NBA Conference Finals

Le National Basketball Association Conference Finals sanciscono la conclusione dei Playoff NBA, quando le ultime due squadre della Eastern e Western Conference si scontrano. I vincitori delle Conference Finals ricevono un trofeo d'argento e avanzano alle NBA Finals.

Storia

Inizialmente, la BAA (primo nome della NBA) suddivise i suoi team in due division,NBA Eastern Division e NBA Western Division. Le Divisional Finals, furono giocate per la prima volta nel 1948: nei primi due anni della sua vita la Lega usava invece un formato di playoffs che prevedeva incroci tra le squadre di Division diverse. Nel 1949 l'NBA creò tre Division, aggiungendo la NBA Central Division; tuttavia tale sistema durò solo quella stagione, tornando l'anno dopo al formato a due Division, che durò fino al 1970. Nel 1970 la lega creò due Conference (Western e Eastern), costituite ciascuna da due Division: nacquero così le Conference Finals. Le Conference Finals erano al meglio delle 3 gare nel 1949 e nel 1950, al meglio delle 5 fino al 1956 e dall'anno dopo all'attuale formato al meglio delle 7 partite.

Riassunto finali

Legenda

^	Squadra vincitrice delle NBA Finals
^†	Detentrice del miglior record di regular season

Eastern e Western Division / Conference

Campione	Finalista	Risultato	Anno	Campione	Finalista	Risultato
NBA Eastern Division (Playoffs) / NBA Eastern Conference				NBA Western Division (Playoffs) / NBA Western Conference
Finali di Division
Washington Capitols	New York Knicks	2-1	1949	Minneapolis Lakers	Rochester Royals^†	2-0
Syracuse Nationals^†	New York Knicks	2-1	1950	Anderson Packers	Indianapolis Olympians	2-1
New York Knicks	Syracuse Nationals	3-2	1951	Rochester Royals	Minneapolis Lakers^†	3-1
New York Knicks	Syracuse Nationals	3-1	1952	Minneapolis Lakers	Rochester Royals^†	3-1
New York Knicks	Boston Celtics	3-1	1953	Minneapolis Lakers^†	Fort Wayne Pistons	3-2
Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics	2-0	1954	Minneapolis Lakers^†	Rochester Royals	2-1
Syracuse Nationals^†	Boston Celtics	3-1	1955	Fort Wayne Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers	3-1
Philadelphia Warriors^†	Syracuse Nationals	3-2	1956	Fort Wayne Pistons	St. Louis Hawks	3-2
Boston Celtics^†	Syracuse Nationals	3-0	1957	St. Louis Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers	3-0
Boston Celtics^†	Philadelphia Warriors	4-1	1958	St. Louis Hawks	Detroit Pistons	4-1
Boston Celtics^†	Syracuse Nationals	4-3	1959	Minneapolis Lakers	St. Louis Hawks	4-2
Boston Celtics^†	Philadelphia Warriors	4-2	1960	St. Louis Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers	4-3
Boston Celtics^†	Syracuse Nationals	4-1	1961	St. Louis Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers	4-3
Boston Celtics^†	Philadelphia Warriors	4-3	1962	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons	4-2
Boston Celtics^†	Cincinnati Royals	4-3	1963	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks	4-3
Boston Celtics^†	Cincinnati Royals	4-1	1964	San Francisco Warriors	St. Louis Hawks	4-3
Boston Celtics^†	Philadelphia 76ers	4-3	1965	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets	4-2
Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers^†	4-1	1966	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks	4-3
Philadelphia 76ers^†	Boston Celtics	4-1	1967	San Francisco Warriors	St. Louis Hawks	4-2
Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers^†	4-3	1968	Los Angeles Lakers	San Francisco Warriors	4-0
Boston Celtics	New York Knicks	4-2	1969	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks	4-1
New York Knicks^†	Milwaukee Bucks	4-1	1970	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks	4-0
Conference Finals
Campione	Finalista	Risultato	Anno	Campione	Finalista	Risultato
Baltimore Bullets	New York Knicks	4-3	1971	Milwaukee Bucks^†	Los Angeles Lakers	4-1
New York Knicks	Boston Celtics	4-1	1972	Los Angeles Lakers^†	Milwaukee Bucks	4-2
New York Knicks	Boston Celtics^†	4-3	1973	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors	4-1
Boston Celtics	New York Knicks	4-1	1974	Milwaukee Bucks^†	Chicago Bulls	4-0
Washington Bullets^†	Boston Celtics^†	4-2	1975	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls	4-3
Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers	4-2	1976	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors^†	4-3
Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets	4-2	1977	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers^†	4-0
Washington Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers	4-2	1978	Seattle SuperSonics	Denver Nuggets	4-2
Washington Bullets^†	San Antonio Spurs	4-3	1979	Seattle SuperSonics	Phoenix Suns	4-3
Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics^†	4-1	1980	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle SuperSonics	4-1
Boston Celtics^†	Philadelphia 76ers^†	4-3	1981	Houston Rockets	Kansas City Kings	4-1
Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics^†	4-3	1982	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs	4-0
Philadelphia 76ers^†	Milwaukee Bucks	4-1	1983	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs	4-2
Boston Celtics^†	Milwaukee Bucks	4-1	1984	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns	4-2
Boston Celtics^†	Philadelphia 76ers	4-1	1985	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets	4-1
Boston Celtics^†	Milwaukee Bucks	4-0	1986	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers	4-1
Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons	4-3	1987	Los Angeles Lakers^†	Seattle SuperSonics	4-0
Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics	4-2	1988	Los Angeles Lakers^†	Dallas Mavericks	4-3
Detroit Pistons^†	Chicago Bulls	4-2	1989	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns	4-0
Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls	4-3	1990	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns	4-2
Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons	4-0	1991	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers^†	4-2
Chicago Bulls^†	Cleveland Cavaliers	4-2	1992	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz	4-2
Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks	4-2	1993	Phoenix Suns^†	Seattle SuperSonics	4-3
New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers	4-3	1994	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz	4-1
Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers	4-3	1995	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs^†	4-2
Chicago Bulls^†	Orlando Magic	4-0	1996	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah Jazz	4-3
'Chicago Bulls^†	Miami Heat	4-1	1997	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets	4-2
Chicago Bulls^†	Indiana Pacers	4-3	1998	Utah Jazz^†	Los Angeles Lakers	4-0
New York Knicks'	Indiana Pacers	4-2	1999	San Antonio Spurs^†	Portland Trail Blazers	4-0
Indiana Pacers'	New York Knicks	4-2	2000	Los Angeles Lakers^†	Portland Trail Blazers	4-3
Philadelphia 76ers'	Milwaukee Bucks	4-3	2001	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs^†	4-0
New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics	4-2	2002	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings^†	4-3
New Jersey Nets	Detroit Pistons	4-0	2003	San Antonio Spurs^†	Dallas Mavericks^†	4-2
Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers^†	4-2	2004	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves	4-2
Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat	4-3	2005	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns^†	4-1
Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons^†	4-2	2006	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns	4-2
Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons	4-2	2007	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz	4-1
Boston Celtics^†	Detroit Pistons	4-2	2008	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs	4-1
Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers^†	4-2	2009	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets	4-2
Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic	4-2	2010	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns	4-2
Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls^†	4-1	2011	Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder	4-1
Miami Heat	Boston Celtics	4-3	2012	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs	4-2
Miami Heat^†	Indiana Pacers	4-3	2013	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies	4-0
Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers	4-2	2014	San Antonio Spurs^†	Oklahoma City Thunder	4-2
Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks	4-0	2015	Golden State Warriors^†	Houston Rockets	4-1
Cleveland Cavaliers	Toronto Raptors	4-2	2016	Golden State Warriors^†	Oklahoma City Thunder	4-3
Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics	4-1	2017	Golden State Warriors^†	San Antonio Spurs	4-0
Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics	4-3	2018	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets^†	4-3
Toronto Raptors	Milwaukee Bucks^†	4-2	2019	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers	4-0
Miami Heat	Boston Celtics	4-2	2020	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets	4-1
Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks	4-2	2021	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers	4-2
Boston Celtics	Miami Heat	4-3	2022	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks	4-1
Miami Heat	Boston Celtics	4-3	2023	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers	4-0
Boston Celtics^†	Indiana Pacers	4-0	2024	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves	4-1
Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks	4-2	2025	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves	4-1

