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 -- 3) 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 Milwaukee Bucks (1) (2, 1 -- 1) Larry Costello 3 -- 4 Boston Celtics (1) (13, 12 -- 1) Tom Heinsohn 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 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 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 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 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 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
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