NBA Finals history
The Miami Heat won their second championship in their 24-season history, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
Season | Champion | Opponent | Result | Finals MVP |
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2011-12 | 4-1 | |||
2010-11 | Miami Heat | 4-2 | ||
2009-10 | 4-3 | |||
2008-09 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Kobe Bryant | |
2007-08 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | |
2006-07 | 4-0 | |||
2005-06 | Miami Heat | Dallas Mavericks | 4-2 | |
2004-05 | San Antonio Spurs | 4-3 | ||
2003-04 | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | |
2002-03 | San Antonio Spurs | 4-2 | Tim Duncan | |
2001-02 | Los Angeles Lakers | New Jersey Nets | 4-0 | |
2000-01 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Shaquille O'Neal | |
1999-00 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | Shaquille O'Neal | |
1998-99 | San Antonio Spurs | 4-1 | Tim Duncan | |
1997-98 | 4-2 | Michael Jordan | ||
1996-97 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
1995-96 | Chicago Bulls | Seattle SuperSonics | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
1994-95 | Orlando Magic | 4-0 | Hakeem Olajuwon | |
1993-94 | Houston Rockets | New York Knicks | 4-3 | Hakeem Olajuwon |
1992-93 | Chicago Bulls | 4-2 | Michael Jordan | |
1991-92 | Chicago Bulls | 4-2 | Michael Jordan | |
1990-91 | Chicago Bulls | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Michael Jordan |
1989-90 | Detroit Pistons | Portland Trail Blazers | 4-1 | Isiah Thomas |
1988-89 | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0 | Joe Dumars |
1987-88 | Los Angeles Lakers | Detroit Pistons | 4-3 | James Worthy |
1986-87 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Magic Johnson |
1985-86 | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4-2 | Larry Bird |
1984-85 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
1983-84 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | Larry Bird |
1982-83 | Philadelphia 76ers | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0 | Moses Malone |
1981-82 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2 | Magic Johnson |
1980-81 | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4-2 | Cedric Maxwell |
1979-80 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2 | Magic Johnson |
1978-79 | Seattle SuperSonics | 4-1 | Dennis Johnson | |
1977-78 | Washington Bullets | Seattle SuperSonics | 4-3 | Wes Unseld |
1976-77 | Portland Trail Blazers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2 | Bill Walton |
1975-76 | Boston Celtics | Phoenix Suns | 4-2 | Jo Jo White |
1974-75 | Washington Bullets | 4-0 | Rick Barry | |
1973-74 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | John Havlicek | |
1972-73 | New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Willis Reed |
1971-72 | Los Angeles Lakers | New York Knicks | 4-1 | Wilt Chamberlain |
1970-71 | Milwaukee Bucks | Washington Bullets | 4-0 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
1969-70 | New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | Willis Reed |
1968-69 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | Jerry West |
1967-68 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 |
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1966-67 | Philadelphia 76ers | San Francisco Warriors | 4-2 |
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1965-66 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 |
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1964-65 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 |
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1963-64 | Boston Celtics | San Francisco Warriors | 4-1 |
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1962-63 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 |
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1961-62 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 |
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1960-61 | Boston Celtics | 4-1 | ||
1959-60 | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | 4-3 | |
1958-59 | Boston Celtics | Minneapolis Lakers | 4-0 | |
1957-58 | St. Louis Hawks | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | |
1956-57 | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | 4-3 | |
1955-56 | Philadelphia Warriors | Fort Wayne Pistons | 4-1 | |
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 | 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 |
