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NBA FINALS HISTORY
NBA POST-SEASON AWARDS
Finals Champions and MVPs
| Year | Western champion | Coach | Result | Eastern champion | Coach |
| 1947 | Chicago Stags (1) (1, 0 - 1) | Harold Olsen | 1 4 | Philadelphia Warriors (2) (1, 1 - 0) | Eddie Gottlieb |
| 1948 | Baltimore Bullets (2) (1, 1 - 0) | Buddy Jeannette | 4 - 2 | Philadelphia Warriors (1) (2, 1 - 1) | Eddie Gottlieb |
| 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers (2) (1, 1 - 0) | John Kundla | 4 - 2 | Washington Capitols (1) (1, 0 - 1) | Red Auerbach |
| 1950 | Minneapolis Lakers (1) [a] (2, 2 - 0) | John Kundla | 4 - 2 | Syracuse Nationals (1) (1, 0 - 1) | Al Cervi |
| 1951 | Rochester Royals (2) (1, 1 - 0) | Les Harrison | 4 - 3 | New York Knicks (3) (1, 0 - 1) | Joe Lapchick |
| 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers (2) (3, 3 - 0) | John Kundla | 4 - 3 | New York Knicks (3) (2, 0 - 2) | Joe Lapchick |
| 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers (1) (4, 4 - 0) | John Kundla | 4 - 1 | New York Knicks (1) (3, 0 - 3) | Joe Lapchick |
| 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers (1) (5, 5 - 0) | John Kundla | 4 - 3 | Syracuse Nationals (1) (2, 0 - 2) | Al Cervi |
| 1955 | Fort Wayne Pistons (1) (1, 0 - 1) | Charles Eckman | 3 - 4 | Syracuse Nationals (1) (3, 1 - 2) | Al Cervi |
| 1956 | Fort Wayne Pistons (1) (2, 0 - 2) | Charles Eckman | 1 - 4 | Philadelphia Warriors (1) (3, 2 - 1) | George Senesky |
| 1957 | St. Louis Hawks (1) (1, 0 - 1) | Alex Hannum | 3 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (1, 1 - 0) | Red Auerbach |
| 1958 | St. Louis Hawks (1) (2, 1 - 1) | Alex Hannum | 4 - 2 | Boston Celtics (1) (2, 1 - 1) | Red Auerbach |
| 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers (2) (6, 5 - 1) | John Kundla | 0 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (3, 2 - 1) | Red Auerbach |
| 1960 | St. Louis Hawks (1) (3, 1 - 2) | Ed Macauley | 3 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (4, 3 - 1) | Red Auerbach |
| 1961 | St. Louis Hawks (1) (4, 1 - 3) | Paul Seymour | 1 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (5, 4 - 1) | Red Auerbach |
| 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (7, 5 - 2) | Fred Schaus | 3 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (6, 5 - 1) | Red Auerbach |
| 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (8, 5 - 3) | Fred Schaus | 2 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (7, 6 - 1) | Red Auerbach |
| 1964 | San Francisco Warriors (1) (4, 2 - 2) | Alex Hannum | 1 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (8, 7 - 1) | Red Auerbach |
| 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (9, 5 - 4) | Fred Schaus | 1 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (9, 8 - 1) | Red Auerbach |
| 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (10, 5 - 5) | Fred Schaus | 3 - 4 | Boston Celtics (2) (10, 9 - 1) | Red Auerbach |
| 1967 | San Francisco Warriors (1) (5, 2 - 3) | Bill Sharman | 2 - 4 | Philadelphia 76ers (1) (4, 2 - 2) | Alex Hannum |
| 1968 | Los Angeles Lakers (2) (11, 5 - 6) | Butch van Breda Kolff | 2 - 4 | Boston Celtics (2) (11, 10 - 1) | Bill Russell |
| 1969 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (12, 5 - 7) | Butch van Breda Kolff | 3 - 4 | Boston Celtics (4) (12, 11 - 1) | Bill Russell |