Central Division

Nel 1949 vi era la suddivisione in 3 Division: Western, Eastern e Central. Il formato dei playoff prevedeva quindi tre "Division Finals"; la squadra campione delle Eastern Finals (Syracuse Nationals) avrebbe affrontato nelle NBA Finals del 1950 la vincitrice della semifinale NBA tra i vincitori delle Central Division Finals (Minneapolis Lakers) e i campioni della Western Division (Anderson Packers) in una serie al meglio delle 3 partite. Tale formato durò solo per quella stagione NBA.

Divisional Finals

Anno	Campione	Finalista	Risultato
1950	Minneapolis Lakers	Fort Wayne Pistons	2-0

Risultati per squadra

Squadra	East	West	Central	Total	East	West	Central	Totale	Totale apparizioni
Squadra	Campioni				Finalisti				Totale apparizioni
Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers	0	31	1	32	0	10	0	10	42
Boston Celtics	23	0	0	23	16	0	0	16	39
Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers	9	0	0	9	12	0	0	12	21
Fort Wayne / Detroit Pistons	5	2	0	7	6	3	1	10	17
Philadelphia / San Francisco / Golden State Warriors	1	9	0	10	3	3	0	6	16
New York Knicks	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	8	16
San Antonio Spurs	0	6	0	6	1	7	0	8	14
St. Louis / Atlanta Hawks	0	4	0	4	2	8	0	10	14
Chicago Bulls	6	0	0	6	3	2	0	5	11
Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder	0	5	0	5	0	6	0	6	11
Miami Heat	7	0	0	7	3	0	0	3	10
Milwaukee Bucks	1	2	0	3	6	1	0	7	10
Phoenix Suns	0	3	0	3	0	7	0	7	10
Indiana Pacers	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	8	10
Cleveland Cavaliers	5	0	0	5	3	0	0	3	8
Houston Rockets	0	4	0	4	1	3	0	4	8
Rochester / Cincinnati Royals / Kansas City / Sacramento Kings	0	1	0	1	2	5	0	7	8
Portland Trail Blazers	0	3	0	3	0	4	0	4	7
Dallas Mavericks	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	3	6
Utah Jazz	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	4	6
Baltimore / Washington Bullets (attualmente Washington Wizards)	4	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	5
Denver Nuggets	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	4	5
Orlando Magic	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	4
Minnesota Timberwolves	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	3
New Jersey Nets/Brooklyn Nets	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Toronto Raptors	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
Anderson Packers (scomparsa nel 1950)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Washington Capitols (scomparsa nel 1951)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Indianapolis Olympians (scomparsa nel 1953)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Memphis Grizzlies	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Los Angeles Clippers	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
New Orleans Pelicans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlotte Hornets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Apparizioni consecutive

13 Boston Celtics: (1957–1969) (Division)
8 Los Angeles Lakers: (1982–1989)
6 St. Louis Hawks: (1956–1961) (Division)
6 Los Angeles Lakers: (1968–1973) (Division-Conference)
6 New York Knicks: (1969–1974) (Division-Conference)
6 Detroit Pistons: (2003–2008)
5 New York Knicks: (1949–1953) (Division)
5 Minneapolis Lakers: (1951–1955) (Division)
5 Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers: (1959–1963) (Division)
5 Boston Celtics: (1984–1988)
5 Chicago Bulls: (1989–1993)
5 Detroit Pistons: (1987–1991)
5 Golden State Warriors: (2014-2019)

Voci correlate

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