NBA champions

Year Champion Runner-up Series MVP
1998-99 San Antonio Spurs New York Knicks 4-1 Tim Duncan (Spurs)
1997-98 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 4-2 Michael Jordan (Bulls)
1996-97 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 4-2 Michael Jordan (Bulls)
1995-96 Chicago Bulls Seattle SuperSonics 4-2 Michael Jordan (Bulls)
1994-95 Houston Rockets Orlando Magic 4-0 Hakeem Olajuwon (Rockets)
1993-94 Houston Rockets New York Knicks 4-3 Hakeen Olajuwon (Rockets)
1992-93 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 4-2 Michael Jordan (Bulls)
1991-92 Chicago Bulls Portland Trail Blazers 4-2 Michael Jordan (Bulls)
1990-91 Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 Michael Jordan (Bulls)
1989-90 Detroit Pistons Portland Trail Blazers 4-1 Isiah Thomas (Pistons)
1988-89 Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 Joe Dumars (Pistons)
1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons 4-3 James Worthy (Lakers)
1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics 4-2 Magic Johnson (Lakers)
1985-86 Boston Celtics Houston Rockets 4-2 Larry Bird (Celtics)
1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics 4-2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lakers)
1983-84 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Larry Bird (Celtics)
1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 Moses Malone (76ers)
1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 Magic Johnson (Lakers)
1980-81 Boston Celtics Houston Rockets 4-2 Cedric Maxwell (Celtics)
1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 Magic Johnson (Lakers)
1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics Washington Bullets 4-1 Dennis Johnson (Sonics)
1977-78 Washington Bullets Seattle SuperSonics 4-3 Wes Unseld (Bullets)
1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 Bill Walton (Blazers)
1975-76 Boston Celtics Phoenix Suns 4-2 Jo Jo White (Celtics)
1974-75 Golden State Warriors Washington Bullets 4-0 Rick Barry (Warriors)
1973-74 Boston Celtics Milwaukee Bucks 4-3 John Havlicek (Celtics)
1972-73 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 Willis Reed (Knicks)
1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers New York Knicks 4-1 Wilt Chamberlain (Lakers)
1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks Baltimore Bullets 4-0 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Bucks)
1969-70 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Willis Reed (Knicks)
1968-69 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Jerry West (Lakers)
1967-68 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-2  
1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers San Francisco Warriors 4-2  
1965-66 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-3  
1964-65 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-1  
1963-64 Boston Celtics San Francisco Warriors 4-1  
1962-63 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-2  
1961-62 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-3  
1960-61 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 4-1  
1959-60 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 4-3  
1958-59 Boston Celtics Minneapolis Lakers 4-0  
1957-58 St. Louis Hawks Boston Celtics 4-2  
1956-57 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 4-3  
1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors Fort Wayne Pistons 4-1  
1954-55 Syracuse Nationals Fort Wayne Pistons 4-3  
1953-54 Minneapolis Lakers Syracuse Nationals 4-3  
1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers New York Knicks 4-1  
1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers New York Knicks 4-3  
1950-51 Rochester Royals New York Knicks 4-3  
1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers Syracuse Nationals 4-2  
1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers Washington Capitols 4-2  
1947-48 Baltimore Bullets Philadelphia Warriors 4-2  
1946-47 Philadelphia Warriors Chicago Stags 4-1  
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