What Team In The NBA Has The Most Championships?
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The Boston Celtics have the most championships in the NBA with 17. The Los Angeles Lakers are in second place with 16.
The Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics have the most championships in the NBA with 17. They have also been to the most finals with 21 appearances. The Celtics have also made the playoffs the most times with 54 appearances.
History
The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the league’s original eight teams, the team play their home games at TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Boston Bruins. The Celtics are one of the most successful teams in NBA history; they have won the most championships of any NBA franchise with seventeen (as of 2019), and currently hold the record for the most recorded wins of any NBA team with 3,495 (as of the end of the 2018–19 NBA season).
Championships
Since the NBA was founded in 1946, there have been 73 championships awarded to 27 different teams. Of those 27 teams, the Boston Celtics have won the most championships with 17. The Los Angeles Lakers are second with 16, followed by the Golden State Warriors with 6. The San Antonio Spurs have also won 5 championships since 1999.
Championship success is often determined by the quality of a team’s roster, as well as coaching and management. However, luck also plays a role in whether or not a team is able to win a championship. Injuries, for example, can be a major factor in a team’s performance during the playoffs.
The Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers have the most championships in the NBA with 16 titles. The Lakers are followed by the Boston Celtics with 17 titles. The Lakers have been to 31 Finals, while the Celtics have been to 21.
History
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League (NBL). The new team began playing in Minneapolis, calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers. Initially a member of the NBL, the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining the rival Basketball Association of America, where they would win five of their next six championships after joining.
In 1950, led by future Hall of Famers George Mikan, Bob Cousy and Bill Russell, head coach John Kundla, and new team owner Ben Berger, Los Angeles won its first NBA championship. After struggling financially in the late 1950s following Mikan’s retirement, they relocated to Los Angeles before the 1960–61 season. Led by Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, Los Angeles made eight consecutive appearances in the NBA Finals between 1959 and 1966 but failed to win a title during that period despite multiple Hall of Fame players on its rosters. In 1968, under head coach Butch van Breda Kolff, West and Elgin Baylor; they finally broke through as champions by defeating Earl Monroe’s Baltimore Bullets in four games during that year’s Finals to win their sixth title—and first since 1954—despite being outscored by Baltimore during three out of those four games. After losing to Boston seven times consecutively in NBA Finals appearances dating back to 1962 as well as losing three straight times to them earlier in playoff series dating back to 1969 when they were still based in San Francisco; Golden State avenged all three previous losses against them en route to winning their first ever NBA title since moving from Philadelphia to San Francisco back in 1962 while also preventing Boston from winning an unprecedented fourth straight championship which would’ve been an NBA record had it happened including Golden State head coach Steve Kerr winning his sixth ring overall tying him with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen for second most all time for an active NBA head coach behind only Gregg Popovich who has five rings.
Los Angeles repeated as champions in 1972 by defeating New York Knicks four games to one; this was their seventh title overall increasing their lead over every other team for most championships all time which they still maintain currently with 17 titles overall. Under then-head coach Bill Sharman (who had previously won four championships as a player with Celtics including being part of Boston’s first ever championship winning team back in 1957), They compiled what many consider as one second greatest single season record ever behind only 1996 Chicago Bulls going 69-13 during 1971-72 regular season before losing only two playoff games en route to winning another championship against Knicks which helped Gail Goodrich Average 25 points per game during those playoffs which is still a Lakers franchise postseason record currently excluding those two losses becoming only sixth player all time at that time join Wilt Chamberlain who had done it previously on five separate occasions where a player averaged 25 points per game or more during playoffs while also helping Lakers set then-NBA record for best single season win percentage finishing at .841 behind only Michael Jordan’s 1996 Chicago Bulls who finished at .867 that same year for best single season win percentage ever which has since been broken by Golden State Warriors whom went 73-9 en route to setting new NBA regular season record for best single season win percentage finishing at .890 during 2015-16 regular season en route to losing only three playoff games while going 16-1 en route ending up making it back-to-back trips to NBA Finals where they defeated Cleveland Cavaliers becoming first team ever go undefeated 16-0 en route making NBA Finals history while also avenging blowout loss suffered at hands Cavaliers Game 7 during 2016 NBA Finals coming back from behind 3-1 deficit down becoming first team ever do so history winning Game 5 118–113 handing Cavaliers first loss ever coming back down 3–1 deficit en route forcing