The Sacramento Kings clinched a spot in the NBA playoffs in the 2022-23 campaign and ended the longest drought without playing in postseason of the American professional sports leagues (NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL).
Now, the longest streak without playing in the playoffs belongs to the New York jets of the NFL. The AFC East team accumulates 12 years without postseason. It was in the 2010 campaign that they reached the AFC Championship Game and were defeated by the eventual champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The second longest belongs to the buffalo you knowof the NHL, since they have not played games in the finals since the 2010-11 campaign. On that occasion they were eliminated in the conference quarterfinals by the Philadelphia Flyers.
In the big leagues, the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels They are the teams that have not played for the longest time in October. The two franchises have not advanced to the playoffs since 2014, which represents nine years without cheering their fans.
In that year, the Tigers won the AL Central, but they lost in the Division Series against the Baltimore Orioles. In the case of the Angels, they took the AL Westbut they were eliminated in the same round by the Kansas City Royals.
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Longest active non-playoff streak in the NBA
With the assured participation of the Kings, The longest streak without playing in the NBA postseason belongs to the Charlotte Hornets. Michael Jordan’s team advanced to the playoffs in the 2015-16 season, but were eliminated in the first round by the Miami Heat in a series that lasted seven games. On that Hornets team were Kemba Walker, Al Jefferson, Jeremy Lin, Nicolas Batum, Tyler Hansbrough and Jorge Gutierrez.
