Possible Spurs title run would make them match dubious NBA m

Posted on April 4, 2011 at 8:50 am by Tim Griffin for Spurs Nation

Detroit Pistons players Ben Wallace (left) and Rip Hamilton were members of the last NBA championship team to endure a six-game losing streak during the regular season. (Photo by REUTERS/Hans Deryk)
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Many fans across Spurs Nation have been gripping after the team’s recent six-game losing streak that was the longest of the Tim Duncan era.

Another fact remains true as well: Championship teams don’t normally have extended losing streaks.

If the Spurs would claim the NBA title this season, they would become only the fourth championship team in league history to endure a six-game losing streak during the course of the regular season.

A check through the detailed annals of Basketball-Reference.com provides this list of championship teams that have struggled through the longest losing streaks during their title-winning seasons.

2003-04 Detroit Pistons 6

1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics 6

1950-51 Rochester Royals 6

1994-95 Houston Rockets 5

1977-78 Washington Bullets 5

1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers 5

1968-69 Boston Celtics 5

2005-06 Miami Heat 4

1993-94 Houston Rockets 4

1983-84 Boston Celtics 4

1975-76 Boston Celtics 4

1974-75 Golden State Warriors 4 (two times)

1969-70 New York Knicks 4

1967-68 Boston Celtics 4

1961-62 Boston Celtics 4

1956-57 Boston Celtics 4

1954-55 Syracuse Nationals 4

1953-54 Minneapolis Lakers 4