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List of NBA champions
The
National Basketball Association
(NBA)
(formerly
Basketball Association of America (BAA)
from 1946–49)
Finals
is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the sport's
postseason
. All Finals have been played in a
best-of-seven format
, and contested between the winners of the
Eastern Conference
and the
Western Conference
(formerly Divisions before 1970), except in in which the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and
Central Division
champions. Prior to
1949
, the playoffs were instituted a three-stage tournament where the two semifinal winners played each other in the finals. The winning team of the series receives the
Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy
.
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