NBA FINALS HISTORY
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The NBA Finals is the pro basketball championship of the National Basketball Association. The game pits the winner of the two conferences, Eastern and Western. The NBA Finals starts in June as two teams square off in a best-of-seven series.
The Boston Celtics have won 17 championships, which is tied for the most in NBA history. The franchise won eight consecutive titles from 1959 through 1966. The Los Angeles Lakers have captured the title 17 times, capped off by their championship in 2020.
Chicago (6) and San Antonio (5) were the two franchises that have won four or more championships but Golden State joined them after the 2018 season.
This year, the Golden State Warriors punched their ticket back to the NBA Finals defeating the Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic - who upset the No. 1 seed Phoenix Suns in the Conference Semifinals. The Warriors return to the NBA Finals for the first time since the 2018-19 season and have now been to six of the last eight - while winning the title in four of those six appearances.
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NBA FINALS HISTORY
| Year | Champion | Opponent | Series Result | MVP |
| 2021-22 | Golden State Warriors | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Steph Curry, Golden State |
| 2020-21 | Milwaukee Bucks | Phoenix Suns | 4-2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee |
| 2019-20 | Los Angeles Lakers | Miami Heat | 4-2 | LeBron James, Los Angeles |
| 2018-19 | Toronto Raptors | Golden State Warriors | 4-2 | Kawhi Leonard, Toronto |
| 2017-18 | Golden State Warriors | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4-0 | Kevin Durant, Golden State |
| 2016-17 | Golden State Warriors | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4-1 | Kevin Durant, Golden State |
| 2015-16 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Golden State Warriors | 4-3 | LeBron James, Cleveland |
| 2014-15 | Golden State Warriors | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4-2 | Andre Iguodala, Golden State |
| 2013-14 | San Antonio Spurs | Miami Heat | 4-1 | Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio |
| 2012-13 | Miami Heat | San Antonio Spurs | 4-3 | LeBron James, Miami |
| 2011-12 | Miami Heat | Oklahoma City Thunder | 4-1 | LeBron James, Miami |
| 2010-11 | Dallas Mavericks | Miami Heat | 4-2 | Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas |
| 2009-10 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles |
| 2008-09 | Los Angeles Lakers | Orlando Magic | 4-1 | Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles |
| 2007-08 | Boston Celtics | L.A. Lakers | 4-2 | Paul Pierce, Boston |
| 2006-07 | San Antonio Spurs | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4-0 | Tony Parker, San Antonio |
| 2005-06 | Miami Heat | Dallas Mavericks | 4-2 | Dwyane Wade, Miami |
| 2004-05 | San Antonio Spurs | Detroit Pistons | 4-3 | Tim Duncan, San Antonio |
| 2003-04 | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Chauncey Billups, Detroit |
| 2002-03 | San Antonio Spurs | New Jersey Nets | 4-2 | Tim Duncan, San Antonio |
| 2001-02 | Los Angeles Lakers | New Jersey Nets | 4-0 | Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles |
| 2000-01 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-1 | Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles |
| 1999-00 | Los Angeles Lakers | Indiana Pacers | 4-2 | Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles |
| 1998-99 | San Antonio Spurs | New York Knicks | 4-1 | Tim Duncan, San Antonio |
| 1997-98 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4-2 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1996-97 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4-2 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1995-96 | Chicago Bulls | Seattle SuperSonics | 4-2 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1994-95 | Houston Rockets | Orlando Magic | 4-0 | Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston |
| 1993-94 | Houston Rockets | New York Knicks | 4-3 | Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston |
| 1992-93 | Chicago Bulls | Phoenix Suns | 4-2 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1991-92 | Chicago Bulls | Portland Trail Blazers | 4-2 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1990-91 | Chicago Bulls | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1989-90 | Detroit Pistons | Portland Trail Blazers | 4-1 | Isiah Thomas, Detroit |
| 1988-89 | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0 | Joe Dumars, Detroit |
| 1987-88 | Los Angeles Lakers | Detroit Pistons | 4-3 | James Worthy, Los Angeles |
| 1986-87 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Magic Johnson, Los Angeles |
| 1985-86 | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4-2 | Larry Bird , Boston |
| 1984-85 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles |
| 1983-84 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | Larry Bird, Boston |
| 1982-83 | Philadelphia 76ers | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0 | Moses Malone, Philadelphia |
| 1981-82 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2 | Magic Johnson, Los Angeles |
| 1980-81 | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4-2 | Cedric Maxwell, Boston |
| 1979-80 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2 | Magic Johnson, Los Angeles |
| 1978-79 | Seattle SuperSonics | Washington Bullets | 4-1 | Dennis Johnson, Seattle |
| 1977-78 | Washington Bullets | Seattle SuperSonics | 4-3 | Wes Unseld, Washington |
| 1976-77 | Portland Trail Blazers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2 | Bill Walton, Portland |
| 1975-76 | Boston Celtics | Phoenix Suns | 4-2 | Jo Jo White, Boston |
| 1974-75 | Golden State Warriors | Washington Bullets | 4-0 | Rick Barry, Golden State |
| 1973-74 | Boston Celtics | Milwaukee Bucks | 4-3 | John Havlicek, Boston |
| 1972-73 | New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Willis Reed, New York |
| 1971-72 | Los Angeles Lakers | New York Knicks | 4-1 | Wilt Chamberlain, Los Angeles |
| 1970-71 | Milwaukee Bucks | Baltimore Bullets | 4-0 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee |
| 1969-70 | New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | Willis Reed, New York |
| 1968-69 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | Jerry West, Los Angeles |
| 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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