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Year-by-year Finals Champions and MVPs
| Year |
Champion | Runner-up | G | MVP |
| 1998-99* |
San Antonio Spurs | New York Knicks | 4-1* | Tim Duncan, S.A.
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| 1997-98* |
Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4-2* | Michael Jordan, Chi.
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| 1996-97* |
Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4-2* | Michael Jordan, Chi.
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| 1995-96* |
Chicago Bulls | Seattle SuperSonics | 4-2* | Michael Jordan, Chi.
| | 1994-95* |
Houston Rockets | Orlando Magic | 4-0* | Hakeem Olajuwon, Hou.
| | 1993-94* |
Houston Rockets | New York Knicks | 4-3* | Hakeem Olajuwon, Hou.
| | 1992-93* |
Chicago Bulls | Phoenix Suns | 4-2* | Michael Jordan, Chi.
| | 1991-92* |
Chicago Bulls | Portland Trail Blazers | 4-2* | Michael Jordan, Chi.
| | 1990-91* |
Chicago Bulls | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1* | Michael Jordan, Chi.
| | 1989-90* |
Detroit Pistons | Portland Trail Blazers | 4-1* | Isiah Thomas, Det.
| | 1988-89* |
Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0* | Joe Dumars, Det.
| | 1987-88* |
Los Angeles Lakers | Detroit Pistons | 4-3* | James Worthy, L.A.
| | 1986-87* |
Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-2* | Magic Johnson, L.A.
| | 1985-86* |
Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4-2* | Larry Bird, Bos.
| | 1984-85* |
Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-2* | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, L.A.
| | 1983-84* |
Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3* | Larry Bird, Bos.
| | 1982-83* |
Philadelphia 76ers | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0* | Moses Malone, Phi.
| | 1981-82* |
Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2* | Magic Johnson, L.A.
| | 1980-81* |
Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4-2* | Cedric Maxwell, Bos.
| | 1979-80* |
Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2* | Magic Johnson, L.A.
| | 1978-79* |
Seattle SuperSonics | Washington Bullets | 4-1* | Dennis Johnson, Sea.
| | 1977-78* |
Washington Bullets | Seattle SuperSonics | 4-3* | Wes Unseld, Was.
| | 1976-77* |
Portland Trail Blazers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2* | Bill Walton, Por.
| | 1975-76* |
Boston Celtics | Phoenix Suns | 4-2* | Jo Jo White, Bos.
| | 1974-75* |
Golden State Warriors | Washington Bullets | 4-0* | Rick Barry, G.S.
| | 1973-74* |
Boston Celtics | Milwaukee Bucks | 4-3* | John Havlicek, Bos.
| | 1972-73* |
New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1* | Willis Reed, N.Y.
| | 1971-72* |
Los Angeles Lakers | New York Knicks | 4-1* | Wilt Chamberlain, L.A.
| | 1970-71* |
Milwaukee Bucks | Baltimore Bullets | 4-0* | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mil.
| | 1969-70* |
New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3* | Willis Reed, N.Y.
| | 1968-69* |
Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3* | Jerry West, L.A.
| | 1967-68* |
Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | | 1966-67* |
Philadelphia 76ers | San Francisco Warriors | 4-2 | | 1965-66* |
Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | | 1964-65* |
Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | | 1963-64* |
Boston Celtics | San Francisco Warriors | 4-1 | | 1962-63* |
Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2
| | 1961-62* |
Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3
| | 1960-61* |
Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | 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* |
Rochester Royals | 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 |
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