5 longest losing streaks ever in NBA history 

#4 Denver Nuggets: 1997-98, 23 Games

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One of the worst teams of all time, the 97-98 Nuggets were an embarrassment. The decline started, when Dikembe Mutombo left the team in 1996 and they then traded away Antonio McDyess. The Nuggets did acquire Eric Williams from Boston, and he was averaging almost 20 points a game to start off, but a Knee Injury sidelined him for the rest of season after just 4 games.

Sitting at 2-15, the Nuggets started their magical run by losing 92-83 to the Pistons. What followed was one disaster after another, including a 38 point loss to the Nets of all teams. The streak could have ended at 11, but they lost by a point in OT to the Rockets. After losing 23 straight, the Nuggets sat at 2-38 and the worst record in NBA history was well in sight but credit to them, they recovered. The losing streak ended with a win over the Clippers, and 6 wins from the last 19 games helped them avoid the worst record in league history. They still finished with an abject 11-71 record though.