Buddy Hield is now 6th all-time for most games played with no playoffs / News - Basketnews.com

Buddy Hield has played 545 career NBA games without making a playoff appearance, which is now the 6th all-time result in the category. He is set to become 4th the next year.

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With the loss against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Indiana Pacers got eliminated from NBA playoff contention. As a result, one of the more unusual streaks will continue for at least one more season.

Buddy Hield

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At 30 years old, Indiana's Buddy Hield has now played 545 games in his career without ever making an appearance in the playoffs, placing him 6th all-time in the category.

Taking Hield's durability and lack of injury history into account, the guard will become the 4th all-time on the list the next season, overtaking Omri Casspi. Tom Van Arsdale is first all-time with 929 games and 12 seasons played without a playoff appearance.

Hield is first by a wide margin among the current active players. The three next closest players have all ended their playoff droughts this season as De'Aaron Fox, Malik Monk (both with Sacramento Kings), and Josh Hart (with New York Knicks) will play in the postseason this year.

The next closest active player will most likely be Lauri Markkanen, who's played 348 games without a playoff appearance. With the Utah Jazz two games behind the 10th-placed Oklahoma City Thunder and just 4 games left to play, the Finnish forward's appearance in the play-in tournament is unlikely.

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