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The National Basketball Association (NBA) (formerly Basketball Association of America (BAA) from 1946 to 1949) Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the NBA's postseason. All Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 in which the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions. Prior to 1949, the playoffs were instituted a three-stage tournament where the two semifinal winners played each other in the finals.[1][2][3] The winning team of the series receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.
The home-and-away format in the NBA Finals is in a 2–2–1–1–1 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in Games 1, 2, 5 and 7) during 1947–1948, 1950–1952, 1957–1970, 1972–1974, 1976–1977, 1979–1984, 2014–present. It was previously in a 2–3–2 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in Games 1, 2, 6 and 7) during 1949, 1953–1955, and 1985–2013,[4][5][6][7][8][9] in a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format during 1956 and 1971[10][11] and in a 1–2–2–1–1 format during 1975 and 1978.[12][13]
The Eastern Conference/Division leads the Western Conference/Division in series won (38–32). The defunct Central Division won one championship. The Boston Celtics and the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers alone own almost half of the titles, having won a combined 33 of 72 championships.
Champions
- The first brackets in the Western Champion and Eastern Champion columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second brackets indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an NBA Finals as well as each respective team's NBA Finals record to date.
Bold | Winning team of the NBA Finals |
Year | Western Champion | Coach | Result | Eastern Champion | Coach | Reference |
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1947 | Chicago Stags (1) (1, 0–1) | Harold Olsen | 1–4 | Philadelphia Warriors (2) (1, 1–0) | Eddie Gottlieb | [14] |
1948 | Baltimore Bullets (2) (1, 1–0) | Buddy Jeannette | 4–2 | Philadelphia Warriors (1) (2, 1–1) | Eddie Gottlieb | [15] |
1949 | Minneapolis Lakers (2) (1, 1–0) | John Kundla | 4–2 | Washington Capitols (1) (1, 0–1) | Red Auerbach | [16] |
1950 | Minneapolis Lakers (1) [a] (2, 2–0) | John Kundla | 4–2 | Syracuse Nationals (1) (1, 0–1) | Al Cervi | [17][18] |
1951 | Rochester Royals (2) (1, 1–0) | Les Harrison | 4–3 | New York Knicks (3) (1, 0–1) | Joe Lapchick | [19] |
1952 | Minneapolis Lakers (2) (3, 3–0) | John Kundla | 4–3 | New York Knicks (3) (2, 0–2) | Joe Lapchick | [20] |
1953 | Minneapolis Lakers (1) (4, 4–0) | John Kundla | 4–1 | New York Knicks (1) (3, 0–3) | Joe Lapchick | [21] |
1954 | Minneapolis Lakers (1) (5, 5–0) | John Kundla | 4–3 | Syracuse Nationals (1) (3, 0–3) | Al Cervi | [22] |
1955 | Fort Wayne Pistons (1) (1, 0–1) | Charles Eckman | 3–4 | Syracuse Nationals (1) (3, 1–2) | Al Cervi | [23] |
1956 | Fort Wayne Pistons (1) (2, 0–2) | Charles Eckman | 1–4 | Philadelphia Warriors (1) (3, 2–1) | George Senesky | [24] |
1957 | St. Louis Hawks (1) (1, 0–1) | Alex Hannum | 3–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (1, 1–0) | Red Auerbach | [25] |
1958 | St. Louis Hawks (1) (2, 1–1) | Alex Hannum | 4–2 | Boston Celtics (1) (2, 1–1) | Red Auerbach | [26] |
1959 | Minneapolis Lakers (2) (6, 5–1) | John Kundla | 0–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (3, 2–1) | Red Auerbach | [27] |
1960 | St. Louis Hawks (1) (3, 1–2) | Ed Macauley | 3–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (4, 3–1) | Red Auerbach | [28] |
1961 | St. Louis Hawks (1) (4, 1–3) | Paul Seymour | 1–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (5, 4–1) | Red Auerbach | [29] |
1962 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (7, 5–2) | Fred Schaus | 3–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (6, 5–1) | Red Auerbach | [30] |
1963 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (8, 5–3) | Fred Schaus | 2–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (7, 6–1) | Red Auerbach | [31] |
1964[b] | San Francisco Warriors (1) (4, 2–2) | Alex Hannum | 1–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (8, 7–1) | Red Auerbach | [32] |
