Actually, 17 NBA franchises have won championships though one, the Baltimore Bullets, is no longer in existence.
Boston Celtics - 17
Los Angeles Lakers - 15: 5 in Minneapolis/ 10 in Los Angeles
Chicago Bulls - 6
San Antonio Spurs - 4
Detroit Pistons - 3
Golden State Warriors - 3: 2 as the Philadelphia Warriors
Philadelphia 76ers - 3: 1 as the Syracuse Nationals
Houston Rockets - 2
New York Knickerbockers - 2
Atlanta Hawks - 1 as the St. Louis Hawks in 1958
Baltimore Bullets - 1 in 1948: now defunct, the franchise folded in 1954
Miami Heat - 1
Milwaukee Bucks - 1
Sacramento Kings - 1 as the Rochester Royals in 1951
Seattle Supersonics - 1
Washington Bullets - 1
Seventeen franchises have won NBA titles: Boston Celtics (17), Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers (16), Chicago Bulls (6), San Antonio Spurs (4), Philadelphia/Golden State Warriors (3), Detroit Pistons (3), Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers (3), New York Knicks (2), Houston Rockets (2), Miami Heat (3), Milwaukee Bucks (1), Portland Trail Blazers (1), St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks (1), Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (1), Rochester Royals/Sacramento Kings (1), Washington Bullets/Wizards (2
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*Defunct
Boston Celtics
(1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1986, 2008)
Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers
(1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)
Chicago Bulls
(1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
(1999, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Detroit Pistons
(1989, 1990, 2004)
Philadelphia / Golden State Warriors
(1947, 1956, 1975)
Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers
(1955, 1967, 1983)
Houston Rockets
(1994, 1995)
New York Knicks
(1970, 1973)
Baltimore Bullets (defunct)
(1948)
Miami Heat
(2006)
Milwaukee Bucks
(1971)
Portland Trail Blazers
(1977)
Rochester Royals (now Sacramento Kings)
(1951)
Seattle SuperSonics (now Oklahoma City Thunder)
(1979)
St. Louis Hawks (now Atlanta Hawks)
(1958)
Washington Bullets (now Washington Wizards)
(1978)
They Joined in 1995 when the good teams were around. Can't get to the championship's playing with Jordan, Kobe, Malone, Pierce, D-Wade... You know?
The NBA does uses a seeding format. There are technically no wildcard teams involved.
Minnesota has never won an NBA championship.
No, Chris Paul has not won an NBA championship yet.
The Orlando Magic have never won an NBA Championship.
The Boston Celtics have won the NBA Championship 17 teams, the most by any team.
The LA Lakers won in 1999
none ! we were holding our breaths 4 Orlando!
They Joined in 1995 when the good teams were around. Can't get to the championship's playing with Jordan, Kobe, Malone, Pierce, D-Wade... You know?
They have never won an NBA championship
In the first year of the NBA in 1946-1947 Season, the Chicago Stags won the NBA Championship. In 1948-1949, the Minneapolis Lakers won a championship in the first year. Never again, has this been accomplished.
The NBA does uses a seeding format. There are technically no wildcard teams involved.
Lakers and Celtics
The Charlotte Bobcats and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
it was the Boston celtics and the los angeles lakers. Boston won the best of 7 series and won the championship
Since the founding of the franchise in 1989 as a result of the expansion of the NBA, the Orlando Magic have had the most successful run in terms of winning percentage of the four teams in the expansion, but has never won a championship. They have won 2 conference titles (1995 and 2009), but never won the championship.
16 nba championships