NBA Champions

NBA Finals winners

2002 -- LA Lakers def. New Jersey, 4-0

2001 -- LA Lakers def. Philadelphia, 4-1

2000 -- LA Lakers def. Indiana, 4-2

1999 -- San Antonio def. New York, 4-1

1998 -- Chicago def. Utah, 4-2

1997 -- Chicago def. Utah, 4-2

1996 -- Chicago def. Seattle, 4-2

1995 -- Houston def. Orlando, 4-0

1994 -- Houston def. New York, 4-3

1993 -- Chicago def. Phoenix, 4-2

1992 -- Chicago def. Portland, 4-2

1991 -- Chicago def. LA Lakers, 4-1

1990 -- Detroit def. Portland, 4-1

1989 -- Detroit def. LA Lakers, 4-0

1988 -- LA Lakers def. Detroit, 4-3

1987 -- LA Lakers def. Boston, 4-2

1986 -- Boston def. Houston, 4-2

1985 -- LA Lakers def. Boston, 4-2

1984 -- Boston def. LA Lakers, 4-3

1983 -- Philadelphia def. LA Lakers, 4-0

1982 -- LA Lakers def. Philadelphia, 4-2

1981 -- Boston def. Houston, 4-2

1980 -- LA Lakers def. Philadelphia, 4-2

1979 -- Seattle def. Washington, 4-1

1978 -- Washington def. Seattle, 4-3

1977 -- Portland def. Philadelphia, 4-2

1976 -- Boston def. Phoenix, 4-2

1975 -- Golden State def. Washington, 4-0

1974 -- Boston def. Milwaukee, 4-3

1973 -- New York def. LA Lakers, 4-1

1972 -- LA Lakers def. New York, 4-1

1971 -- Milwaukee def. Baltimore, 4-0

1970 -- New York def. LA Lakers, 4-3

1969 -- Boston def. LA Lakers, 4-3

1968 -- Boston def. LA Lakers, 4-2

1967 -- Philadelphia def. San Francisco, 4-2

1966 -- Boston def. LA Lakers,

1965 -- Boston def. LA Lakers, 4-1

1964 -- Boston def. San Francisco, 4-1

1963 -- Boston def. LA Lakers, 4-2

1962 -- Boston def. LA Lakers, 4-3

1961 -- Boston def. St. Louis, 4-1

1960 -- Boston def. St. Louis, 4-3

1959 -- Boston def. Minneapolis, 4-0

1958 -- St. Louis def. Boston, 4-2

1957 -- Boston def. St. Louis, 4-3

1956 -- Philadelphia def. Fort Wayne, 4-1

1955 -- Syracuse def. Fort Wayne, 4-3

1954 -- Minneapolis def. Syracuse, 4-3

1953 -- Minneapolis def. New York, 4-1

1952 -- Minneapolis def. New York, 4-3

1951 -- Rochester def. New York, 4-2

1950 -- Minneapolis def. Syracuse, 4-2

1949 -- Minneapolis def. Washington, 4-2

1948 -- Baltimore def. Philadelphia, 4-2

1947 -- Philadelphia def. Chicago, 4-1