Spursfanfromafar
04-26-2012, 11:51 PM
There was a thread on the 50 wins per season streak which showed that this would be the 13th season the Spurs are winning 50 games which would be a record.
But the 1999 season was lockout shortened and the Spurs won 37 games out of 50. The best way to evaluate season wins and streaks is to look at win % and then calculate the streaks. If we take 50 wins as criteria for a 82 game season, then the winning percentage is 60.9%. ( I know that the 50 games criteria is artificial but still).
Here is the best streaks for teams with 60.9% and above since professional basketball began in the NBA -
San Antonio Spurs - 15 years - (1997-2012)
Los Angeles Lakers - 12 years - (1979-1991)
Boston Celtics - 12 years - (1956-1968)
Dallas Mavericks - 11 years - (2000-2011) (their streak was broken this year)
Utah Jazz - 8 years - (1993-2001)
To put things in context, only 15 teams out of all franchises have finished above the 50/82 games mark metric in atleast one season. And the above are the top 5 in the highest number of such streaks.
Just Regular Season numbers. But still, awesome, ain't it?
But the 1999 season was lockout shortened and the Spurs won 37 games out of 50. The best way to evaluate season wins and streaks is to look at win % and then calculate the streaks. If we take 50 wins as criteria for a 82 game season, then the winning percentage is 60.9%. ( I know that the 50 games criteria is artificial but still).
Here is the best streaks for teams with 60.9% and above since professional basketball began in the NBA -
San Antonio Spurs - 15 years - (1997-2012)
Los Angeles Lakers - 12 years - (1979-1991)
Boston Celtics - 12 years - (1956-1968)
Dallas Mavericks - 11 years - (2000-2011) (their streak was broken this year)
Utah Jazz - 8 years - (1993-2001)
To put things in context, only 15 teams out of all franchises have finished above the 50/82 games mark metric in atleast one season. And the above are the top 5 in the highest number of such streaks.
Just Regular Season numbers. But still, awesome, ain't it?