| 1970 | Los Angeles Lakers (2) (13, 5 - 8) | Joe Mullaney | 3 - 4 | New York Knicks (1) (4, 1 - 3) | Red Holzman |
| 1971 | Milwaukee Bucks (1) (1, 1 - 0) | Larry Costello | 4 - 0 | Baltimore Bullets (1) (1, 0 - 1) | Gene Shue |
| 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (14, 6 - 8) | Bill Sharman | 4 - 1 | New York Knicks (2) (5, 1 - 4) | Red Holzman |
| 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers (2) (15, 6 - 9) | Bill Sharman | 1 - 4 | New York Knicks (2) (6, 2 - 4) | Red Holzman |
| 1974 | Milwaukee Bucks (1) (2, 1 - 1) | Larry Costello | 3 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (13, 12 - 1) | Tom Heinsohn |
| 1975 | Golden State Warriors (1) (6, 3 - 3) | Al Attles | 4 - 0 | Washington Bullets (2) (2, 0 - 2) | K. C. Jones |
| 1976 | Phoenix Suns (3) (1, 0 - 1) | John MacLeod | 2 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (14, 13 - 1) | Tom Heinsohn |
| 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers (3) (1, 1 - 0) | Jack Ramsey | 4 - 2 | Philadelphia 76ers (1) (5, 2 - 3) | Gene Shue |
| 1978 | Seattle SuperSonics (4) (1, 0 - 1) | Lenny Wilkens | 3 - 4 | Washington Bullets (3) (3, 1 - 2) | Dick Motta |
| 1979 | Seattle SuperSonics (1) (2, 1 - 1) | Lenny Wilkens | 4 - 1 | Washington Bullets (1) (4, 1 - 3) | Dick Motta |
| 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (16, 7 - 9) | Paul Westhead | 4 - 2 | Philadelphia 76ers (3) (6, 2 - 4) | Billy Cunningham |
| 1981 | Houston Rockets (6) (1, 0 - 1) | Del Harris | 2 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (15, 14 - 1) | Bill Fitch |
| 1982 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (17, 8 - 9) | Pat Riley | 4 - 2 | Philadelphia 76ers (3) (7, 2 - 5) | Billy Cunningham |
| 1983 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (18, 8 - 10) | Pat Riley | 0 - 4 | Philadelphia 76ers (1) (8, 3 - 5) | Billy Cunningham |
| 1984 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (19, 8 - 11) | Pat Riley | 3 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (16, 15 - 1) | K. C. Jones |
| 1985 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (20, 9 - 11) | Pat Riley | 4 - 2 | Boston Celtics (1) (17, 15 - 2) | K. C. Jones |
| 1986 | Houston Rockets (2) (2, 0 - 2) | Bill Fitch | 2 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (18, 16 - 2) | K. C. Jones |
| 1987 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (21, 10 - 11) | Pat Riley | 4 - 2 | Boston Celtics (1) (19, 16 - 3) | K. C. Jones |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (22, 11 - 11) | Pat Riley | 4 - 3 | Detroit Pistons (2) (3, 0 - 3) | Chuck Daly |
| 1989 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (23, 11 - 12) | Pat Riley | 0 - 4 | Detroit Pistons (1) (4, 1 - 3) | Chuck Daly |
| 1990 | Portland Trail Blazers (3) (2, 1 - 1) | Rick Adelman | 1 - 4 | Detroit Pistons (1) (5, 2 - 3) | Chuck Daly |
| 1991 | Los Angeles Lakers (3) (24, 11 - 13) | Mike Dunleavy | 1 - 4 | Chicago Bulls (1) (1, 1 - 0) | Phil Jackson |
| 1992 | Portland Trail Blazers (1) (3, 1 - 2) | Rick Adelman | 2 - 4 | Chicago Bulls (1) (2, 2 - 0) | Phil Jackson |
| 1993 | Phoenix Suns (1) (2, 0 - 2) | Paul Westphal | 2 - 4 | Chicago Bulls (2) (3, 3 - 0) | Phil Jackson |
| 1994 | Houston Rockets (2) (3, 1 - 2) | Rudy Tomjanovich | 4 - 3 | New York Knicks (2) (7, 2 - 5) | Pat Riley |
