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Year	Winner	Coach	Loser	Coach	Result
2006	Miami Heat	Pat Riley	Dallas Mavericks	Avery Johnson	4-2
2005	San Antonio Spurs	Gregg Popovich	Detroit Pistons	Larry Brown	4-3
2004	Detroit Pistons	Larry Brown	Los Angeles Lakers	Phil Jackson	4-1
2003	San Antonio Spurs	Gregg Popovich	New Jersey Nets	Byron Scott	4-2
2002	Los Angeles Lakers	Phil Jackson	New Jersey Nets	Byron Scott	4-0
2001	Los Angeles Lakers	Phil Jackson	Philadelphia 76ers	Larry Brown	4-1
2000	Los Angeles Lakers	Phil Jackson	Indiana Pacers	Larry Bird	4-2
1999	San Antonio Spurs	Gregg Popovich	New York Knicks	Jeff Van Gundy	4-1
1998	Chicago Bulls	Phil Jackson	Utah Jazz	Jerry Sloan	4-2
1997	Chicago Bulls	Phil Jackson	Utah Jazz	Jerry Sloan	4-2
1996	Chicago Bulls	Phil Jackson	Seattle SuperSonics	George Karl	4-2
1995	Houston Rockets	Rudy Tomjanovich	Orlando Magic	Brian Hill	4-0
1994	Houston Rockets	Rudy Tomjanovich	New York Knicks	Pat Riley	4-3
1993	Chicago Bulls	Phil Jackson	Phoenix Suns	Paul Westphal	4-2
1992	Chicago Bulls	Phil Jackson	Portland Trail Blazers	Rick Adelman	4-2
1991	Chicago Bulls	Phil Jackson	Los Angeles Lakers	Mike Dunleavy	4-1
1990	Detroit Pistons	Chuck Daly	Portland Trail Blazers	Rick Adelman	4-1
1989	Detroit Pistons	Chuck Daly	Los Angeles Lakers	Pat Riley	4-0
1988	Los Angeles Lakers	Pat Riley	Detroit Pistons	Chuck Daly	4-3
1987	Los Angeles Lakers	Pat Riley	Boston Celtics	K.C. Jones	4-2
1986	Boston Celtics	K.C. Jones	Houston Rockets	Bill Fitch	4-2
1985	Los Angeles Lakers	Pat Riley	Boston Celtics	K.C. Jones	4-2
1984	Boston Celtics	K.C. Jones	Los Angeles Lakers	Pat Riley	4-3
1983	Philadelphia 76ers	Billy Cunningham	Los Angeles Lakers	Pat Riley	4-0
1982	Los Angeles Lakers	Pat Riley	Philadelphia 76ers	Billy Cunningham	4-2
1981	Boston Celtics	Bill Fitch	Houston Rockets	Del Harris	4-2
1980	Los Angeles Lakers	Paul Westhead	Philadelphia 76ers	Billy Cunningham	4-2
1979	Seattle SuperSonics	Lenny Wilkens	Washington Bullets	Dick Motta	4-1
1978	Washington Wizards	Dick Motta	Seattle SuperSonics	Lenny Wilkens	4-3
1977	Portland Trail Blazers	Jack Ramsay	Philadelphia 76ers	Gene Shue	4-2
1976	Boston Celtics	Tom Heinsohn	Phoenix Suns	John MacLeod	4-2
1975	Golden State Warriors	Al Attles	Washington Bullets	K.C. Jones	4-0
1974	Boston Celtics	Tom Heinsohn	Milwaukee Bucks	Larry Costello	4-3
1973	New York Knicks	Red Holzman	Los Angeles Lakers	Bill Sharman	4-1
1972	Los Angeles Lakers	Bill Sharman	New York Knicks	Red Holzman	4-1
1971	Milwaukee Bucks	Larry Costello	Baltimore Bullets	Gene Shue	4-0
1970	New York Knicks	Red Holzman	Los Angeles Lakers	Joe Mullaney	4-3
1969	Boston Celtics	Bill Russell	Los Angeles Lakers	Bill van Breda Kolff	4-3
1968	Boston Celtics	Bill Russell	Los Angeles Lakers	Bill van Breda Kolff	4-2
1967	Philadelphia 76ers	Alex Hannum	San Francisco Warriors	Bill Sharman	4-2
1966	Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	Los Angeles Lakers	Fred Schaus	4-3
1965	Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	Los Angeles Lakers	Fred Schaus	4-1
1964	Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	San Francisco Warriors	Alex Hannum	4-1
1963	Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	Los Angeles Lakers	Fred Schaus	4-2
1962	Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	Los Angeles Lakers	Fred Schaus	4-3
1961	Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	St. Louis Hawks	Paul Seymour	4-1
1960	Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	St. Louis Hawks	Ed Macauley	4-3
1959	Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	Minnesapolis Lakers	John Kundla	4-0
1958	St. Louis Hawks	Alex Hannum	Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	4-2
1957	Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	Atlanta Hawks	Alex Hannum	4-3
1956	Philadelphia Warriors	George Senesky	Fort Wayne Pistons	Charles Eckman	4-1
1955	Syracuse Nationals	Al Cervi	Fort Wayne Pistons	Charles Eckman	4-3
1954	Minneapolis Lakers	John Kundla	Syracuse Nationals	Al Cervi	4-3
1953	Minneapolis Lakers	John Kundla	New York Knicks	Joe Lapchik	4-1
1952	Minneapolis Lakers	John Kundla	New York Knicks	Joe Lapchik	4-3
1951	Rochester Royals	Lester Harrison	New York Knicks	Joe Lapchik	4-3
1950	Minneapolis Lakers	John Kundla	Syracuse Nationals	Al Cervi	4-2
1949	Minneapolis Lakers	John Kundla	Washington Capitols	Red Auerbach	4-2
1948	Baltimore Bullets	Buddy Jeannette	Philadelphia Warriors	Ed Gottlieb	4-2
1947	Philadelphia Warriors	Ed Gottlieb	Chicago Stags	Harold Olsen	4-1

Trivia

The first US Attorney General was Edmund Randolph in 1789.