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LeBron James never endured a lopsided basketball defeat like the one he suffered with Los Angeles in Philadelphia. James has lost big before. The Indiana Pacers beat James and the Lakers by 42 in ...
Damian Lillard led the Portland Trail Blazers to the first play-in tournament victory in NBA history. [27] The NBA introduced a play-in tournament in the 2019–20 NBA season to compensate for the suspension of the regular season and a difference in the number of games played between teams, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 Detroit Pistons and the Philadelphia 76ers are tied for the longest ever losing streak, losing 28 straight games.
[93] [94] On November 29, 2007, the Knicks were handed one of their worst defeats in their history by the Boston Celtics, with a final score of 104–59. [95] This matched their third-largest margin of defeat. [95] New York went on to post an eighth consecutive losing season and tied the franchise mark for their worst record ever, at 23–59. [24]
The Mavericks came dangerously close to setting the all-time worst record in NBA history (at the time, 9–73 by the 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers). But when Jackson was signed on March 3, the Mavs managed to rally, closing the season with a 7–14 mark, including two straight wins to end the season.
In the 1974 US Open, Jimmy Connors defeated Ken Rosewall 6–1, 6–0, 6–1, the most lopsided defeat in any Grand Slam final. [ citation needed ] At the 1988 French Open , Steffi Graf , en route to the first ever Calendar Golden Slam , successfully defended her title by defeating Natasha Zvereva 6–0, 6–0 in a 32-minute final. [ 39 ]
His 37-point outburst Tuesday against the Jazz — in which he tied the NBA rookie record for made 3 pointers (nine) in a single game — showed L.A. is far more than LeBron James and Anthony ...
Best combined regular and postseason record in NBA history (87–13, .870) [3] Second most wins in NBA history (72) Most wins by a championship-winning team; Best 3-loss start in NBA history (41–3, .932) Second most road wins in NBA history (33) Started 37–0 at home, part of 44 game home winning streak; Winning streaks of 18 and 13 games