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A sports league championship event is a compound value type that links a the season for a sports league comprised of teams with the champion, runner up and resulting score associated with that event. This is a discrete instance of a sports league championship. For example, the 2005 World Series is...
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| x 1980 NBA Finals | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4 - 2 |
The 1980 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1979–80 NBA season.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the league's MVP. But midway through Game 5, the Laker center suffered a severely sprained ankle. He managed to come back in the...
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| x 1975 NBA Finals | Golden State Warriors | Washington Wizards | 4 - 0 |
The 1975 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1974-75 NBA season of the National Basketball Association. The Golden State Warriors (48-34) of the Western Conference played against the Washington Bullets (60-22) of the...
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| x 1981 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4 - 2 |
The 1981 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1980-81 NBA season, pitting the Boston Celtics against the Houston Rockets.
For the 1980-81 season Houston Rockets (head coached by Del Harris), Moses Malone practically...
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| x 1971 NBA Finals | Milwaukee Bucks | Baltimore Bullets | 4 - 0 |
The 1971 NBA World Championship Series was played at the conclusion of the NBA's 25th Anniversary season of 1970-71. The Western Conference Champion Milwaukee Bucks, who were founded just three years earlier, swept the Eastern Conference Champion...
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| x 1950 NBA Finals | Minneapolis Lakers | Syracuse Nationals | 4 - 2 |
The 1950 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association's first season, the 1949–50 season.
6'8" Dolph Schayes of Syracuse led his team out to the finals after a 16.8 ppg average during the regular...
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| x 1976 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Phoenix Suns | 4 - 2 |
The 1976 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round for the 1975-76 NBA season.
The Phoenix Suns finished the season with 42 wins and 40 losses, but beat the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors in the playoffs and went on to...
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| x 1947 BAA Finals | Philadelphia Warriors | Chicago Stags | 4 - 1 |
The 1947 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America's 1946–47 season. Basketball Association of America (BAA) would eventually become the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Philadelphia Warriors of the...
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| x 1959 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 0 |
The 1959 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1958–59 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1959 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion...
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| x 1972 NBA Finals | Los Angeles Lakers | New York Knicks | 4 - 1 |
The 1972 NBA World Championship Series was played at the conclusion of the 1971–72 NBA season. The Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference Champion New York Knicks in five games. The Los Angeles Lakers got...
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| x 1968 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 2 |
The 1968 NBA World Championship Series pitted the Boston Celtics from the East, against the Los Angeles Lakers from the West, for the sixth time in ten years. The Celtics won their tenth NBA Championship in twelve seasons, by defeating the Lakers in...
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| x 1961 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | 4 - 1 |
The 1961 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 1960-61 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1961 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion St. Louis Hawks and...
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| x 1990 NBA Finals | Detroit Pistons | Portland Trail Blazers | 4 - 1 |
The 1990 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1989-90 NBA season. The series pitted the Detroit Pistons (the previous year's champions) against the Portland Trail Blazers. This was the first NBA Finals since 1979 not to involve either the...
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| x 1993 NBA Finals | Chicago Bulls | Phoenix Suns | 4 - 2 |
The 1993 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1992-93 NBA season, featuring the Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, and the Phoenix Suns, winners of 62 games and led by regular season MVP Charles Barkley. The Bulls became the first team...
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| x 1983 NBA Finals | Philadelphia 76ers | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 0 |
The 1983 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1982–83 NBA season.
The final piece of the Philadelphia 76ers' championship puzzle was completed before the 1982-83 season when they acquired center Moses Malone from the...
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| x 1949 BAA Finals | Minneapolis Lakers | Washington Capitols | 4 - 2 |
The 1949 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America's 1948–49 season. Basketball Association of America (BAA) would eventually become the National Basketball Association (NBA).
6'10" George Mikan and the...
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| x 1994 NBA Finals | Houston Rockets | New York Knicks | 4 - 3 |
The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1993–94 National Basketball Association season, featuring the Western Conference's Houston Rockets defeating the Eastern Conference's New York Knicks.
This matchup was Hakeem Olajuwon's second...
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| x 1974 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Milwaukee Bucks | 4 - 3 |
The 1974 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1973-74 NBA season.
Celtics win series 4-3
Before the series started, Bucks point guard Lucius Allen would be lost for the series with a knee injury. In Game 1, the Celtics...
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| x 1991 NBA Finals | Chicago Bulls | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 1 |
The 1991 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1990–91 NBA season. It was also the first NBA Finals broadcast by NBC after 17 years with CBS.
The documentary "Learning to Fly" recaps Chicago's successful first championship season, narrated by...
