NBA Championships and MVPs

N B A C H A M P I O N S H I P S

C l i c k c o l u m n h e a d e r s t o s o r t t a b l e ( t o g g l e s b a c k and f o r t h )

YEAR	EAST	WEST	NBA CHAMPION	SERIES
2019	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors	Toronto Raptors	4-2
2018	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors	4-0
2017	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors	4-1
2016	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers	4-3
2015	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors	4-2
2014	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs	4-1
2013	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat	4-3
2012	Miami Heat	Oklahoma City Thunder	Miami Heat	4-1
2011	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks	4-2
2010	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-3
2009	Orlando Magic	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-1
2008	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	Boston Celtics	4-2
2007	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs	4-0
2006	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat	4-2
2005	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs	4-3
2004	Detroit Pistons	LA Lakers	Detroit Pistons	4-1
2003	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs	4-2
2002	New Jersey Nets	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-0
2001	Philadelphia 76ers	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-1
2000	Indiana Pacers	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-2
1999	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs	4-1
1998	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls	4-2
1997	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls	4-2
1996	Chicago Bulls	Seattle SuperSonics	Chicago Bulls	4-2
1995	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets	4-0
1994	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets	4-3
1993	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls	4-2
1992	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls	4-2
1991	Chicago Bulls	LA Lakers	Chicago Bulls	4-1
1990	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons	4-1
1989	Detroit Pistons	LA Lakers	Detroit Pistons	4-0
1988	Detroit Pistons	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-3
1987	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-2
1986	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics	4-2
1985	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-2
1984	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	Boston Celtics	4-3
1983	Philadelphia 76ers	LA Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers	4-0
1982	Philadelphia 76ers	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-2
1981	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics	4-2
1980	Philadelphia 76ers	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-2
1979	Washington Bullets	Seattle SuperSonics	Seattle SuperSonics	4-1
1978	Washington Bullets	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington Bullets	4-3
1977	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers	4-2
1976	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics	4-2
1975	Washington Bullets	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors	4-0
1974	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics	4-3
1973	New York Knicks	LA Lakers	New York Knicks	4-1
1972	New York Knicks	LA Lakers	LA Lakers	4-1
1971	Baltimore Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks	4-0
1970	New York Knicks	LA Lakers	New York Knicks	4-3
1969	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	Boston Celtics	4-3
1968	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	Boston Celtics	4-2
1967	Philadelphia 76ers	San Francisco Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers	4-2
1966	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	Boston Celtics	4-3
1965	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	Boston Celtics	4-1
1964	Boston Celtics	San Francisco Warriors	Boston Celtics	4-1
1963	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	Boston Celtics	4-2
1962	Boston Celtics	LA Lakers	Boston Celtics	4-3
1961	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics	4-1
1960	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics	4-3
1959	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics	4-0
1958	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks	St. Louis Hawks	4-2
1957	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics	4-3
1956	Philadelphia Warriors	Ft. Wayne Pistons	Philadelphia Warriors	4-1
1955	Syracuse Nationals	Ft. Wayne Pistons	Syracuse Nationals	4-3
1954	Syracuse Nationals	Minneapolis Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers	4-3
1953	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers	4-1
1952	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers	4-3
1951	New York Knicks	Rochester Royals	Rochester Royals	4-3
1950	Syracuse Nationals	Minneapolis Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers	4-2
1949	Washington Capitols	Minneapolis Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers	4-2
1948	Philadelphia Warriors	Baltimore Bullets	Baltimore Bullets	4-2
1947	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Stags	Philadelphia Warriors	4-1

NBA Team Roots (The NBA was formed in 1949 when the BAA and NBL merged; the ABA joined the NBA in 1976.)

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NBA Regular Season MVP Most Times: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6)
2017-18:
2016-17: Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder
2015-16: Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
2014-15: Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
2013-14: Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
2012-13: LeBron James, Miami Heat
2011-12: LeBron James, Miami Heat
2010-11: Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls
2009-10: Lebron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
2008-09: Lebron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
2007-08: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
2006-07: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas
2005-06: Steve Nash, Phoenix
2004-05: Steve Nash, Phoenix
2003-04: Kevin Garnett, Minnesota
2002-03: Tim Duncan, San Antonio
2001-02: Tim Duncan, San Antonio
2000-01: Allen Iverson, Philadelphia
1999-00: Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers
1998-99: Karl Malone, Utah
1997-98: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1996-97: Karl Malone, Utah
1995-96: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1994-95: David Robinson, San Antonio
1993-94: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
1992-93: Charles Barkley, Phoenix
1991-92: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1990-91: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1989-90: Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1988-89: Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1987-88: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1986-87: Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1985-86: Larry Bird, Boston
1984-85: Larry Bird, Boston
1983-84: Larry Bird, Boston
1982-83: Moses Malone, Philadelphia
1981-82: Moses Malone, Houston
1980-81: Julius Erving, Philadelphia
1979-80: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles
1978-79: Moses Malone, Houston
1977-78: Bill Walton, Portland
1976-77: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles
1975-76: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles
1974-75: Bob McAdoo, Buffalo
1973-74: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee
1972-73: Dave Cowens, Boston
1971-72: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee
1970-71: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee
1969-70: Willis Reed, New York
1968-69: Wes Unseld, Baltimore
1967-68: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia
1966-67: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia
1965-66: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia
1964-65: Bill Russell, Boston
1963-64: Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
1962-63: Bill Russell, Boston
1961-62: Bill Russell, Boston
1960-61: Bill Russell, Boston
1959-60: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia
1958-59: Bob Pettit, St. Louis
1957-58: Bill Russell, Boston
1956-57: Bob Cousy, Boston
1955-56: Bob Pettit, St. Louis

NBA Final Playoff MVP Most Times: Michael Jordan (6)
2017:
2017: Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors
2016: LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
2015: Andre Iguodala, Golden State Warriors
2014: Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs
2013: LeBron James, Miami Heat
2012: LeBron James, Miami Heat
2011: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks
2010: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
2009: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
2008: Paul Pierce, Boston
2007: Tony Parker, San Antonio
2006: Dwyane Wade, Miami
2005: Tim Duncan, San Antonio
2004: Chauncey Billups, Detroit
2003: Tim Duncan, San Antonio
2002: Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers
2001: Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers
2000: Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers
1999: Tim Duncan, San Antonio
1998: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1997: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1996: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1995: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
1994: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
1993: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1992: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1991: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1990: Isiah Thomas, Detroit
1989: Joe Dumars, Detroit
1988: James Worthy, Los Angeles Lakers
1987: Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1986: Larry Bird, Boston
1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
1984: Larry Bird, Boston
1983: Moses Malone, Philadelphia
1982: Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1981: Cedric Maxwell, Boston
1980: Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1979: Dennis Johnson, Seattle
1978: Wes Unseld, Washington
1977: Bill Walton, Portland
1976: Jo Jo White, Boston
1975: Rick Barry, Golden State
1974: John Havlicek, Boston
1973: Willis Reed, New York
1972: Wilt Chamberlain, Los Angeles Lakers
1971: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee
1970: Willis Reed, New York
1969: Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers

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