List of NBA champions
Champions
The first brackets in the Western Champion and Eastern Champion columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second brackets indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an NBA Finals as well as each respective team's NBA Finals record to date.

List of NBA champions

Section Title: Champions
Table Section Text: The first brackets in the Western Champion and Eastern Champion columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second brackets indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an NBA Finals as well as each respective team's NBA Finals record to date.

Year	Western Champion	Coach	Result	Eastern Champion	Coach	Reference

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) (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) (3, 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 (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

Sentence(s)

The Rockets defeated the Knicks 4–3 in the NBA championship.

final_sentence: The Rockets defeated the Knicks 4–3 in the NBA championship.