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| x 1964 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Golden State Warriors | 4 - 1 |
The 1964 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 1963-64 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1964 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion San Francisco...
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| x 2004 NBA Finals | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 1 |
The 2004 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2003–04 National Basketball Association season. The Finals were between the Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference and the Detroit Pistons of the Eastern Conference; the Lakers held home...
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| x 1978 NBA Finals | Washington Wizards | Seattle Supersonics | 4 - 3 |
The 1978 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1977-78 NBA season.
Bullets win series 4-3
The Bullets, behind Kevin Grevey's 27 and Elvin Hayes's 21 points, held a 19-point lead in the fourth quarter at the Seattle Center...
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| x 1989 NBA Finals | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 0 |
The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988–89 NBA season. The series was a rematch of the previous year's championship round between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers.
During the season, the Lakers had won their division...
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| x 1985 NBA Finals | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4 - 2 |
The 1985 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1984–85 NBA season.
The Boston Celtics were looking to repeat as NBA Champions for the first time since the 1968–69. The Celtics had homecourt advantage for the second year in...
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| x 1967 NBA Finals | Philadelphia 76ers | Golden State Warriors | 4 - 2 |
The 1967 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1966-67 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1967 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion...
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| x 1996 NBA Finals | Chicago Bulls | Seattle Supersonics | 4 - 2 |
The 1996 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 1995-96 NBA season of the National Basketball Association. The Seattle SuperSonics (64–18) of the Western Conference took on the Chicago Bulls (72–10) of the Eastern Conference, with the Bulls...
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| x 1948 BAA Finals | Baltimore Bullets | Philadelphia Warriors | 4 - 2 |
The 1948 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America's 1947–48 season. Basketball Association of America (BAA) would eventually become the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Bullets win series 4-2
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| x 1965 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 1 |
The 1965 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1964-65 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1965 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion...
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| x 1962 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 3 |
The 1962 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 1961-62 season, and was the conclusion of the 1962 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers and the Eastern Conference...
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| x 1999 NBA Finals | San Antonio Spurs | New York Knicks | 4 - 1 |
The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship round of the shortened 1998–99 NBA season or the 1999 season. The San Antonio Spurs of the Western Conference took on the New York Knicks of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Spurs holding home...
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| x 1954 NBA Finals | Minneapolis Lakers | Syracuse Nationals | 4 - 3 |
Lakers win series 4-3
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| x 1955 NBA Finals | Syracuse Nationals | Fort Wayne Pistons | 4 - 3 |
The 1955 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1954-55 NBA season. The best-of-seven series was won by the Syracuse Nationals, who defeated the Fort Wayne Pistons in the final game when Syracuse's George King made a free...
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| x 1958 NBA Finals | Atlanta Hawks | Boston Celtics | 4 - 2 |
The 1958 NBA World Championship Series pitted the Western Champion St. Louis Hawks against the Eastern Champion Boston Celtics. The Hawks won the series in six games to become the National Basketball Association champions.
Hawks win series 4-2
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| x 1963 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 2 |
The 1963 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 1962-63 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1963 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers...
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Miami Heat | Dallas Mavericks | 4 - 2 |
The 2006 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2005–06 National Basketball Association season. The Miami Heat won the championship in six games over the Dallas Mavericks, winning the final game at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, and...
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| x 1952 NBA Finals | Minneapolis Lakers | New York Knicks | 4 - 3 |
Lakers vs. Knicks. Start of the first dynasty 1952-1954 Lakers. Lakers won 4-3.
Lakers win series 4-3
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| x 1953 NBA Finals | Minneapolis Lakers | New York Knicks | 4 - 1 |
Lakers win series 4-1
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| x 1997 NBA Finals | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4 - 2 |
The 1997 NBA Finals was the concluding series of the 1997 NBA Playoffs that determined the champion of the 1996–97 NBA season. The Utah Jazz of the Western Conference took on the Chicago Bulls of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Bulls...
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| x 1951 NBA Finals | Rochester Royals | New York Knicks | 4 - 3 |
Royals win series 4-3
This marks the only time a team has gone down 3-0 and has come back to tie the series at 3-3. So far no other team has ever gone down 3-0 and forced game 7 or won the finals. (The 1949 Washington Capitols and the 1996 Seattle...
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| x 1977 NBA Finals | Portland Trail Blazers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4 - 2 |
The 1977 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1976-77 NBA season. The Portland Trail Blazers of the Western Conference played against the Philadelphia 76ers of the Eastern Conference, with the 76ers holding home-court...
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| x 2000 NBA Finals | Los Angeles Lakers | Indiana Pacers | 4 - 2 |
The 2000 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1999-2000 National Basketball Association season. The Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference took on the Indiana Pacers of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Lakers holding home...
