How Longest Win Streaks for Celtics, Patriots, Bruins Compare to Red Sox

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>The Boston Red Sox are trying to break the franchise's record, set in 1946, for longest winning streak.

>This year's club has won 14 in a row entering Wednesday, when they play a doubleheader with the Baltimore Orioles. Those 1946 Red Sox won 15 in a row.

>It's a good excuse to look back at the longest winning streaks put together by each of Boston's other three powerhouse sports teams.

>The Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins and New England Patriots have also had quite impressive winning stretches.

>MORE: A roller coaster win for 14 in a row

Celtics' longest winning streakThe Boston Celtics won 19 games in a row early in the 2008-09 NBA season, one of the highlights of the Big Three era led by Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.

>The Celtics also have an 18-game winning streak in their history, which came during the 1981-82 season.

Patriots' longest winning streakCounting games in the playoffs, the Patriots won 21 consecutive games between Oct. 2003 and Oct. 2004. That included Super Bowl XXXVIII and then a 6-0 start to the 2004 season.

>If going for a streak compiled in a single season, the Patriots had their 16-0 season that they could only top now by going 17-0 in the longer regular season.

Bruins' longest winning streakThe Bruins won 14 games in a row way back in the 1929-30 regular season.

>They also had a 13-game streak in early 1971.

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