NBA Finals results and records by year throughout league history

A new team will reach the NBA's mountaintop in 2024. The Boston Celtics , Indiana Pacers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks are heading to the conference finals this year. With the defending champion Denver Nuggets out of the picture, a team led by a young superstar will lift the Larry O'Brien Trophy next month. There's still a long way to go before the final buzzer in the 2024 NBA Finals . As the chase for a championship continues, let's look back at every champion in league history: 24/7 New York news stream: Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are 1940s 1947: Philadelphia Warriors def. Chicago Stags 4-1 1948: Baltimore Bullets def. Philadelphia Warriors 4-2 1949: Minneapolis Lakers def.