Who Got the Most NBA Titles?
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The answer might surprise you. We take a look at the NBA teams with the most championships.
The Boston Celtics
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 17av titles, including 8vconsecutive titles from 1959 to 1966, and have recorded the most wins in NBA history with 3,562.
Championships
The Boston Celtics have the most championships in NBA history, with 17 titles. They have won eight consecutive championships from 1959 to 1966. The Celtics also have the most conference titles, with 21.
The Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers have won the most NBA titles with 16. The Lakers have been in the NBA Finals a total of 31 times, which is also the most. The Boston Celtics are in second place with 14 titles. The Lakers have won the title in three different decades.
History
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. 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, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in NBA history, having won 17 NBA championships, their last being in 2010.
As of 2020, the Lakers franchise has produced 19 Hall of Famers and 15 Retired Numbers, which includes 12 players (Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant), head coach Phil Jacksonand broadcaster Chick Hearn.
Championships
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, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, having gained 17 NBA Championships, as well as 32 Conference titles, since their establishment in 1947.
The Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. They are the defending NBA champions, having won the championship in four of the last five seasons.
History
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. 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 moniker to Golden State in 1971. They play their home games at the Chase Center.
The Warriors won the 1947 National Basketball League (NBL) championship, and won again in 1956 under new head coach Al Attles. The team’s success waned following Attles’ departure, and they did not qualify for the playoffs again until 1959 under Attles’ successor, Bob Feerick. Success continued to elude them during that time; they reached the Eastern Division Finals only once, during the 1966–67 season, after which they were de facto relegated to also-ran status by the NBA’s Eastern Division powerhouse Boston Celtics. Despite occasional promising seasons, complete rebuilding was necessitated after a disastarous 1971–72 campaign ended with a 24–58 record, owing mainly to irreconcilable disagreements between front office management and Mullins’s successor as head coach, Alvin Attles.
After nearly a decade stuck in mediocrity or worse—including three straight seasons with 27 or fewer wins from 1999 to 2001—the team put together a strategical and roster-building plan that resulted in five division titles over seven seasons from 2002 to 2008/09 (cumulatively compiling a 315–245 win-loss record during that span), culminating with an NBA Finals appearance and eventual victory over the heavily favored Dallas Mavericks during their “We Believe” playoff run of 2006/07; it was their first appearance in nineteen years and only their second NBA Finals win ever (the other coming during their lone previous appearance in 1975). However, after reaching another Conference Finals during 2010/11—their first season back at Oracle Arena full-time following 35 years playing across San Francisco Bay at Oakland Coliseum Arena—a string of injuries derailed any hopes of post-season success over subsequent campaigns as former All-Star guard Stephen Curry missed nearly all of 2011/12 due largely to recurrent ankle sprains suffered early on while still playing under his rookie contract; this was followed by veteran center Andris Biedriņš being sidelined for all but nine games over 2012/13 owing to recurring calf muscle injuries while still under his contract extension signed before 2011/12 began which had been structured with incentives based on individual performance both on court as well as off court relatedAppearance fees and promotional events related to various corporate sponsorships he had garnered during his retirement from professional play after twenty seasons with Boston which saw him win five world championships while appearing in an additional three finals appearances with Indiana (two losses) and Detroit (one win) after initially being drafted out of high school by Seattle before being immediately traded twice on draft night for veteran players who could help those ball clubs more immediately win championships rather than having to wait for himto develop into an All Star caliber player which he became while leading Indiana into postseason contention nearly every season from 1981 onward playing under head coaches Jack McKinney during his rookie season 1981/82and then Larry Brown for each of his final thirteen seasons with Indiana including leading them into NBA Finals appearances against Los Angeles Lakers in 2000 (losing 4 games to 2)and 2002(losing 4 games 3).
Championships
The Warriors have won five NBA championships (1956, 1975, 2015, 2017, and 2018), one NBA Finals MVP award (Wilt Chamberlain in 1967), 14 Western Conference championships, and have made the playoffs in 30 of the last 32 seasons, including 27 in a row.
