The Portland Trail Blazers have a few notable losing streaks heading into next season that they will be looking to snap. Unsurprisingly, their five longest active losing streaks all come from Western Conference teams. After looking at the list of teams, it will be difficult for the Blazers to snap those streaks in 2024-25.
Honorable mentions: Chicago Bulls (five straight losses), Boston Celtics (four), Minnesota Timberwolves (four)
Here are the Blazers’ five biggest losing streaks:
Oklahoma City Thunder – 12 games
Next chance to end the streak: Friday, November 1 (at home)
Los Angeles Clippers – 9 games
Next chance to end the streak: Wednesday, October 30 (away)
Denver Nuggets – 7 games
Next chance to end the streak: Thursday, December 19 (at home)
Golden State Warriors – 6 games
Next chance to end the streak: Wednesday, October 23 (at home)
New Orleans Pelicans – 6 games
Next chance to end the streak: Friday, October 25 (at home)
The good news for the Blazers is that they won’t have to wait long in their Calendar 2024-25 The Blazers will seek revenge for most of their biggest losing streaks. Their regular season begins on October 23 against the Warriors, followed by two games against the Pelicans. The Warriors, Pelicans (three times), Clippers and Thunder are all teams the Blazers will face in the first 10 games. Their first chance to end the seven-game losing streak against the Nuggets will have to wait until December 19.
There’s an obvious reason why these opponents are the most formidable for the Blazers to beat, as they are among the best teams in the NBA and all have playoff aspirations. brutal start to the seasonfacing 27 Western Conference teams in their first 29 games. And the start of their schedule could be even more grueling than initially thought, given how many teams have had the Blazers’ number they’ve played early on.
However, the Clippers, Warriors and Nuggets have all had a worse time in terms of results this offseason, with key free agents leaving, which could give the Blazers a chance. Hopefully, they can snap some of those losing streaks.
