Year Winner Loser Series 46-47 Philadelphia Chicago 4-1 47-48 Baltimore Philadelphia 4-2 48-49 Minneapolis Wahington 4-2 49-50 Minneapolis Syracuse 4-2 50-51 Rochester New York 4-3 51-52 Minneapolis New York 4-3 52-53 Minneapolis New York 4-1 53-54 Minneapolis Syracuse 4-3 54-55 Syracuse Ft. Wayne 4-3 55-56 Philadelphia Ft. Wayne 4-1 56-57 Boston St. Louis 4-2 57-58 St. Louis Boston 4-2 58-59 Boston Minneapolis 4-0 59-60 Boston St. Louis 4-3 60-61 Boston St. Louis 4-1 61-62 Boston Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 62-63 Boston Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 63-64 Boston San Francisco 4-1 64-65 Boston Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 65-66 Boston Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 66-67 Philadelphia San Francisco 4-2 67-68 Boston Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 68-69 Boston Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Jerry West (LAL) 69-70 New York Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Willis Reed (NYK) 70-71 Milwaukee Baltimore 4-0 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (MIL) 71-72 Los Angeles Lakers New York 4-1 Wilt Chamberlin (LAL) 72-73 New York Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 Willis Reed (NYK) 73-74 Boston Milwaukee 4-3 John Havlicek (BOS) 74-75 Golden State Washington 4-0 Rick Barry (GSW) 75-76 Boston Pheonix 4-2 JoJo White (BOS) 76-77 Portland Philadelphia 4-2 Bill Walton (POR) 77-78 Washington Seattle 4-3 Wes Unseld (WAS) 78-79 Seattle Washington 4-1 Dennis Johnson (SEA) 79-80 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 4-2 Magic Johnson (LAL) 80-81 Boston Houston 4-2 Cederic Maxwell (BOS) 81-82 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 4-2 Magic Johnson (LAL) 82-83 Philadelphia Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 Moses Malone (PHI) 83-84 Boston Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 Larry Bird (BOS) 84-85 Los Angeles Lakers Boston 4-2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (LAL) 85-86 Boston Houston 4-2 Larry Bird (BOS) 86-87 Los Angeles Lakers Boston 4-2 Magic Johnson (LAL) 87-88 Los Angeles Lakers Detroit 4-3 James Worhty (LAL) 88-89 Detroit Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 Joe Dumars (DET) 89-90 Detroit Portland 4-1 Isiah Thomas (DET) 90-91 Chicago Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 Micheal Jordan (CHI) 91-92 Chicago Portland 4-2 Micheal Jordan (CHI) 92-93 Chicago Pheonix 4-2 Micheal Jordan (CHI) 93-94 Houston New York 4-3 Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU) 94-95 Houston Orlando 4-0 Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU) 95-96 Chicago Seattle 4-2 Micheal Jordan (CHI) 96-97 Chicago Utah 4-2 Micheal Jordan (CHI) 97-98 Chicago Utah 4-2 Micheal Jordan (CHI) 98-99 San Antonio New York 4-1 Tim Duncan (SAS) 99-00 Los Angeles Lakers Indiana 4-2 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) 00-01 Los Angeles Lakers Philadelphia 4-1 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) 01-02 Los Angeles Lakers New Jersey 4-0 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) 02-03 San Antonio New Jersey 4-2 Tim Duncan (SAS) 03-04 Detroit Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 Chauncy Billups (DET) 04-05 San Antonio Detroit 4-3 Tim Duncan (SAS) 05-06 Miami Dallas 4-2 Dwayne Wade (MIA) 06-07 San Antonio Cleveland 4-0 Tony Parker (SAS) 07-08 Boston Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 Paul Pierce (BOS) 08-09 Los Angeles Lakers Orlando 4-1 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 09-10 Los Angeles Lakers Boston 4-3 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 10-11 Dallas Miami 4-2 Dirk Nowitzki (DAL) 11-12 Miami Oklahoma City 4-1 LeBron James (MIA) 12-13 Miami San Antonio 4-3 LeBron James (MIA) 13-14 San Antonio Miami 4-1 Kawhi Leonard (SAS) 14-15 Golden State Cleveland 4-2 Andre Iguodala (GSW) 15-16 Cleveland Golden State 4-3 LeBron James (CLE) 16-17 Golden State Cleveland 4-1 Kevin Durant (GSW) 17-18 Golden State Cleveland 4-0 Kevin Durant (GSW) 18-19 Toronto Golden State 4-2 Kawhi Leonard (TOR) 19-20 Los Angeles Lakers Miami 4-2 Lebron James (LAL) 20-21 Milwaukee Phoenix 4-2 Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 21-22 Golden State Boston 4-2 Steph Curry(GSW) 22-23 Denver Miami 4-1 Nikola Jokic(DEN) MVP was first given out in '69 Tweet