About the NBA Championship
The NBA season consists of 82 games in the regular season. The teams are split into six divisions based on location. There are also two conferences on which the playoffs are based. The top eight teams in each conference advance to the playoffs.
Sixteen teams advance to the playoffs in total, each playoff series is played over a best-of-seven series until we are left with two teams battling it out for the NBA Championship.
Here are the past ten winners of the NBA Championship:
| Year | Western Champion | Coach | Result | Eastern Champion | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Denver Nuggets (1) (1, 1–0) | Michael Malone | 4-1 | Miami Heat (8) (7, 3–4) | Erik Spoelstra |
| 2022 | Golden State Warriors (3) (12, 7–5) | Steve Kerr | 4-2 | Boston Celtics (2) (22, 17–5) | Ime Udoka |
| 2021 | Phoenix Suns (2) (3, 0–3) | Monty Williams | 2-4 | Milwaukee Bucks (3) (3, 2–1) | Mike Budenholzer |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Lakers (1) (32, 17-15) | Frank Vogel | 4-2 | Miami Heat (5) (6, 3-3) | Erik Spoelstra |
| 2019 | Golden State Warriors (1) (11, 6-5) | Steve Kerr | 2-4 | Toronto Raptors (2) (1, 1-0) | Nick Nurse |
| 2018 | Golden State Warriors (2) (10, 6-4) | Steve Kerr | 4-0 | Cleveland Cavaliers (4) (5, 1-4) | Tyronn Lue |
| 2017 | Golden State Warriors (1) (9, 5-4) | Steve Kerr | 4-1 | Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (4, 1-3) | Tyronn Lue |
| 2016 | Golden State Warriors (1) (8, 4-4) | Steve Kerr | 3-4 | Cleveland Cavaliers (1) (3, 1-2) | Tyronn Lue |
| 2015 | Golden State Warriors (1) (7, 4-3) | Steve Kerr | 4-2 | Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (2, 0-2) | David Blatt |
| 2014 | San Antonio Spurs (1) (6, 5-1) | Gregg Popovich | 4-1 | Miami Heat (2) (5, 3-2) | Erik Spoelstra |
Using the NBA Championship Betting Tips
To view the regular season and playoff pick from our basketball tipsters head over to the Basketball Picks page. That includes predictions for the money line, game totals and the spread.
Here you can view all of the odds to win the NBA Championship. You can see how which teams our tipsters are predicting to win the NBA Championship.
Each team will have the number of tips to predict them to win as well as the percentage of the tips for this team to win. The percentage and current odds are then used to calculate a 'Value Rating'.
When you decide which team you want to bet on to win the NBA Championship, whether that be based on our tipster's predictions or your own choice, click on the 'Add' to betslip option.
You will then be presented with the bookmakers from which you can see which one is offering the best odds. Select them and your bet will be transferred across for you to place your bet.
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