Cavaliers set franchise record for longest winning streak

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Last week we discussed the Cleveland Cavaliers remarkable 12 game winning streak to start the season. That streak is now at a franchise record 15 games after Cleveland has won three additional games since they defeated the Chicago Bulls 119-113 for their 12th straight win.

Over the last six days, the Cavaliers have extended their winning streak to 15 after beating the Philadelphia 76ers 114-106 win on November 13, the Bulls again 144-126 on November 15, and Charlotte Hornets 128-114 on Sunday. The previous Cavaliers record for the longest franchise winning streak was 13 games. They accomplished the feat during the 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons.

In the Cavaliers’s franchise record 14th game winning streak on Friday, the Cavaliers’s leading scorer was Donovan Mitchell of Elmsford, New York, who had 37 points. Then in the Cavaliers’s 15th game winning streak on Sunday, three Cavaliers recorded the double double. Guard Darius Garland of Gary, Indiana had 25 points and 12 assists, power forward Evan Mobley of San Diego, California had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and center Jarrett Allen of San Diego had 21 points and 15 rebounds.

The longest winning streak in NBA history to start the season belongs to the Golden State Warriors. They had a 24 game winning streak in the first 24 games of the 2015-16 season. They did not win the NBA Finals that year however, as they were beaten in seven games, by ironically, the Cavaliers.

The longest winning streak in NBA history belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers. They won 33 straight games during the 1971-72 season. Unlike the Warriors in the 2015-16 season, the Lakers did win the 1972 NBA Finals. They beat the New York Knicks in five games.