Which teams have gone through a month of basketball undefeated in the NBA?

The Lakers had a 33-game streak. That could be 2 months, if the streak started on the right day.

 

Dallas went undefeated in Feb last yr. (10-0)
The Lakers went undefeated in May for their 2nd Shaq ring. 15-1 overall in the playoffs.
Jordan in Jan of '96
Rocket Nov 93
Lakers in Nov and Dec 71
Celtics Dec '59
Wash Dec '46
Suns Dec '92

could be more.

 

I wonder, if we're able to beat Memphis tomorrow, would the Rockets have the most wins in February for any team EVER? It is a leap year so that gives an extra day to get another win...

 

Fixed.

 

so, far looks like the Celtics were 15-5 twice and 15-6 once in Feb for most Feb wins, back in the '60s. That's a lot of games. I doubt anyone plays that many games anymore.

another one
Knicks 14-0 Mar '94 (same yr as our undefeated Nov)

 

aaaaaaaaaaaaaand the jinx is on.

 

The Rockets will lose tomorrow night on the "leap day."


There... xnij on

 

3 more

Spurs 16-0 Mar '96
Bucks 13-0 Mar '73
Lakers 12-0 Nov '72

 

Last years Suns had streaks of 15 W games twice, Mavs, Spurs also.

Almost every team that goes 15+ wins once goes undefeated in one month.

 

Mavs and Spurs once, not twice.

 

Not necessarily. 15+ wins will go through one month of time, but it can start in the middle of a month, and end in teh middle of the next. We're talking about a whole month here.

 

or ANY team that can sweep 1 opponent at the right time in our expanded NBA playoffs format.... 4 games a month sounds about right.

 

that's actually not the case. Most teams with 15+ streaks did not go undefeated for a month.

Out of the 16 teams who had streaks of 16 or more, only 5 went undefeated in a month. Pho's had a 15 gm streak and a 17 game streak last yr, but did not do it. The 17 game streak ended on the last game of a month.

check this out
http://www.nba.com/news/winning_streaks.html

You have to dig a little deeper at the data than that link, because SA's '96 streak actually did it although it doesn't look like it. They lost first game of April.

I started with that link and went to more conclusive data. I found historical monthly splits for each team. I'm pretty sure the only teams who went undefeated are listed in my posts above. Give a guy some pats on the back for the 1hr of research that took. I literally went through the month splits of every team for every season. I think I might have missed some from early incarnations of franchises, but I feel solid about the existing franchises.

it's an interesting piece of trivia. One interested part about the streak is 8 of the 12 undefeated months involved hall of fame centers.

Looks like if we win tonight we'll join the Laker's as the only team to do it twice, and the only team to do it across two generations of players.

 

Man, that's crazy. I'm guessing they didn't have their all-star break in February back then. Even then, 20 games in 28 days is unthinkable... Oh well, I guess we'll be up there for best winning percentage with most wins in February - that is if we're not jinxed for tonight

 

This streak doesn't matter because Jordan isn't playing and because February is the shortest month, leap year or not

 

Undefeated Months (min. 12 games)

12-0 by the Washington Capitols in November 1948
15-0 by the Boston Celtics in December 1959
14-0 by the Los Angeles Lakers in November 1971
16-0 by the Los Angeles Lakers in December 1971
12-0 by the Los Angeles Lakers in November 1972
13-0 by the Milwaukee Bucks in March 1973
14-0 by the Phoenix Suns in December 1992
14-0 by the Houston Rockets in November 1993
14-0 by the New York Knicks in March 1994
14-0 by the Chicago Bulls in January 1996
16-0 by the San Antonio Spurs in March 1996

 

BTW, if the rockets win tonight, they will be in that list as well. 13-0 by the Houston Rockets in February 2008.

 

14... not 13