NBA Champions and Finals Most Valuable Players
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*--* Year Champion Runner-up G 1946-47 Philadelphia Warriors Chicago Stags 4-1 1947-48 Baltimore Bullets Philadelphia Warriors 4-2 1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers Washington Capitols 4-2 1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers Syracuse Nationals 4-2 1950-51 Rochester Royals New York Knicks 4-3 1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers New York Knicks 4-3 1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers New York Knicks 4-1 1953-54 Minneapolis Lakers Syracuse Nationals 4-3 1954-55 Syracuse Nationals Fort Wayne Pistons 4-3 1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors Fort Wayne Pistons 4-1 1956-57 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 4-3 1957-58 St. Louis Hawks Boston Celtics 4-2 1958-59 Boston Celtics Minneapolis Lakers 4-0 1959-60 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 4-3 1960-61 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 4-1 1961-62 Boston Celtics LAKERS 4-3 1962-63 Boston Celtics LAKERS 4-2 1963-64 Boston Celtics San Francisco Warriors 4-1 1964-65 Boston Celtics LAKERS 4-1 1965-66 Boston Celtics LAKERS 4-3 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers San Francisco Warriors 4-2 1967-68 Boston Celtics LAKERS 4-2 1968-69 Boston Celtics LAKERS 4-3 1969-70 New York Knicks LAKERS 4-3 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks Baltimore Bullets 4-0 1971-72 LAKERS New York Knicks 4-1 1972-73 New York Knicks LAKERS 4-1 1973-74 Boston Celtics Milwaukee Bucks 4-3 1974-75 Golden St. Warriors Washington Bullets 4-0 1975-76 Boston Celtics Phoenix Suns 4-2 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 1977-78 Washington Bullets Seattle SuperSonics 4-3 1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics Washington Bullets 4-1 1979-80 LAKERS Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 1980-81 Boston Celtics Houston Rockets 4-2 1981-82 LAKERS Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers LAKERS 4-0 1983-84 Boston Celtics LAKERS 4-3 1984-85 LAKERS Boston Celtics 4-2 1985-86 Boston Celtics Houston Rockets 4-2 1986-87 LAKERS Boston Celtics 4-2 1987-88 LAKERS Detroit Pistons 4-3 1988-89 Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 1989-90 Detroit Pistons Portland Trail Blazers 4-1 1990-91 Chicago Bulls LAKERS 4-1 1991-92 Chicago Bulls Portland Trail Blazers 4-2 1992-93 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 4-2 1993-94 Houston Rockets New York Knicks 4-3 1994-95 Houston Rockets Orlando Magic 4-0 1995-96 Chicago Bulls Seattle SuperSonics 4-2 1996-97 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 4-2 1997-98 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 4-2 1998-99 San Antonio Spurs New York Knicks 4-1 1999-00 LAKERS Indiana Pacers 4-2 2000-01 LAKERS Philadelphia 76ers 4-1 2001-02 LAKERS New Jersey Nets 4-0 2002-03 San Antonio Spurs New Jersey Nets 4-2 2003-04 Detroit Pistons LAKERS 4-1
