{"id":1363,"date":"2013-01-08T18:21:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T00:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2019-04-08T22:56:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T03:56:55","slug":"today-in-nba-history-1972-lakers-win-33rd-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/today-in-nba-history-1972-lakers-win-33rd-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Today In NBA History 1972: Lakers Win 33rd In A Row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4963 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/longest-winning-streak-in-nba-history.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4963 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/longest-winning-streak-in-nba-history.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Today in 1972, the Lakers set an untouchable record. This is potentially the most overlooked record in all of sports.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->To put the record into perspective, the Clippers 17 game winning streak that ended less than a week ago was little more than half as long.<\/p>\n<p>On 1\/7\/72, the\u00a0Lakers\u00a0beat the Atlanta Hawks 134-90 for their\u00a033rd\u00a0win in a row. Two days later the streak was broken during a 120-104 loss to a Milwaukee Bucks team led by Kareem\u00a0Abdul-Jabar\u00a0and Oscar Robertson. 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