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NBA Champions 1947-1999

By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff

June 16, 2000 / 9:46 PM EDT / CBS

The following is a list of NBA champion teams, the teams they defeated to win the title, the series records, and the Most Valuable Player for years in which that award was given:color>

1998-99 San Antonio Spurs def. New York Knicks (4-1)
MVP: Tim Duncan, S.A.

1997-98 Chicago Bulls def. Utah Jazz (4-2)
MVP: Michael Jordan, Chi.

1996-97 Chicago Bulls def. Utah Jazz (4-2)
MVP: Michael Jordan, Chi.

1995-96 Chicago Bulls def. Seattle SuperSonics (4-2)
MVP: Michael Jordan, Chi.

1994-95 Houston Rockets def. Orlando Magic (4-0)
MVP: Hakeem Olajuwon, Hou.

1993-94 Houston Rockets def. New York Knicks (4-3)
MVP: Hakeem Olajuwon, Hou.

1992-93 Chicago Bulls def. Phoenix Suns (4-2)
MVP: Michael Jordan, Chi.

1991-92 Chicago Bulls def. Portland Trail Blazers (4-2)
MVP: Michael Jordan, Chi.

1990-91 Chicago Bulls def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-1)
MVP: Michael Jordan, Chi.

1989-90 Detroit Pistons def. Portland Trail Blazers (4-1)
MVP: Isiah Thomas, Det.

1988-89 Detroit Pistons def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-0)
MVP: Joe Dumars, Det.

1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers def. Detroit Pistons (4-3)
MVP: James Worthy, L.A.

1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers def. Boston Celtics (4-2)
MVP: Magic Johnson, L.A.

1985-86 Boston Celtics def. Houston Rockets (4-2)
MVP: Larry Bird, Bos.

1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers def. Boston Celtics (4-2)
MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, L.A.

1983-84 Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-3)
MVP: Larry Bird, Bos.

1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-0)
MVP: Moses Malone, Phi.

1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers def. Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)
MVP: Magic Johnson, L.A.

1980-81 Boston Celtics def. Houston Rockets (4-2)
MVP: Cedric Maxwell, Bos.

1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers def. Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)
MVP: Magic Johnson, L.A.

1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics def. Washington Bullets (4-1) MVP: Dennis Johnson, Sea.

1977-78 Washington Bullets def. Seattle SuperSonics (4-3)
MVP: Wes Unseld, Was.

1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers def. Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)
MVP: Bill Walton, Por.

1975-76 Boston Celtics def. Phoenix Suns (4-2)
MVP: Jo Jo White, Bos.

1974-75 Golden State Warriors def. Washington Bullets (4-0)
MVP: Rick Barry, G.S.

1973-74 Boston Celtics def. Milwaukee Bucks (4-3)
MVP: John Havlicek, Bos.

1972-73 New York Knicks def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-1)
MVP: Willis Reed, N.Y.

1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers def. New York Knicks (4-1)
MVP: Wilt Chamberlain, L.A.

1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks def. Baltimore Bullets (4-0)
MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mil.

1969-70 New York Knicks def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-3)
MVP: Willis Reed, N.Y.

1968-69 Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-3)
MVP: Jerry West, L.A.

1967-68 Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-2)

1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers def. San Francisco Warriors (4-2)

1965-66 Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-3)

1964-65 Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-1)

1963-64 Boston Celtics def. San Francisco Warriors (4-1)

1962-63 Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-2)

1961-62 Boston Celtics def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-3)

1960-61 Boston Celtics def. St. Louis Hawks (4-1)

1959-60 Boston Celtics def. St. Louis Hawks (4-3)

1958-59 Boston Celtics def. Minneapolis Lakers (4-0)

1957-58 St. Louis Hawks def. Boston Celtics (4-2)

1956-57 Boston Celtics def. St. Louis Hawks (4-3)

1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors def. Fort Wayne Pistons (4-1)

1954-55 Syracuse Nationals def. Fort Wayne Pistons (4-3)

1953-54 Minneapolis Lakers def. Syracuse Nationals (4-3)

1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers def. New York Knicks (4-1)

1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers def. New York Knicks (4-3)

1950-51 Rochester Royals def. New York Knicks (4-3)

1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers def. Syracuse Nationals (4-2)

1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers def. Washington Capitols (4-2)

1947-48 Baltimore Bullets def. Philadelphia Warriors (4-2)

1946-47 Philadelphia Warriors def. Chicago Stags (4-1)

Courtesy NBA