Harlem Globetrotters - Winning and defeats

In January 1952, the Harlem Globetrotters lost to the Seattle University. After losing to the Washington Generals in 1962, the Harlem Globetrotters lost only two more games in the next 38 years. On January 5, 1971 they lost in Martin, Tennessee to the New Jersey Reds, 100–99 in overtime; that ended an alleged 2,495-game winning streak. The 8,829 games in twenty-four years would mean the Globetrotters were playing nearly 368 games per year, or more than one game a day some days, for twenty-four years. This is due to the fact that multiple team line-ups tour as The Harlem Globetrotters to allow for a greater number of exhibitions. The Globetrotters won the other 10 games during that European tour.

On November 10 and 11 at Vanderbilt University and the University of Maryland, another defending champion, they lost close games to both teams, their first consecutive defeats since 1961. Yet the tour probably marked a decade of improvement as a competitive team. On February 27, 2006, the Globetrotters extended their overall record to exactly 22,000 wins.

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