Longest NBA playoff win streaks: Where Knicks' dominant run ranks in league history

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Winning 10 consecutive games in the regular season is hard enough. The New York Knicks haven't done it since 2013, and they have only put together six regular-season win streaks of at least 10 games in their history.

A double-digit win streak in the playoffs seems downright impossible, particularly in this new era of NBA parity. The Knicks have done it anyway, winning comfortably more often than not along the way.

While what the Knicks have done isn't unprecedented, the streak puts them in rare territory in NBA history — and they extended their run by stealing Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals vs. the Spurs on the road.

Here's a look at the longest win streaks in NBA playoff history and where the Knicks rank all-time.

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No team has come close to the Warriors ' record of 15 consecutive wins in one playoffs, as they came one win away from perfection in 2017 before taking their first and only loss of the playoffs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

The Knicks' streak is surpassed by only one: the 2017 Warriors. The 2026 New York team is now tied with the 1999 Spurs, who beat the Knicks in the Finals,  with a 12-game playoff win streak, also surpassing the 2001 Lakers and the 1989 Lakers, who had 11 consecutive wins.