I wrote today about Flip Saunders having very little experience with long losing streaks during his NBA head coaching career. The stat box made it into the print edition but not online so here’s the full rundown:
Year Team Overall record Losing streaks (4 games or more)
1995-96 MIN 20-42* 5
1996-97 MIN 40-42 1
1997-98 MIN 45-37 2
1998-99 MIN 25-25** 2
1999-00 MIN 50-32 2
2000-01 MIN 47-35 2
2001-02 MIN 50-32 1
2002-03 MIN 51-31 0
2003-04 MIN 58-24 0
2004-05 MIN 25-26*** 2
2005-06 DET 64-18 0
2006-07 DET 53-29 0
2007-08 DET 59-23 0
2009-10 WAS 2-5 1
*took over midseason **strike-shortened ***fired mid-season
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