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NBA: National Basketball Association
Year by Year Champions

The NBA is the most important basketball League around the world and it is where the top basketball players of the history have played. To play in the NBA is the dream of every player around the globe.

The League currently have 30 teams (or franchises), distributed in 6 divisions, that play 82 games in the Regular Season to qualify for the Playoffs. The playoffs are divided in two Conferences (Western and Eastern) composed of 16 teams each. The NBA champion have to win 4 series to the best of 7 games with a total of 16 victories.

More information: Year by Year Champions - Summary of Winners - Team by Team

Year by year NBA Champions

Year Champion Runner-Up Res Finals MVP Season MVP
2007-08 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 Paul Pierce
Boston Celtics		 Kobe Bryant
Los Angeles Lakers
2006-07 San Antonio Spurs Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0 Tony Parker
San Antonio		 Dirk Nowitzki
Dallas Mavericks
2005-06 Miami Heat Dallas Mavericks 4-2 Dwyane Wade
Miami Heat 		Steve Nash
Phoenix Suns
2004-05 San Antonio Spurs Detroit Pistons 4-3 Tim Duncan
San Antonio 		Steve Nash
Phoenix Suns
2003-04 Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 Chauncey Billups
Detroit Pistons		 Kevin Garnett
Minnesota
2002-03 San Antonio Spurs New Jersey Nets 4-2 Tim Duncan
San Antonio		 Tim Duncan
San Antonio
2001-02 Los Angeles Lakers New Jersey Nets 4-0 Shaquille O'Neal
Los Angeles		 Tim Duncan
San Antonio
2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 76ers 4-1 Shaquille O'Neal
Los Angeles		 Allen Iverson
Philadelphia
1999-00 Los Angeles Lakers Indiana Pacers 4-2 Shaquille O'Neal
Los Angeles		 Shaquille O'Neal
Los Angeles Lakers
1998-99 San Antonio Spurs New York Knicks 4-1 Tim Duncan
San Antonio		 Karl Malone
Utah
1997-98 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 4-2 Michael Jordan
Chicago		 Michael Jordan
Chicago
1996-97 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 4-2 Michael Jordan
Chicago		 Karl Malone
Utah
1995-96 Chicago Bulls Seattle SuperSonics 4-2 Michael Jordan
Chicago		 Michael Jordan
Chicago
1994-95 Houston Rockets Orlando Magic 4-0 Hakeem Olajuwon
Houston		 David Robinson
San Antonio
1993-94 Houston Rockets New York Knicks 4-3 Hakeem Olajuwon
Houston		 Hakeem Olajuwon
Houston
1992-93 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 4-2 Michael Jordan
Chicago		 Charles Barkley
Phoenix
1991-92 Chicago Bulls Portland Trail Blazers 4-2 Michael Jordan
Chicago		 Michael Jordan
Chicago
1990-91 Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 Michael Jordan
Chicago		 Michael Jordan
Chicago
1989-90 Detroit Pistons Portland Trail Blazers 4-1 Isiah Thomas
Detroit		 Magic Johnson
Los Angeles Lakers
1988-89 Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 Joe Dumars
Detroit		 Magic Johnson
Los Angeles Lakers
1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons 4-3 James Worthy
Los Angeles		 Michael Jordan
Chicago
1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics 4-2 Magic Johnson
Los Angeles		 Magic Johnson
Los Angeles Lakers
1985-86 Boston Celtics Houston Rockets 4-2 Larry Bird
Boston		 Larry Bird
Boston
1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics 4-2 K. Abdul-Jabbar
Los Angeles		 Larry Bird
Boston
1983-84 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Larry Bird
Boston		 Larry Bird
Boston
1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 Moses Malone
Philadelphia		 Moses Malone
Philadelphia
1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 Magic Johnson
Los Angeles		 Moses Malone
Houston
1980-81 Boston Celtics Houston Rockets 4-2 Cedric Maxwell
Boston		 Julius Erving
Philadelphia
1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 Magic Johnson
Los Angeles		 K. Abdul-Jabbar
Los Angeles
1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics Washington Bullets 4-1 Dennis Johnson
Seattle		 Moses Malone
Houston
1977-78 Washington Bullets Seattle SuperSonics 4-3 Wes Unseld
Washington 		Bill Walton
Portland
1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 Bill Walton
Portland		 K. Abdul-Jabbar
Los Angeles
1975-76 Boston Celtics Phoenix Suns 4-2 Jo Jo White
Boston		 K. Abdul-Jabbar
Los Angeles
1974-75 Golden State Warriors Washington Bullets 4-0 Rick Barry
Golden State		 Bob McAdoo
Buffalo
1973-74 Boston Celtics Milwaukee Bucks 4-3 John Havlicek
Boston		 K. Abdul-Jabbar
Milwaukee
1972-73 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 Willis Reed
New York		 Dave Cowens
Boston
1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers New York Knicks 4-1 Wilt Chamberlain
Los Angeles		 K. Abdul-Jabbar
Milwaukee
1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks Baltimore Bullets 4-0 K. Abdul-Jabbar
Milwaukee		 Lew Alcindor
Milwaukee
1969-70 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Willis Reed
New York		 Willis Reed
New York
1968-69 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Jerry West
Los Angeles		 Wes Unseld
Baltimore
1967-68 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 - Wilt Chamberlain
Philadelphia
1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers San Francisco Warriors 4-2 - Wilt Chamberlain
Philadelphia
1965-66 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 - Wilt Chamberlain
Philadelphia
1964-65 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 - Bill Russell
Boston
1963-64 Boston Celtics San Francisco Warriors 4-1 - Oscar Robertson
Cincinnati
1962-63 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 - Bill Russell
Boston
1961-62 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 - Bill Russell
Boston
1960-61 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 4-1 - Bill Russell
Boston
1959-60 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 4-3 - Wilt Chamberlain
Philadelphia
1958-59 Boston Celtics Minneapolis Lakers 4-0 - Bob Pettit
St. Louis
1957-58 St. Louis Hawks Boston Celtics 4-2 - Bill Russell
Boston
1956-57 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 4-3 - Bob Cousy
Boston
1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors Fort Wayne Pistons 4-1 - Bob Pettit
St. Louis
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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