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[h3]How Does the Mavs Win Streak Stack Up?[/h3]
Therehave been seven winning streaks of at least eight games or more in theNBA this season including the Mavs current eight game streak. Dallashas beaten some quality opponents during this tear through the league,so I wanted to see how it compared to the others. Here is what I found…
Cleveland Cavaliers- Longest winning streak: 13 games
Jan 16- Feb. 11: @LAC, v. TOR, v. LAL, v. OKC, @MIA, v. MIN, @IND, v. LAC, v. MEM, v. MIA, v. NYK, v. NJ, v. ORL
Home Games- 10
Road Games- 3
# of games against potential playoff teams: 6
Outscored opponents: 1,351- 1,219 (+132)
Combined opponent’s records: (348-426)
Boston Celtics- Longest winning streak: 11 games
Nov. 22- Dec 24: @NYK, v. Sixers, v. Raptors, @MIA, @ CHAR, @ San Antonio, @ OKC, v. MIL, @WASH, @ CHI, @MEM
Home Games- 3
Road Games- 8
# of games against potential playoff teams: 6
Outscored opponents: 1,149- 1,039 (+110)
Combined opponent’s records: (311-336)
Los Angeles Lakers- Longest winning streak: 11 games
Nov. 17- Dec. 11: v. DET, v. CHI, v. OKC, v. NYK, @GSTATE, v. NJ, v. NO, v. MIA, v. PHX, v. UTH, v. MINN
Home Games- 10
Road Games- 1
# of games against potential playoff teams 5
Outscored opponents 1,182- 1,008 (+174)
Combined opponent’s records: (279-376)
Utah Jazz- Longest winning streak: 9 games
Jan. 20- Feb. 9: @ SAN, v. NJ, v. PHX, @ PORT, v. SAC, v. DAL, v. PORT, v. DEN, @LAC
Home Games- 6
Road Games- 3
# of games against potential playoff teams: 6
Outscored opponents: 999-887 (+112)
Combined opponent’s records: (272-270)
Oklahoma City Thunder- Longest winning streak: 9 games
Jan. 29- Feb. 21: v. DEN, v. GSTATE, v. ATL, @ NO, @ GSTATE, @PORT, v. DAL, @NYK, @ MINN
Home Games- 4
Road Games- 5
# of games against potential playoff teams 4
Outscored opponents: 944-869 (+75)
Combined opponent’s records: (252-287)
Denver Nuggets- Longest winning streak: 8 games
Jan. 11- Jan. 27: v. MIN, v. ORL, v. UTH, @ GSTATE, v. LAC, v. NO, v. CHAR, @ HOU
Home Games- 6
Away Games- 2
# of games against potential playoff teams: 4
Outscored opponents 884-801 (+83)
Combined opponent’s records: (223-253)
Dallas Mavericks- Winning streak currently: 8 games
Feb. 17- still going v. PHX, @ ORL, v. MIA, v. IND, v. LAL, @ ATL, v. NO, @ CHAR
Home Games- 5
Road Games- 3
# of games against potential playoff teams 6
Outscored opponents 799-738 (+61)
Combined opponent’s records: (269-210)
(Potential playoff teams= top 9 teams in standings of each conference, all records and scores as of 03/01/10)
WhenI look at the statistics, it is quite apparent that the Mavs and Jazzhave beaten the most quality opponents during their streaks. Dallas andUtah both beat six potential playoff teams and their opponents combinedrecord is over .500. The Celtics win streak is impressive when you takein to account the number of road wins and number of potential playoffteams they took down.
TheLakers and Cavs also had very good winning streaks but a lot of theirgames came at home where most people would expect them to win.
I’mnot trying to demean any of these teams winning streaks because winningthat many games in a row in the NBA is not something that is easy todo. I just wanted to point out how great this winning streak has beenfor the Mavs. They have beaten some very good opponents in the past twoweeks and this team could be on the path to something special. Theirschedule is very favorable coming up with six of their next eightcoming at home against subpar opponents. It will be interesting to seehow long the Mavs can stretch this thing out.
