Champions

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

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