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NBA Team Championships and Titles

1/13/2023

Current Champion: Golden State Warriors

The table lists from greatest to least, the number of NBA Championships All Time for the NBA. Quick summaries of main franchises to follow the table:

NBA Team	Titles	2010 - now	1990 - 2009	Before 1989
Los Angeles Lakers	17	2	4	11
Boston Celtics	17	-	1	16
Golden State Warriors	7	4	-	3
Chicago Bulls	6	-	6	-
San Antonio Spurs	5	1	4	-
Detroit Pistons	3	-	2	-
Miami Heat	3	2	1	-
Philadelphia 76ers	3	-	-	3
New York Knicks	2	-	-	2
Houston Rockets	2	-	2	-
Milwaukee Bucks	2	1	-	1
Cleveland Cavaliers	1	1	-	-
Atlanta Hawks	1	-	-	1
OKC Thunder	1	-	-	1
Washington Wizards	1	-	-	1
Portland Trailblazers	1	-	-	1
Dallas Mavericks	1	1	-	-
Toronto Raptors	1	1	-	-
Sacramento Kings	1	-	-	1

Los Angeles Lakers have five championships when they were the Minneapolis Lakers (1949-50, 1952-54). Lakers general run can be summarized in four general buckets while in Los Angeles. The 1980 led lakers with Kareem, Magic, and Worthy. The 3-peat lakers with Shaq and Kobe. The back-back title Lakers with Kobe and Pau. And the 2020 LeBron led Lakers (the Orlando Bubble edition). Noteworthy: Kobe, Kareem, Magic, Shaq, Worthy, and Pau all have their jersey's retired.
Boston Celtics history can be highlighted mainly from the Bill Russell and Red Auberach generation which led 11 of 13 titles between 1957-1969- where they won eight consecutive titles in a row (1959-1966). The Bird led teams from the 1980s delivered three championships. And they do have one from the turn of this century (2008) led by the Big 3 of Pierce, Garnett, and Allen.
Golden State Warriors includes the Steph Curry led dynasty (with Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, and Andre Iguodala) in winning four titles in eight years, between 2015-2022. Two of the other championships occurred in 1947 and 1956, when they were used to be called the Philadelphia Warriors.
Chicago Bulls represented the most modern decade dominance of any dynasty, with MJ and Pippen's Bull's winning 6 of the possible 10 championships. Jordan's hiatus in 1994-1995 were won by Hakeem led Rockets teams, with Pistons and Spurs capturing the other two in that decade. This stretch from MJ truly represented the highest of high peaks from any one individual in the history of the sport.
San Antonio Spurs championships if you have to boggle it down to two individuals can be thanks to Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich, as they were there for all five of their championships. The first one in 1999 included David Robinson and the titles from 2005, 2007, and 2014 included the Big 4 of Duncan, Parker, Ginoboli, and Kawhi. The 2003 title had all of the five legends of the franchise (excluding Kawhi) as participants.
Miami Heat truly highlighted by the Big 3 led by LeBron and co-starring Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh (where they two of four championships the Big 3 were together for). Dwayne Wade was the star of the show in 2006, when he help along with Shaq, lead the Heat to their first ever championship.
Detroit Pistons championships mainly highlighted by the "Bad Boy Pistons" winning in 1989-1990. Larry Brown's 2004 Pistons team stopped the Lakers Dynasty from 4-peating and arguably courted one of the greatest defenses the game has ever seen.
When it comes to the Milwaukee Bucks, three names come to mind: Kareem, Giannis, and the Big O.
Cleveland Cavaliers championship in 2016 is one of the more iconic if not the most iconic, headlined by the incredible 3-1 comeback, LeBron's MVP performance, Kyrie's shot, and the Cleveland shoutout where it rings, "Cleveland...This one is for you!".
Philadelphia 76ers can be highlighted in three different reference points in terms of championships. You had the Syracuse Nationals championship in 1955. The 1967 Wilt Chamberlain led Sixers team. And the 1983 Julius Erving and Moses Malone led team, where they arguably had the most dominant playoff run going 12-1.
Atlanta Hawks won as the St. Louis Hawks in 1958
OKC Thunder won as the Seattle Supersonics in 1979
Washington Wizards won as the Baltimore bullets in 1948
Sacramento Kings won as the Rochester Royals in 1951

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