align=center|4–0 || San Antonio Spurs† || |- | 2002 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–3 || Sacramento Kings† || |- | 2003 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|San Antonio Spurs† || || align=center|4–2 || Dallas Mavericks† || |- | 2004 || Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–2 || Minnesota Timberwolves || |- | 2005 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|San Antonio Spurs || || align=center|4–1 || Phoenix Suns† || |- | 2006 || Dallas Mavericks || || align=center|4–2 || Phoenix Suns || |- | 2007 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|San Antonio Spurs || || align=center|4–1 || Utah Jazz || |- | 2008 || Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–1 || San Antonio Spurs || |- | 2009 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–2 || Denver Nuggets || |- | 2010 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–2 || Phoenix Suns || |- | 2011 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Dallas Mavericks || || align=center|4–1 || Oklahoma City Thunder || |- | 2012 || Oklahoma City Thunder || || align=center|4–2 || San Antonio Spurs† || |- | 2013 || San Antonio Spurs || || align=center|4–0 || Memphis Grizzlies || |- | 2014 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|San Antonio Spurs† || || align=center|4–2 || Oklahoma City Thunder || |- | 2015 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Golden State Warriors† || || align=center|4–1 || Houston Rockets || |- | 2016 || Golden State Warriors† || || align=center| 4–3 || Oklahoma City Thunder || |- | 2017 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Golden State Warriors† || || align=center| 4–0 || San Antonio Spurs || |- | 2018 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Golden State Warriors || || align=center| 4–3 || Houston Rockets† || |- | 2019 || Golden State Warriors || || align=center| 4–0 || Portland Trail Blazers || |- | 2020 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center| 4–1 ||Denver Nuggets || |- | 2021 || Phoenix Suns || || align=center| 4–2 ||Los Angeles Clippers || |- | 2022 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Golden State Warriors' || || align=center| 4–1 || Dallas Mavericks || |} Results by teamStats updated through May 26, 2022'' Total number of appearances Most frequent match-ups among active teams See also List of NBA champions List of NBA seasons Notes References External links NBA History at NBA.com NBA & ABA Playoff Index (includes BAA) at Basketball-Reference.com Conference Finals