1965 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (9, 5–4) | Fred Schaus | 1–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (9, 8–1) | Red Auerbach | [33] |
1966 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (10, 5–5) | Fred Schaus | 3–4 | Boston Celtics (2) (10, 9–1) | Red Auerbach | [34] |
1967 | San Francisco Warriors (1) (5, 2–3) | Bill Sharman | 2–4 | Philadelphia 76ers (1) (4, 2–2) | Alex Hannum | [35] |
1968 | Los Angeles Lakers (2) (11, 5–6) | Butch van Breda Kolff | 2–4 | Boston Celtics (2) (11, 10–1) | Bill Russell | [36] |
1969 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (12, 5–7) | Butch van Breda Kolff | 3–4 | Boston Celtics (4) (12, 11–1) | Bill Russell | [37] |
1970 | Los Angeles Lakers (2) (13, 5–8) | Joe Mullaney | 3–4 | New York Knicks (1) (4, 1–3) | Red Holzman | [38] |
1971 | Milwaukee Bucks (1) (1, 1–0) | Larry Costello | 4–0 | Baltimore Bullets (1) (1, 0–1) | Gene Shue | [39] |
1972 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (14, 6–8) | Bill Sharman | 4–1 | New York Knicks (2) (5, 1–4) | Red Holzman | [40] |
1973 | Los Angeles Lakers (2) (15, 6–9) | Bill Sharman | 1–4 | New York Knicks (2) (6, 2–4) | Red Holzman | [41] |
1974 | Milwaukee Bucks (1) (2, 1–1) | Larry Costello | 3–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (13, 12–1) | Tom Heinsohn | [42] |
1975 | Golden State Warriors (1) (6, 3–3) | Al Attles | 4–0 | Washington Bullets (2) (2, 0–2) | K.C. Jones | [43] |
1976 | Phoenix Suns (3) (1, 0–1) | John MacLeod | 2–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (14, 13–1) | Tom Heinsohn | [44] |
1977[c] | Portland Trail Blazers (3) (1, 1–0) | Jack Ramsey | 4–2 | Philadelphia 76ers (1) (5, 2–3) | Gene Shue | [47] |
1978 | Seattle SuperSonics (4) (1, 0–1) | Lenny Wilkens | 3–4 | Washington Bullets (3) (3, 1–2) | Dick Motta | [48] |
1979 | Seattle SuperSonics (1) (2, 1–1) | Lenny Wilkens | 4–1 | Washington Bullets (1) (4, 1–3) | Dick Motta | [49] |
1980 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (16, 7–9) | Paul Westhead | 4–2 | Philadelphia 76ers (3) (6, 2–4) | Billy Cunningham | [50] |
1981 | Houston Rockets (6) (1, 0–1) | Del Harris | 2–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (15, 14–1) | Bill Fitch | [51] |
1982 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (17, 8–9) | Pat Riley | 4–2 | Philadelphia 76ers (3) (7, 2–5) | Billy Cunningham | [52] |
1983 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (18, 8–10) | Pat Riley | 0–4 | Philadelphia 76ers (1) (8, 3–5) | Billy Cunningham | [53] |
1984[d] | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (19, 8–11) | Pat Riley | 3–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (16, 15–1) | K.C. Jones | [54] |
1985 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (20, 9–11) | Pat Riley | 4–2 | Boston Celtics (1) (17, 15–2) | K.C. Jones | [55] |
1986 | Houston Rockets (2) (2, 0–2) | Bill Fitch | 2–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (18, 16–2) | K.C. Jones | [56] |
1987 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (21, 10–11) | Pat Riley | 4–2 | Boston Celtics (1) (19, 16–3) | K.C. Jones | [57] |
1988 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (22, 11–11) | Pat Riley | 4–3 | Detroit Pistons (2) (3, 0–3) | Chuck Daly | [58] |
1989 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (23, 11–12) | Pat Riley | 0–4 | Detroit Pistons (1) (4, 1–3) | Chuck Daly | [59] |
1990 | Portland Trail Blazers (3) (2, 1–1) | Rick Adelman | 1–4 | Detroit Pistons (1) (5, 2–3) | Chuck Daly | [60] |
1991 | Los Angeles Lakers (3) (24, 11–13) | Mike Dunleavy | 1–4 | Chicago Bulls (1) (1, 1–0) | Phil Jackson | [61] |
1992 | Portland Trail Blazers (1) (3, 1–2) | Rick Adelman | 2–4 | Chicago Bulls (1) (2, 2–0) | Phil Jackson | [62] |
1993 | Phoenix Suns (1) (2, 0–2) | Paul Westphal | 2–4 | Chicago Bulls (2) (3, 3–0) | Phil Jackson | [63] |
1994 | Houston Rockets (2) (3, 1–2) | Rudy Tomjanovich | 4–3 | New York Knicks (2) (7, 2–5) | Pat Riley | [64] |
1995 | Houston Rockets (6) (4, 2–2) | Rudy Tomjanovich | 4–0 | Orlando Magic (1) (1, 0–1) | Brian Hill | [65] |
