The Milwaukee Bucks will look to extend their current win streak to 12 games with a win against the Chicago Bulls tonight in Chicago. A win would tie the longest win streak in the league this year currently held by the Brooklyn Nets, who had a 12-game win streak from December 7, 2022, to January 2, 2023.
With a win, the Bucks, who already own a nine-game win streak to start this season, would tie their sixth longest win streak in team history. The 1981-82 Bucks had a 12-game winning streak from January 26, 1982 to February 21, 1982.
Longest win streaks in Milwaukee Bucks history
Here is a look at the Bucks’ teams that had winning streaks of 11 games or more in franchise history:
20-game win streak: 2-6-1971 to 3-8-1971
18-game win streak: 11-10-2019 to 12-14-2019
16-game win streak: 2-28-1973 to 10-13-1973
16-game win streak: 10-24-1970 to 11-25-1970
13-game win streak: 10-17-1973 to 11-13-1973
12-game win streak: 1-26-1982 to 2-21-1982
11-game win streak: 1-23-2023 to 2-14-2023 (active streak)
11-game win streak: 1-9-1985 to 2-2-1985
This is the seventh time in Bucks history that the team had a pair win streaks of nine or more games in the same season. The last time was in the 2019-20 season. Of those seven seasons, twice the Bucks went on to play in the NBA Finals, winning in 1970-71 and losing in the finals in 1973-74.
Seasons when Bucks had multiple win streaks of nine or more games
Following are the seasons in which the Bucks had multiple win streaks of nine or more games. Also noted is their record for that season and how well they performed in the playoffs that year.
1970-71: Win streaks of 16, 10 and 20… 66-16, Won NBA Finals
1971-72: Win streaks of 10 and 9… 63-19, lost in conference finals
1973-74: Win streaks of 13 and 10… 59-23, Lost NBA Finals
1981-82: Win streaks of 9 and 12… 55-27, lost in conference semifinals
1984-85: Win streaks of 9 and 11… 59-23, lost in conference semifinals
2019-20: Win streaks of 18 and 9… 56-17, lost in conference semifinals
2022-23: Win streaks of 9 and 11 (active) ???????
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