
10
Boston Celtics
1957 –
1966
9 (1957, 1959–1966)
[2]
5
Golden State Warriors
2015 –
2019
3 (2015, 2017, 2018)
[18]
4
Los Angeles Lakers
1982 –
1985
2 (1982, 1985)
[11]
4
Boston Celtics
1984 –
1987
2 (1984, 1986)
[2]
4
Miami Heat
2011 –
2014
2 (2012, 2013)
[6]
4
Cleveland Cavaliers
2015 –
2018
1 (2016)
[9]
3
New York Knicks
1951 –
1953
—
[12]
3
Minneapolis Lakers
1952 –
1954
3 (1952–1954)
[11]
3
Los Angeles Lakers
1968 –
1970
—
[11]
3
Los Angeles Lakers
1987 –
1989
2 (1987, 1988)
[11]
3
Detroit Pistons
1988 –
1990
2 (1989, 1990)
[23]
3
Chicago Bulls
1991 –
1993
3 (1991–1993)
[24]
3
Chicago Bulls
1996 –
1998
3 (1996–1998)
[24]
3
Los Angeles Lakers
2000 –
2002
3 (2000–2002)
[11]
3
Los Angeles Lakers
2008 –
2010
2 (2009, 2010)
[11]
2
Philadelphia Warriors
1947 –
1948
1 (1947)
[18]
2
Minneapolis Lakers
1949 –
1950
2 (1949, 1950)
[11]
2
Syracuse Nationals
1954 –
1955
1 (1955)
[4]
2
Fort Wayne Pistons
1955 –
1956
—
[23]
2
St. Louis Hawks
1957 –
1958
1 (1958)
[29]
2
St. Louis Hawks
1960 –
1961
—
[29]
2
Los Angeles Lakers
1962 –
1963
—
[11]
2
Los Angeles Lakers
1965 –
1966
—
[11]
2
Boston Celtics
1968 –
1969
2 (1968, 1969)
[2]
2
Los Angeles Lakers
1972 –
1973
1 (1972)
[11]
2
New York Knicks
1972 –
1973
1 (1973)
[12]
2
Washington Bullets
1978 –
1979
1 (1978)
[30]
2
Seattle SuperSonics
1978 –
1979
1 (1979)
[16]
2
Philadelphia 76ers
1982 –
1983
1 (1983)
[4]
2
Houston Rockets
1994 –
1995
2 (1994, 1995)
[31]
2
Utah Jazz
1997 –
1998
—
[32]
2
New Jersey Nets
2002 –
2003
—
[33]
2
Detroit Pistons
2004 –
2005
1 (2004)
[23]
2
San Antonio Spurs
2013 –
2014
1 (2014)
[19]
NBA championships win streaks
Championship streaks up to and including the
2023 NBA playoffs
See also
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"Portland Trail Blazers" . basketball-reference.com . Retrieved October 11, 2009 .
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"Phoenix Suns" . basketball-reference.com . Retrieved October 11, 2009 .
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"Washington Wizards" . basketball-reference.com . Archived from
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"Atlanta Hawks" . basketball-reference.com . Archived from
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"Houston Rockets" . basketball-reference.com . Retrieved October 11, 2009 .
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