| 1995 | Houston Rockets (6) (4, 2 - 2) | Rudy Tomjanovich | 4 - 0 | Orlando Magic (1) (1, 0 - 1) | Brian Hill |
| 1996 | Seattle SuperSonics (1) (3, 1 - 2) | George Karl | 2 - 4 | Chicago Bulls (1) (4, 4 - 0) | Phil Jackson |
| 1997 | Utah Jazz (1) (1, 0 - 1) | Jerry Sloan | 2 - 4 | Chicago Bulls (1) (5, 5 - 0) | Phil Jackson |
| 1998 | Utah Jazz (1) (2, 0 - 2) | Jerry Sloan | 2 - 4 | Chicago Bulls (1) (6, 6 - 0) | Phil Jackson |
| 1999 | San Antonio Spurs (1) (1, 1 - 0) | Gregg Popovich | 4 - 1 | New York Knicks (8) (8, 2 - 6) | Jeff Van Gundy |
| 2000 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (25, 12 - 13) | Phil Jackson | 4 - 2 | Indiana Pacers (1) (1, 0 - 1) | Larry Bird |
| 2001 | Los Angeles Lakers (2) (26, 13 - 13) | Phil Jackson | 4 - 1 | Philadelphia 76ers (1) (9, 3 - 6) | Larry Brown |
| 2002 | Los Angeles Lakers (3) (27, 14 - 13) | Phil Jackson | 4 - 0 | New Jersey Nets (1) (1, 0 - 1) | Byron Scott |
| 2003 | San Antonio Spurs (1) (2, 2 - 0) | Gregg Popovich | 4 - 2 | New Jersey Nets (2) (2, 0 - 2) | Byron Scott |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Lakers (2) (28, 14 - 14) | Phil Jackson | 1 - 4 | Detroit Pistons (3) (6, 3 - 3) | Larry Brown |
| 2005 | San Antonio Spurs (2) (3, 3 - 0) | Gregg Popovich | 4 - 3 | Detroit Pistons (2) (7, 3 - 4) | Larry Brown |
| 2006 | Dallas Mavericks (4) (1, 0 - 1) | Avery Johnson | 2 - 4 | Miami Heat (2) (1, 1 - 0) | Pat Riley |
| 2007 | San Antonio Spurs (3) (4, 4 - 0) | Gregg Popovich | 4 - 0 | Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (1, 0 - 1) | Mike Brown |
| 2008 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (29, 14 - 15) | Phil Jackson | 2 - 4 | Boston Celtics (1) (20, 17 - 3) | Doc Rivers |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (30, 15 - 15) | Phil Jackson | 4 - 1 | Orlando Magic (3) (2, 0 - 2) | Stan Van Gundy |
| 2010 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (31, 16 - 15) | Phil Jackson | 4 - 3 | Boston Celtics (4) (21, 17 - 4) | Doc Rivers |
| 2011 | Dallas Mavericks (3) (2, 1 - 1) | Rick Carlisle | 4 - 2 | Miami Heat (2) (2, 1 - 1) | Erik Spoelstra |
| 2012 | Oklahoma City Thunder (2) (4, 1 - 3) | Scott Brooks | 1 - 4 | Miami Heat (2) (3, 2 - 1) | Erik Spoelstra |
| 2013 | San Antonio Spurs (2) (5, 4 - 1) | Gregg Popovich | 3 - 4 | Miami Heat (1) (4, 3 - 1) | Erik Spoelstra |
| 2014 | San Antonio Spurs/em> (1) (6, 5 - 1) | Gregg Popovich | 4 - 1 | Miami Heat (2) (5, 3 - 2) | Erik Spoelstra |
| 2015 | Golden State Warriors (1) (7, 4 - 3) | Steve Kerr | 4 - 2 | Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (2, 0 - 2) | David Blatt |
| 2016 | Golden State Warriors (1) (8, 4 - 4) | Steve Kerr | 3 - 4 | Cleveland Cavaliers (1) (3, 1 - 2) | Tyronn Lue |
| 2017 | Golden State Warriors (1) (9, 5 - 4) | Steve Kerr | 4 - 1 | Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (4, 1 - 3) | Tyronn Lue |
| 2018 | Golden State Warriors (2) (10, 6 - 4) | Steve Kerr | 4 - 0 | Cleveland Cavaliers (4) (5, 1 - 4) | Tyronn Lue |
| 2019 | Golden State Warriors (1) (11, 6 - 5) | Steve Kerr | 2 - 4 | Toronto Raptors (2) (1, 1 - 0) | Nick Nurse |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Lakers | Frank Vogel | 4 - 2 | Miami Heat | Erik Spoelstra |
| 2021 | Milwaukee Bucks | Mike Budenholzer | 2 - 4 | Phoenix Suns | Monty Williams |