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National Basketball Association Championship Winners.

Season Winner Games Runner-Up
1946-47 Philadelphia Warriors
4-1
Chicago Stags
1947-48 Baltimore Bullets
4-2
Philadelphia Warriors
1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers
4-2
Washington Capitols
1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers
4-2
Syracuse Nationals
1950-51 Rochester Royals
4-3
New York Knicks
1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers
4-3
New York Knicks
1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers
4-1
New York Knicks
1953-54 Minneapolis Lakers
4-3
Syracuse Nationals
1954-55 Syracuse Nationals
4-3
Ft. Wayne Pistons
1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors
4-1
Ft. Wayne Pistons
1956-57 Boston Celtics
4-3
St. Louis Hawks
1957-58 St. Louis Hawks
4-2
Boston Celtics
1958-59 Boston Celtics
4-0
Minneapolis Lakers
1959-60 Boston Celtics
4-3
St. Louis Hawks
1960-61 Boston Celtics
4-1
St. Louis Hawks
1961-62 Boston Celtics
4-3
Los Angeles Lakers
1962-63 Boston Celtics
4-2
Los Angeles Lakers
1963-64 Boston Celtics
4-1
San Francisco Warriors
1964-65 Boston Celtics
4-1
Los Angeles Lakers
1965-66 Boston Celtics
4-3
Los Angeles Lakers
1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers
4-2
San Francisco Warriors
1967-68 Boston Celtics
4-2
Los Angeles Lakers
1968-69 Boston Celtics
4-3
Los Angeles Lakers
1969-70 New York Knicks
4-3
Los Angeles Lakers
1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks
4-0
Baltimore Bullets
1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers
4-1
New York Knicks
1972-73 New York Knicks
4-1
Los Angeles Lakers
1973-74 Boston Celtics
4-3
Milwaukee Bucks
1974-75 Golden State Warriors
4-0
Washington Bullets
1975-76 Boston Celtics
4-2
Phoenix Suns
1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers
4-2
Philadelphia 76ers
1977-78 Washington Bullets
4-3
Seattle SuperSonics
1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics
4-1
Washington Bullets
1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers
4-2
Philadelphia 76ers
1980-81 Boston Celtics
4-2
Houston Rockets
1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers
4-2
Philadelphia 76ers
1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers
4-0
Los Angeles Lakers
1983-84 Boston Celtics
4-3
Los Angeles Lakers
1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers
4-2
Boston Celtics
1985-86 Boston Celtics
4-2
Houston Rockets
1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers
4-2
Boston Celtics
1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers
4-3
Detroit Pistons
1988-89 Detroit Pistons
4-0
Los Angeles Lakers
1989-90 Detroit Pistons
4-1
Portland Trail Blazers
1990-91 Chicago Bulls
4-1
Los Angeles Lakers
1991-92 Chicago Bulls
4-2
Portland Trail Blazers
1992-93 Chicago Bulls
4-2
Phoenix Suns
1993-94 Houston Rockets
4-3
New York Knicks
1994-95 Houston Rockets
4-0
Orlando Magic
1995-96 Chicago Bulls
4-2
Seattle SuperSonics
1996-97 Chicago Bulls
4-2
Utah Jazz
1997-98 Chicago Bulls
4-2
Utah Jazz
1998-99 San Antonio Spurs
4-1
New York Knicks
1999-2000 Los Angeles Lakers
4-2
Indiana Pacers
2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers
4-1
Philadelphia 76ers
2001-02 Los Angeles Lakers
4-0
New Jersey Nets
2002-03 San Antonio Spurs
4-2
New Jersey Nets
2003-04 Detroit Pistons
4-1
Los Angeles Lakers
2004-05 San Antonio Spurs
4-3
Detroit Pistons
2005-06 Miami Heat
4-2
Dallas Mavericks
2006-07 San Antonio Spurs
4-0
Cleveland Cavaliers
2007-08 Boston Celtics
4-2
Los Angeles Lakers
2008-09 Los Angeles Lakers
4-1
Orlando Magic
2009-10 Los Angeles Lakers
4-3
Boston Celtics
2010-11 Dallas Mavericks
4-2
Miami Heat
2011-12 Miami Heat
4-1
Oklahoma City Thunder
2012-13 Miami Heat
4-3
San Antonio Spurs
2013-14 San Antonio Spurs
4-1
Miami Heat
2014-15 Golden State Warriors
4-2
Cleveland Cavaliers
2015-16 Cleveland Cavaliers
4-3
Golden State Warriors
2016-17 Golden State Warriors
4-1
Cleveland Cavaliers
2017-18 Golden State Warriors
4-0
Cleveland Cavaliers
2018-19 Toronto Raptors
4-2
Golden State Warriors
2019-20 Los Angeles Lakers
4-2
Miami Heat