NBA Eastern Conference Finals History
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NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS HISTORY
The Boston Celtics captured the 2024 NBA Eastern Conference Finals by sweeping the Indiana Pacers 4-0 in the best-of-seven series.
Prior to the start of the season, the Celtics were listed as a +230 betting choice to win the conference.
NBA Eastern Conference Champions
Last 10 - Year-Winner (Odds to Win)
2023-24: Boston Celtics (+230)
2022-23: Miami Heat (+800)
2021-22: Boston Celtics (+2000)
2020-21: Milwaukee Bucks (+220)
2019-20: Miami Heat (+2200)
2018-19: Toronto Raptors (+375)
2017-18: Cleveland Cavaliers (-170)
2016-17: Cleveland Cavaliers (-135)
2015-16: Cleveland Cavaliers (-175)
2014-15: Cleveland Cavaliers (-120)
Listed below are the Eastern Conference Finals Champions from 1950 to 2024.
| Year | Champion | Opponent | Series Result |
| 2023-24 | Boston Celtics | Indiana Pacers | 4-0 |
| 2022-23 | Miami Heat | Boston Celtics | 4-3 |
| 2021-22 | Boston Celtics | Miami Heat | 4-2 |
| 2020-21 | Milwaukee Bucks | Atlanta Hawks | 4-2 |
| 2019-20 | Miami Heat | Boston Celtics | 4–2 |
| 2018-19 | Toronto Raptors | Milwaukee Bucks | 4-2 |
| 2017-18 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Boston Celtics | 4–3 |
| 2016-17 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Boston Celtics | 4–1 |
| 2015-16 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Toronto Raptors | 4–2 |
| 2014-15 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Atlanta Hawks | 4–0 |
| 2013-14 | Miami Heat | Indiana Pacers | 4–2 |
| 2012-13 | Miami Heat | Indiana Pacers | 4–3 |
| 2011-12 | Miami Heat | Boston Celtics | 4–3 |
| 2010-11 | Miami Heat | Chicago Bulls | 4–1 |
| 2009-10 | Boston Celtics | Orlando Magic | 4–2 |
| 2008-09 | Orlando Magic | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4–2 |
| 2007-08 | Boston Celtics | Detroit Pistons | 4–2 |
| 2006-07 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Detroit Pistons | 4–2 |
| 2005-06 | Miami Heat | Detroit Pistons | 4–2 |
| 2004-05 | Detroit Pistons | Miami Heat | 4–3 |
| 2003-04 | Detroit Pistons | Indiana Pacers | 4–2 |
| 2002-03 | New Jersey Nets | Detroit Pistons | 4–0 |
| 2001-02 | New Jersey Nets | Boston Celtics | 4–2 |
| 2000-01 | Philadelphia 76ers | Milwaukee Bucks | 4–3 |
| 1999-00 | Indiana Pacers | New York Knicks | 4–2 |
| 1998-99 | New York Knicks | Indiana Pacers | 4–2 |
| 1997-98 | Chicago Bulls | Indiana Pacers | 4–3 |
| 1996-97 | Chicago Bulls | Miami Heat | 4–1 |
| 1995-96 | Chicago Bulls | Orlando Magic | 4–0 |
| 1994-95 | Orlando Magic | Indiana Pacers | 4–3 |
| 1993-94 | New York Knicks | Indiana Pacers | 4–3 |
| 1992-93 | Chicago Bulls | New York Knicks | 4–2 |
| 1991-92 | Chicago Bulls | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4–2 |
| 1990-91 | Chicago Bulls | Detroit Pistons | 4–0 |
| 1989-90 | Detroit Pistons | Chicago Bulls | 4–3 |
| 1988-89 | Detroit Pistons | Chicago Bulls | 4–2 |
| 1987-88 | Detroit Pistons | Boston Celtics | 4–2 |
| 1986-87 | Boston Celtics | Detroit Pistons | 4–3 |
| 1985-86 | Boston Celtics | Milwaukee Bucks | 4–0 |
| 1984-85 | Boston Celtics | Philadelphia 76ers | 4–1 |
| 1983-84 | Boston Celtics | Milwaukee Bucks | 4–1 |
| 1982-83 | Philadelphia 76ers | Milwaukee Bucks | 4–1 |
| 1981-82 | Philadelphia 76ers | Boston Celtics | 4–3 |
| 1980-81 | Boston Celtics | Philadelphia 76ers | 4–3 |
| 1979-80 | Philadelphia 76ers | Boston Celtics | 4–1 |
| 1978-79 | Washington Bullets | San Antonio Spurs | 4–3 |
| 1977-78 | Washington Bullets | Philadelphia 76ers | 4–2 |
| 1976-77 | Philadelphia 76ers | Houston Rockets | 4–2 |
| 1975-76 | Boston Celtics | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4–2 |
| 1974-75 | Washington Bullets | Boston Celtics | 4–2 |
| 1973-74 | Boston Celtics | New York Knicks | 4–1 |
| 1972-73 | New York Knicks | Boston Celtics | 4–3 |
| 1971-72 | New York Knicks | Boston Celtics | 4–1 |
| 1970-71 | Baltimore Bullets | New York Knicks | 4–3 |
| 1969-70 | New York Knicks | Milwaukee Bucks | 4–3 |
| 1968-69 | Boston Celtics | New York Knicks | 4–1 |
| 1967-68 | Boston Celtics | Philadelphia 76ers | 4–1 |
| 1966-67 | Philadelphia 76ers | Boston Celtics | 4–3 |
| 1965-66 | Boston Celtics | Philadelphia 76ers | 4–1 |
| 1964-65 | Boston Celtics | Philadelphia 76ers | 4–3 |
| 1963-64 | Boston Celtics | Cincinnati Royals | 4–3 |
| 1962-63 | Boston Celtics | Cincinnati Royals | 4–1 |
| 1961-62 | Boston Celtics | Philadelphia Warriors | 4–2 |
| 1960-61 | Boston Celtics | Syracuse Nationals | 4–3 |
| 1959-60 | Boston Celtics | Philadelphia Warriors | 4–1 |
| 1958-59 | Boston Celtics | Syracuse Nationals | 3–0 |
| 1957-58 | Boston Celtics | Philadelphia Warriors | 3–2 |
| 1956-57 | Boston Celtics | Syracuse Nationals | 3–1 |
| 1955-56 | Philadelphia Warriors | Syracuse Nationals | 2–0 |
| 1954-55 | Syracuse Nationals | Boston Celtics | 3–1 |
| 1953-54 | Syracuse Nationals | Boston Celtics | 3–1 |
| 1952-53 | New York Knicks | Boston Celtics | 3–2 |
| 1951-52 | New York Knicks | Syracuse Nationals | 2–1 |
| 1950-51 | New York Knicks | Syracuse Nationals | 2–1 |
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