|| |- | 1973 || Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–1 || Golden State Warriors || |- | 1974 || Milwaukee Bucks† || || align=center|4–0 || Chicago Bulls || |- | 1975 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Golden State Warriors || || align=center|4–3 || Chicago Bulls || |- | 1976 || Phoenix Suns|| || align=center|4–3 || Golden State Warriors† || |- | 1977 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Portland Trail Blazers || || align=center|4–0 || Los Angeles Lakers† || |- | 1978 || Seattle SuperSonics || || align=center|4–2 || Denver Nuggets || |- | 1979 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Seattle SuperSonics || || align=center|4–3 || Phoenix Suns || |- | 1980 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–1 || Seattle SuperSonics || |- | 1981 || Houston Rockets|| || align=center|4–1 || Kansas City Kings || |- | 1982 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–0 || San Antonio Spurs || |- | 1983 || Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–2 || San Antonio Spurs || |- | 1984 || Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–2 || Phoenix Suns || |- | 1985 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–1 || Denver Nuggets || |- | 1986 || Houston Rockets || || align=center|4–1 || Los Angeles Lakers || |- | 1987 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers† || || align=center|4–0 || Seattle SuperSonics || |- | 1988 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers† || || align=center|4–3 || Dallas Mavericks || |- | 1989 || Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–0 || Phoenix Suns || |- | 1990 || Portland Trail Blazers || || align=center|4–2 || Phoenix Suns || |- | 1991 || Los Angeles Lakers || || align=center|4–2 || Portland Trail Blazers† || |- | 1992 || Portland Trail Blazers || || align=center|4–2 || Utah Jazz || |- | 1993 || Phoenix Suns† || || align=center|4–3 || Seattle SuperSonics || |- | 1994 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Houston Rockets || || align=center|4–1 || Utah Jazz || |- | 1995 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Houston Rockets || || align=center|4–2 || San Antonio Spurs† || |- | 1996 || Seattle SuperSonics || || align=center|4–3 || Utah Jazz || |- | 1997 || Utah Jazz || || align=center|4–2 || Houston Rockets || |- | 1998 || Utah Jazz† || || align=center|4–0 || Los Angeles Lakers || |- | 1999 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|San Antonio Spurs† || || align=center|4–0 || Portland Trail Blazers || |- | 2000 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers† || || align=center|4–3 || Portland Trail Blazers || |- | 2001 || bgcolor=#FFFF99|Los Angeles Lakers || ||