1996 | Seattle SuperSonics (1) (3, 1–2) | George Karl | 2–4 | Chicago Bulls (1) (4, 4–0) | Phil Jackson | [66] |
1997 | Utah Jazz (1) (1, 0–1) | Jerry Sloan | 2–4 | Chicago Bulls (1) (5, 5–0) | Phil Jackson | [67] |
1998 | Utah Jazz (1) (2, 0–2) | Jerry Sloan | 2–4 | Chicago Bulls (1) (6, 6–0) | Phil Jackson | [68] |
1999[e] | San Antonio Spurs (1) (1, 1–0) | Gregg Popovich | 4–1 | New York Knicks (8) (8, 2–6) | Jeff Van Gundy | [70] |
2000 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (25, 12–13) | Phil Jackson | 4–2 | Indiana Pacers (1) (1, 0–1) | Larry Bird | [71] |
2001 | Los Angeles Lakers (2) (26, 13–13) | Phil Jackson | 4–1 | Philadelphia 76ers (1) (9, 3–6) | Larry Brown | [72] |
2002 | Los Angeles Lakers (3) (27, 14–13) | Phil Jackson | 4–0 | New Jersey Nets (1) (1, 0–1) | Byron Scott | [73] |
2003 | San Antonio Spurs (1) (2, 2–0) | Gregg Popovich | 4–2 | New Jersey Nets (2) (2, 0–2) | Byron Scott | [74] |
2004 | Los Angeles Lakers (2) (28, 14–14) | Phil Jackson | 1–4 | Detroit Pistons (3) (6, 3–3) | Larry Brown | [75] |
2005 | San Antonio Spurs (2) (3, 3–0) | Gregg Popovich | 4–3 | Detroit Pistons (2) (7, 3–4) | Larry Brown | [76] |
2006 | Dallas Mavericks (4) (1, 0–1) | Avery Johnson | 2–4 | Miami Heat (2) (1, 1–0) | Pat Riley | [77] |
2007 | San Antonio Spurs (3) (4, 4–0) | Gregg Popovich | 4–0 | Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (1, 0–1) | Mike Brown | [78] |
2008 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (29, 14–15) | Phil Jackson | 2–4 | Boston Celtics (1) (20, 17–3) | Doc Rivers | [79] |
2009 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (30, 15–15) | Phil Jackson | 4–1 | Orlando Magic (3) (2, 0–2) | Stan Van Gundy | [80] |
2010 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (31, 16–15) | Phil Jackson | 4–3 | Boston Celtics (4) (21, 17–4) | Doc Rivers | [81] |
2011 | Dallas Mavericks (3) (2, 1–1) | Rick Carlisle | 4–2 | Miami Heat (2) (2, 1–1) | Erik Spoelstra | [82] |
2012[f] | Oklahoma City Thunder (2) (4, 1–3) | Scott Brooks | 1–4 | Miami Heat (2) (3, 2–1) | Erik Spoelstra | [85] |
2013 | San Antonio Spurs (2) (5, 4–1) | Gregg Popovich | 3–4 | Miami Heat (1) (4, 3–1) | Erik Spoelstra | [86] |
2014 | San Antonio Spurs (1) (6, 5–1) | Gregg Popovich | 4–1 | Miami Heat (2) (5, 3–2) | Erik Spoelstra | [87] |
2015 | Golden State Warriors (1) (7, 4–3) | Steve Kerr | 4–2 | Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (2, 0–2) | David Blatt | [88] |
2016 | Golden State Warriors (1) (8, 4–4) | Steve Kerr | 3–4 | Cleveland Cavaliers (1) (3, 1–2) | Tyronn Lue | [89] |
2017 | Golden State Warriors (1) (9, 5–4) | Steve Kerr | 4–1 | Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (4, 1–3) | Tyronn Lue | [90] |
2018 | Golden State Warriors (2) (10, 6–4) | Steve Kerr | 4–0 | Cleveland Cavaliers (4) (5, 1–4) | Tyronn Lue | [91] |
Results by teams
Notes
- ^ Due to the NBA's realignment into three divisions, the team with the best regular season record after the Divisional Finals advanced automatically to the NBA Finals while the other two teams faced off in the NBA Semifinals to determine the other finalist. Eastern Division champion Syracuse had the best regular season record among the division champions, causing Central Division (no relation to the current Central Division) champion Minneapolis to face Western Division champion Anderson Packers in the NBA Semifinals.[17]
- ^ The trophy was renamed for Walter A. Brown.
- ^ The trophy was replaced by a new design.[45][46]
- ^ The trophy was renamed for Larry O'Brien.
- ^ Due to a lockout, the season did not start until February 5, 1999, and all 29 teams played a shortened 50 game regular season schedule.[69]
- ^ Due to a lockout, the season did not start until December 25, 2011 and all 30 teams played a shortened 66-game regular season schedule.[83][84]
- ^ Not affiliated with the present-day Washington Wizards who were known as the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets from 1963 to 1997.
See also
- NBA Playoffs
- Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
- List of NBA Development League champions
- List of NBA championship head coaches
- List of NBA players with most championships
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