Labels:text | screenshot | menu | font | black and white | document OCR: 1947 *Philadelphia Warriors Chicago Stags 1948 Philadelphia Warriors *Baltimore Bullets 1949 washington Capitols *Minneapolis Lakers 1950 Syracuse Nationals *Minneapolis Lakers 1951 New York Knickerbockers *Rochester Royals 1952 New York Knickerbockers *Minneapolis Lakers 1953 New York Knickerbockers *Minneapolis Lakers 1954 Syracuse Nationals *Minneapolis Lakers 1955 *Syracuse Nationals Ft. Wayne Pistons 1956 *Philadelphia Warriors Ft. Wayne Pistons 1957 *Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 1958 Boston Celtics *St. Louis Hawks 1959 *Boston Celtics Minneapolis Lakers 1960 *Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 1961 *Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks 1962 *Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 1963 *Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 1964 *Boston Celtics San Francisco Warriors 1965 *Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 1966 *Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 1967 *Philadelphia 7 6ers San Francisco Warriors 1968 *Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 1969 *Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 1970 *New York Knickerbockers Los Angeles Lakers 1971 Baltimore Bullets *Milwaukee Bucks 1972 New York Knickerbockers *Los Angeles Lakers 1973 *New York Knickerbockers Los Angeles Lakers 1974 *Boston Celtics Milwaukee Bucks 1975 Washington Bullets *Golden State Warriors 1976 *Boston Celtics Phoenix Suns 1977 Philadelphia 7 6ers *Portland Trail Blazers 1978 *Washington Bullets Seattle SuperSonics 1979 Washington Bullets *Seattle SuperSonics 1980 Philadelphia 76ers *Los Angeles Lakers 1981 *Boston Celtics Houston Rockets 1982 Philadelphia 7 6ers *Los Angeles Lakers 1983 *Philadelphia 7 6ers Los Angeles Lakers 1984 *Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers 1985 Boston Celtics *Los Angeles Lakers 1986 *Boston Celtics Houston Rockets 1987 Boston Celtics *Los Angeles Lakers 1988 Detroit Pistons *Los Angeles Lakers 1989 *Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers 1990 *Detroit Pistons Portland Trail Blazers 1991 *Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers 1992 *Chicago Bulls Portland Trail Blazers 1993 *Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 1994 New York Knickerbockers *Houston Rockets *National Basketball Association (in 1947-49, Basketball Association of America). h 1950, the NBA had a Central Division winner, Minneapolis. Beginning in 1971, the NBA recognized four divisions-Atlan tic and Central in the East, Midwest and Pacific in the West.
