NBA Eastern Conference Finals Champions by year, Past Winners List, History Since 1947.
For the first time in 25 years, the Indiana Pacers are back in the NBA Finals.
The New York Knicks put up a fight late in the Eastern Conference finals, winning Game 5 two nights ago, but Indiana closed out New York on Saturday night in Game 6, 125-108. The Pacers clamped down and intensified their defensive effort, forced the Knicks into turnovers, sprinted out into transition and rode a hot shooting hand from deep to put the Knicks away.
One game after Indiana had only one player — forward Pascal Siakam — score double figures, the Pacers had seven eclipse the mark Saturday, including all five starters. Siakam led the way with 31 points on 10-of-18 shooting, though Tyrese Haliburton came alive late in the game, scoring 11 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter.
NBA Eastern Conference Finals Past Winners List by Year 1947-2025
2025: Indiana Pacers (def. New York Knicks 4-2)
2024: Boston Celtics (def. Indiana Pacers 4-0)
2023: Miami Heat (def. Boston Celtics 4-3)
2022: Boston Celtics (def. Miami Heat 4-2)
2021: Milwaukee Bucks (def. Atlanta Hawks 4-2)
2020: Miami Heat (def. Boston Celtics 4-2)
2019: Toronto Raptors (def. Milwaukee Bucks 4-2)
2018: Cleveland Cavaliers (def. Boston Celtics 4-3)
2017: Cleveland Cavaliers (def. Boston Celtics 4-1)
2016: Cleveland Cavaliers (def. Toronto Raptors 4-2)
2015: Cleveland Cavaliers (def. Atlanta Hawks 4-0)
2014: Miami Heat (def. Indiana Pacers 4-2)
2013: Miami Heat (def. Indiana Pacers 4-3)
2012: Miami Heat (def. Boston Celtics 4-3)
2011: Miami Heat (def. Chicago Bulls 4-1)
2010: Boston Celtics (def. Orlando Magic 4-2)
2009: Orlando Magic (def. Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2)
2008: Boston Celtics (def. Detroit Pistons 4-2)
2007: Cleveland Cavaliers (def. Detroit Pistons 4-2)
2006: Miami Heat (def. Detroit Pistons 4-2)
2005: Detroit Pistons (def. Miami Heat 4-3)
2004: Detroit Pistons (def. Indiana Pacers 4-2)
2003: New Jersey Nets (def. Detroit Pistons 4-0)
2002: New Jersey Nets (def. Boston Celtics 4-2)
2001: Philadelphia 76ers (def. Milwaukee Bucks 4-3)
2000: Indiana Pacers (def. New York Knicks 4-2)
1999: New York Knicks (def. Indiana Pacers 4-2)
1998: Chicago Bulls (def. Indiana Pacers 4-3)
1997: Chicago Bulls (def. Miami Heat 4-1)
1996: Chicago Bulls (def. Orlando Magic 4-0)
1995: Orlando Magic (def. Indiana Pacers 4-3)
1994: New York Knicks (def. Indiana Pacers 4-3)
1993: Chicago Bulls (def. New York Knicks 4-2)
1992: Chicago Bulls (def. Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2)
1991: Chicago Bulls (def. Detroit Pistons 4-0)
1990: Detroit Pistons (def. Chicago Bulls 4-3)
1989: Detroit Pistons (def. Chicago Bulls 4-2)
1988: Detroit Pistons (def. Boston Celtics 4-2)
1987: Boston Celtics (def. Detroit Pistons 4-3)
1986: Boston Celtics (def. Milwaukee Bucks 4-0)
1985: Boston Celtics (def. Philadelphia 76ers 4-1)
1984: Boston Celtics (def. Milwaukee Bucks 4-1)
1983: Philadelphia 76ers (def. Milwaukee Bucks 4-1)
1982: Philadelphia 76ers (def. Boston Celtics 4-3)
1981: Boston Celtics (def. Philadelphia 76ers 4-3)
1980: Philadelphia 76ers (def. Boston Celtics 4-1)
1979: Washington Bullets (def. San Antonio Spurs 4-3)
1978: Washington Bullets (def. Philadelphia 76ers 4-2)
1977: Philadelphia 76ers (def. Houston Rockets 4-2)
1976: Boston Celtics (def. Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2)
1975: Washington Bullets (def. Boston Celtics 4-2)
1974: Boston Celtics (def. New York Knicks 4-1)
1973: New York Knicks (def. Boston Celtics 4-3)
1972: New York Knicks (def. Boston Celtics 4-1)
1971: Baltimore Bullets (def. New York Knicks 4-3)
1969-70 — New York Knicks
1968-69 — Boston Celtics
1967-68 — Boston Celtics
1966-67 — Philadelphia 76ers
1965-66 — Boston Celtics
1964-65 — Boston Celtics
1963-64 — Boston Celtics
1962-63 — Boston Celtics
1961-62 — Boston Celtics
1960-61 — Boston Celtics
1959-60 — Boston Celtics
1958-59 — Boston Celtics
1957-58 — Boston Celtics
1956-57 — Boston Celtics
1955-56 — Philadelphia Warriors
1954-55 — Syracuse Nationals
1953-54 — Syracuse Nationals
1952-53 — New York Knicks
1951-52 — New York Knicks
1950-51 — New York Knicks
1949-50 — Syracuse Nationals
1948-49 — Washington Capitols
1947-48 — Philadelphia Warriors
1946-47 — Philadelphia Warrior
NBA Eastern Conference Teams List in Alphabetic Order
The National Basketball Association (NBA) Eastern Conference is divided into three divisions of five teams, which are the Atlantic, Central and Southeast.
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
New York Knicks
Philadelphia 76ers
Toronto Raptors
Central Division
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Milwaukee Bucks
Southeast Division
Atlanta Hawks
Charlotte Hornets
Miami Heat
Orlando Magic
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