|
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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