Index
NBA Finals

NBA FINALS

Year Champion Runner-up G MVP
2001-02 Los Angeles Lakers New Jersey Nets 4-0 Shaquille O'Neal, L.A.
2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 76ers 4-1 Shaquille O'Neal, L.A.
1999-00 Los Angeles Lakers Indiana Pacers 4-2 Shaquille O'Neal, L.A.
1998-99 San Antonio Spurs New York Knicks 4-1 Tim Duncan, S.A.
1997-98 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 4-2 Michael Jordan, Chi.
1996-97 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 4-2 Michael Jordan, Chi.
1995-96 Chicago Bulls Seattle SuperSonics 4-2 Michael Jordan, Chi.
1994-95 Houston Rockets Orlando Magic 4-0 Hakeem Olajuwon, Hou.
1993-94 Houston Rockets New York Knicks 4-3 Hakeem Olajuwon, Hou.
1992-93 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 4-2 Michael Jordan, Chi.
1991-92 Chicago Bulls Portland Trail Blazers 4-2 Michael Jordan, Chi.
1990-91 Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 Michael Jordan, Chi.
1989-90 Detroit Pistons Portland Trail Blazers 4-1 Isiah Thomas, Det.
1988-89 Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 Joe Dumars, Det.
1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons 4-3 James Worthy, L.A.
1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics 4-2 Magic Johnson, L.A.
1985-86 Boston Celtics Houston Rockets 4-2 Larry Bird, Bos.
1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics 4-2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, L.A.
1983-84 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Larry Bird, Bos.
1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 Moses Malone, Phi.
1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 Magic Johnson, L.A.
1980-81 Boston Celtics Houston Rockets 4-2 Cedric Maxwell, Bos.
1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 Magic Johnson, L.A.
1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics Washington Bullets 4-1 Dennis Johnson, Sea.
1977-78 Washington Bullets Seattle SuperSonics 4-3 Wes Unseld, Was.
1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 Bill Walton, Por.
1975-76 Boston Celtics Phoenix Suns 4-2 Jo Jo White, Bos.
1974-75 Golden State Warriors Washington Bullets 4-0 Rick Barry, G.S.
1973-74 Boston Celtics Milwaukee Bucks 4-3 John Havlicek, Bos.
1972-73 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 Willis Reed, N.Y.
1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers New York Knicks 4-1 Wilt Chamberlain, L.A.
1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks Baltimore Bullets 4-0 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mil.
1969-70 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Willis Reed, N.Y.
1968-69 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Jerry West, L.A.
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
  Compiled by Al Hoffman,
John Grasso and Robert Bradley (some of the information
provided by Dick Pfander).