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Los Angeles Lakers | Brooklyn Nets | 4 - 0 |
The 2002 NBA Finals was the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship series for the 2001–02 season. The best-of-seven playoff was contested between the Los Angeles Lakers, champions of the Western Conference and two-time defending NBA...
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| x 1987 NBA Finals | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4 - 2 |
The 1987 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1986-87 NBA season. The match took place between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. The Lakers won 4–2, beating the Celtics in the Finals. The key moment of the series was Magic...
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| x 2001 NBA Finals | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4 - 1 |
The 2001 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2000-01 National Basketball Association season. The Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference took on the Philadelphia 76ers of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Lakers holding...
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| x 2003 NBA Finals | San Antonio Spurs | Brooklyn Nets | 4 - 2 |
The 2003 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2002–03 NBA season. The San Antonio Spurs of the Western Conference took on the New Jersey Nets of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Spurs holding home court advantage. The series...
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| x 1969 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 3 |
The 1969 NBA World Championship Series to determine the champion of the 1968-69 NBA season was played between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, the Lakers being heavily favored due to the presence of three formidable stars: Elgin Baylor,...
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| x 1992 NBA Finals | Chicago Bulls | Portland Trail Blazers | 4 - 2 |
The 1992 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1991–92 NBA season. The Chicago Bulls of the Eastern Conference took on the Portland Trail Blazers of the Western Conference for the title, with Chicago having home court advantage, as they had...
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| x 1957 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | 4 - 3 |
The 1957 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1956-57 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1957 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion St...
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| x 1998 NBA Finals | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4 - 2 |
The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association's 1997-98 season. The Chicago Bulls of the Eastern Conference played against the Utah Jazz of the Western Conference, with the Jazz holding home-court advantage...
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| x 1979 NBA Finals | Seattle Supersonics | Washington Wizards | 4 - 1 |
The 1979 NBA World Championship Series at the conclusion of the 1978–79 season were won by the Seattle SuperSonics defeating the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1. The series was a rematch of the 1978 NBA Finals which the Washington Bullets had won 4...
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| x 1982 NBA Finals | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4 - 2 |
The 1982 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1981-82 NBA season, the top level of competition in men's professional basketball in North America. The series saw the Los Angeles Lakers face the Philadelphia 76ers.
The 1982...
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| x 1984 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 3 |
The 1984 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1983-84 NBA season. In 1984, the Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in a seven-game Finals, winning Game 7 111-102. Larry Bird averaged 27 points and 14 rebounds a...
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| x 1995 NBA Finals | Houston Rockets | Orlando Magic | 4 - 0 |
The 1995 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1994–95 NBA season. The series pitted the Orlando Magic against the Houston Rockets. The pre-series hype and build-up of the Finals was centered around the meeting of the two centers Shaquille O...
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| x 1966 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 3 |
This was the iconic Boston Celtics' 8th consecutive NBA Championship--no other team in any sport has won eight consecutive league titles in American competition. Before Game 2, after the Los Angeles Lakers' comeback overtime win in Game 1, Red...
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| x 1986 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4 - 2 |
The 1986 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1985-86 NBA season. It pitted the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics against the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets. The Celtics defeated the Rockets four games to two to win...
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| x 1956 NBA Finals | Philadelphia Warriors | Detroit Pistons | 4 - 1 |
The 1956 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series and conclusion of the 1955-56 NBA season. The Philadelphia Warriors defeated the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one. The series is notable for being one of only two Finals to use a...
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| x 1988 NBA Finals | Los Angeles Lakers | Detroit Pistons | 4 - 3 |
The 1988 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1987–88 NBA season.
One of Los Angeles Lakers head coach Pat Riley's most famous moments came when he promised the crowd a repeat championship during the Lakers' 1986-87 championship parade in...
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| x 1970 NBA Finals | New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 3 |
The 1970 NBA World Championship Series was a best-of-7 series for the world championship of the National Basketball Association. It featured the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks and the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers. The...
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| x 1973 NBA Finals | New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 1 |
For the third time in four seasons, the New York Knicks of the Eastern Conference met the Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference for the NBA World Championship in the 1973 NBA Finals. The series was an exact reversal of the prior year, with...
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| x 2005 NBA Finals | San Antonio Spurs | Detroit Pistons | 4 - 3 |
The 2005 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2004-05 National Basketball Association season. The San Antonio Spurs of the Western Conference faced the Detroit Pistons of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Spurs holding home...
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| x 1960 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | 4 - 3 |
The 1960 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 1959-60 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1960 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion St. Louis Hawks and...
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