This just goes to show how good the Spurs and Tim Duncan have been over the past 14 years. It is a stat that boggles the mind.
Last night, the Celtics defeated the Spurs 107-97, extending San Antonio's losing streak to five games (in the first 4 losses, Tim Duncan was out with an injury). It's the first time since Duncan joined the team before the start of the 1997-98 season that the Spurs have lost five or more consecutive regular-season games. San Antonio had been the only team in the league without at least one five-game losing streak over those 14 seasons. In fact, every other NBA team has had no fewer than six separate five-game losing streaks over that span. Prior to Thursday night, the Spurs' last five-game losing streak came in April 1997, when they lost their last six games of the 1996-97 season, just prior to drafting Duncan.
The Spurs' just-concluded span of 1,112 games without losing five in a row was the second-longest such streak in NBA history. The record is held by the Celtics, who went 1,412 games without losing five straight games from 1950 to 1969.
Also in the Daily Dime was this little story, shared by NBA rookie, All-Star, fan-favorite Blake Griffin on his Twitter page.
Random lady in phoenix: "you're tall you should play basketball" Me: "Ehh I dunno" lady: "no really!" me: "ok I guess I'll give it a try"I think this is hilarious.
