Sacramento Kings’ Top 5 longest winning streaks in NBA history as they ‘Light the Beam’ after 7th straight victory

The Sacramento Kings beat Memphis 113-109 on Tuesday night to secure their seventh straight win and move up to the third spot in the Western Conference.

The Kings were led by star guard De’Aaron Fox, who scored 32 points to go along with eight rebounds, six assists, and four steals.

Sacramento’s recent success has come on the back of their second-ranked team offensive rating of 117.7, behind only the Boston Celtics (118.2). This kind of success is almost unheard of for the Kings franchise that last made the playoffs in 2006.

So on that note, here is how Sacramento's recent seven-game winning streak stacks up with their past winning streaks.

Sacramento Kings' longest-winning streaks

Former Sacramento Kings forward Peja Stojakovic

5. Six-game winning streak (six times)

The Kings' fifth-longest winning streak in franchise history is six games. This has occurred on six different occasions. The first was from Feb. 18, 1986 to Mar. 1, 1986. The second was from Dec. 22, 1992 to Jan. 8, 1993. The third was from Nov. 17, 2002 to Nov. 27, 2002.

The Kings’ fourth six-game winning streak was from Nov. 29, 2002 to Dec. 10, 2002. Their fifth was from Mar. 18, 2003 to Mar. 30, 2003.

Finally, Sacramento’s most recent six-game winning streak was from Jan. 11, 2005 to Jan. 23, 2005.

4. Seven-game winning streak (three times)

Sacramento’s fourth-longest winning streak is their most recent streak of seven games, which started on Nov. 9, 2022. The Kings also won seven straight games from Jan. 9, 2000 to Jan. 22, 2000 and from Nov. 13, 2004 to Nov. 28, 2004.

3. Eight-game winning streak (two times)

The Kings’ third-longest winning streak in franchise history is eight games. They did so twice from Nov. 12, 1999 to Nov. 29, 1999 and from Nov. 14, 2003 to Dec. 5, 2003.

2. 11-game winning streak (2001-2002 Sacramento Kings - Mar. 26, 2002 to Apr. 14, 2002)

Sacramento's second-longest winning streak was for 11 games from Mar. 26, 2002 to Apr. 14, 2002. This was during the Kings’ most successful regular season in 2001-2002 when they won a franchise-record 61 games. The Kings also finished with the best record in the entire NBA that season.

1. 12-game winning streak (2001-2002 Sacramento Kings - Dec. 23, 2001 to Jan. 22, 2002)

Finally, The Kings’ longest winning streak in franchise history extended to 12 games. They accomplished this in the 2001-2002 season from Dec. 23, 2001 to Jan. 22, 2002.

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