Game 7 which Cavaliers ultimately won 93–89 marking first time any team came back from being down 3–1 deficit losing Game 7 away from home also Cavalier’s Kyrie Irving made game-winning shot over Stephen Curry becoming only fifth player all time make series-clinching shot Game 7 away from home joining Robert Horry (2002 Western Conference Finals), LeBron James (2016 NBA Finals), Jerry West (1970 NBA Finals) and Keegan Bradley (2011 PGA Championship) whom all made series clinching shots games sevens away from homes respectively prior him doing it himself giving Cavaliers’ their very first sports championship since 1964 when Browns won NFL ChampionshipGame prior AFL-NFL merger giving city its very long awaited major sports championship almost 52 years breaking city’s so called major sports championship “drought” longest any North American city had gone without one prior finally breaking it after 52 years but getting swept very next year 2017 when Warriors exacted revenge beating them 4-0 making it third consecutive trip meeting each other dating back 2015 when Warriors blew 3–1 lead surrendering it Cavaliers whom went on beat Warriors 4–2 that year handing Warrior’s their first ever Finals loss after leading series 3–1 change Also third meeting between Kevin Durant against his former Oklahoma City Thunder team he played nine seasons for drafted by Seattle SuperSonics selecting 2nd overall pick 2007 NBA Draft prior moving Oklahoma City five years later 2012 playing one final season Thunder 2012 reaching Western Conference Finals ultimately losing Spurs 4–2 Spurs whom went on lose 2014
Championships
The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional NBA basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers compete in the Western Conference of the NBA. They play their home games at Staples Center. The team began play in 1947 as the Minneapolis Lakers, relocating to Los Angeles in 1960.
The Lakers hold the record for having won the most championships in the NBA with 17 titles. Of those, 16 were won while based in Minneapolis and 1 while based in Los Angeles. Their first championship came in 1949, followed by 5 more titles in Minneapolis between 1950 and 1954. After relocating to Los Angeles, they won 11 more championships between 1972 and 2010. Their most recent championship came in 2020.
The Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are the defending NBA champions, having won four of the last five NBA Finals. They are also the current holders of the best record in the NBA.
History
The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in San Francisco, California. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, the Warriors relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the city’s name, before changing its geographic designation to Golden State in 1971. They play their home games at the Chase Center.
The Warriors won the 1947 BAA Finals, which marked the franchise’s first championship victory. The team would go on to win five more championships in Philadelphia, including two more in the 1950s with star players Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston. The team suffered through decades of mediocrity after their second title of the decade in 1956, until drafting Rick Barry in 1965. Barry helped lead the team to four conference titles between 1967 and 1974. After winning their lone NBA Finals appearance in 1975 against the Washington Bullets, who they defeated again in 1975–76 for their second straight title, Golden State Confederacy fell into another period of prolonged failure; they failed to make the playoffs again until 1987 as well as being mired through head coaching changes and ownership groups throughout most of 40s-60s-70s-and early 80s decade missing playoffs 15 times out of 17 seasons from 1977 to 1994. During this period between time debt was mounting on new owner Franklin Mieuli eventually forcing salesman Bob Lurie to purchase control stake becoming majority shareholder by 1980.
In addition doncha know former Warrior player Chris Mullin who was drafted by Warriors in 1979 NBA draft eventually leading them back to prominence becoming one of NBA’s all time great 3 point shooters? Along with fellow All-Star Mullin power forward/center Tim Hardaway forming one of NBA most lethal scoring tandems known as “Run TMC” (an abbreviation for “Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin”) under new head coach Don Nelson eventually leading team back into playoffs 8 times out returning back to NBA Finals losing losing 4–2 against Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan measuring up 1990s Chicago dynasty that went 6 for 8 during those timespan winning 2 three peats 1990–91 / 1991–92 / 1992–93 – 1995–96 / 1996–97 / 1997–98 equaling Bill Russell’s earlier 1960s Boston Celtics who did it first winning 8 straight Championships 1959-66 setting new standard success that still stands till this day no team has come close achieving since but maybe one day another team will duplicate or even surpassing it.
Championships
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are members of the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as the Western Conference champions. The Warriors have won four NBA championships, four Western Conference championships, and one NBA Finals MVP award. Draymond Green is the only player on the current roster to have won an NBA championship with the team.
The Warriors were founded in Philadelphia in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, a charter member of the Basketball Association of America (BAA). In 1962, they relocated to San Francisco and became The San Francisco Warriors until 1971, when they changed their name to the current Golden State Warriors. While playing in Oakland from 1971 to 2019, they won six conference titles and three NBA championships.
