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Ep316: NBA Teams Ranked by number of championships · Kidcast Daily

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  Today we are exploring NBA teams ranked by number of
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  championships. A championship in the NBA means
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  a team won the NBA Finals at the end of the season.
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  The Finals use a best of seven series, so the first team to win
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  four games takes the title. When people rank teams by
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  championships, they are simply counting how many times each
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  franchise has won that final series.
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  More trophies means a higher spot on.
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  Let's start at the very top. The Boston Celtics hold the most
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  NBA championships with 18. Their wins stretch from the late
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  1950s and 1960s, when they dominated for many years in a
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  row, all the way to their latest title in 2008.
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  Right behind them are the Los Angeles Lakers with 17
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  championships. The Lakers total includes titles
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  from earlier seasons when the team played in Minneapolis and
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  later many more in Los Angeles. Together, the Celtics and Lakers
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  have set a very high bar. Next up, the Golden State
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  Warriors have 7 championships. Their wins are spread out across
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  different eras, including early titles when the franchise was in
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  Philadelphia, a famous upset in the 1970s, and a modern stretch
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  of victories in the 20 tens and 2022.
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  After the Warriors, the Chicago Bulls have 6 championships.
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  The Bulls earned those in two sets of three in the 1990s,
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  creating one of the most memorable periods in basketball.
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  Then come the San Antonio Spurs with five championships built on
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  steady teamwork and strong defense across several seasons
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  from 1999 to 2014. Now we reach teams with three
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  championships each. The Philadelphia 76ers have
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  three titles with wins in the 1950s, Nineteen, 67 and 1983.
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  The Detroit Pistons also have three, with two late 1980s wins
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  and another in 2004. The Miami Heat have 3
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  championships, 2 with wins in 2006, 2012, and 2013.
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  Even though these teams share the same total, fans often look
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  at details like the years they won and how consistent they have
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  been in reaching the playoffs. Next, several teams have two
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  championships. The New York Knicks have two,
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  both from the early 1970s. The Houston Rockets have two,
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  back-to-back in 1994 and 1995. The Milwaukee Bucks also have
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  two, one in 1971 and another in 2021, showing that a franchise
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  can return to the top after a long gap.
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  When teams are tied, the ranking by championships puts them on
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  the same level and people use other stats to compare them,
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  like total finals appearances or total playoff wins.
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  Then there is a group with 1 championship each.
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  The Cleveland Cavaliers won in 2016 after a dramatic series.
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  The Dallas Mavericks captured the title in 2011 with strong
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  team play. The Toronto Raptors won in 2019,
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  bringing the trophy to Canada for the first time.
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  The Portland Trail Blazers won in 1977.
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  The Washington Bullets, now known as the Washington Wizards,
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  won in 1978. The Seattle SuperSonics, A
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  franchise that later moved and became the Oklahoma City
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  Thunder, won in 1979. The Kansas City and Omaha Kings
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  became the Sacramento Kings, and that franchise traces its single
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  title to 1951, when it was the Rochester Royals.
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  Each of these single championships still counts the
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  same in the totals, even if the win happened a long time ago.
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  Here's a quick example of how the ranking works.
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  If one team has six titles and another has five, the team with
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  six ranks higher no matter what year those titles happened.
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  That is because this list is only about how many times the
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  team has been the last one standing at the end of the
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  finals. It does not matter whether a
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  team had the best regular season record or one other awards.
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  Only Finals wins count toward this ranking.
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  Time for a trivia question that adds a fresh angle.
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  Which team won the first NBA title after the three-point line
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  was added league wide for the 1979 to 80 season?
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  The answer is the Los Angeles Lakers.
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  In 1980. The three-point line changed how
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  teams face the court and shoot, and it has been part of every
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  championship run since that season.
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  Let's dive into some did you know moments.
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  Did you know the Celtics had a run of eight straight
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  championships from 1959 to 1966? That streak is the longest in
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  NBA history. Did you know the Warriors have
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  won titles while based in three different cities over the
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  franchise's long history? They have lifted trophies while
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  the franchise was in Philadelphia, then in the San
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  Francisco Bay Area. Did you know the Knicks two
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  titles? Both involve teams led by smart
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  passers and strong defense, which are skills young players
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  can practice by working on ball handling and staying in front of
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  their opponent. Here comes a yes or no question
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  that brings in a rule. You might not know our
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  championships from the old ABA. Counted in official NBA
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  championship totals. No, ABA titles are not counted
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  in NBA championship rankings. Only NBA Finals wins are
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  included. Some ABA teams later joined the
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  NBA, but their ABA trophies are listed separately in history
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  books. Another interesting detail is
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  how the NBA tracks a franchise's history.
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  Teams sometimes change cities or names, and the championship
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  total follows the franchise, not the building or the mascot.
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  That is why the Lakers earliest wins in Minneapolis are part of
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  the Los Angeles Lakers total. Let's ask a yes or no question
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  about that. Do team name changes affect how
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  many championships a franchise is credited with?
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  No, the total stays with a franchise across name and city
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  changes, so records remain connected over time.
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  One another ranking highlight, the Spurs 5 championships came
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  without any back-to-back titles. That shows a franchise can keep
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  returning to the top by rebuilding and developing
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  players over several seasons. The Heat's three titles include
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  two in a row in 2012 and 2013, which is called a repeat. the
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  Rockets also repeated in 1994 and 1995.
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  Here is a trivia question that introduces a new fact about
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  Finals visits. Which current NBA franchise has
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  appeared in the NBA Finals the most times without winning a
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  championship? The Phoenix Suns with three
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  appearances and no titles so far.
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  They reached the Finals in 19761993 and 2021.
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  Some fans like to talk about 3 peats, which means winning three
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  in a row. This is rare and hard to do
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  because each season brings new injuries, trades, and strong
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  opponents. The Bulls did it twice in the
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  1990's. The Lakers also did it twice as
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  a franchise, once in the early 1950s and again from 2000 to
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  2002. Here is a yes or no question
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  that adds a new twist. Has any NBA team ever won 3
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  championships in a row? More than once?
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  Yes, the Lakers franchise did 2 separate 3 peats, and the Bulls
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  earned 2 separate 3 peats as well, though the Bulls runs were
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  in different stretches of the 1990s.
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  Let's put the ranking in order again with a quick recap by
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  Totals. First place Celtics with 18.
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  Second Lakers with 17. Third Warriors with seven.
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  Fourth Bulls with six. Fifth Spurs with five.
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  Then there are the 76ers, Pistons and Heat with three
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  each. Next are the Knicks, Rockets and
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  Bucks with two. Then the Cavaliers, Mavericks,
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  Raptors, Trail Blazers, Wizards, Thunder franchise, Kings
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  franchise and a few others each have won.
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  Teams with 0 championships do not appear on the winner list
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  yet, but many have reached the finals and could win in a future
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  season. Why do people care about this
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  ranking? It gives a quick picture of long
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  term success. It helps fans learn team
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  history, compare eras, and understand which franchises have
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  built strong cultures for winning.
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  It also helps explain rivalries when two teams with many titles
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  meet. It feels special because of the
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  history behind each jersey. Before we wrap up, here is one
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  more yes or no question that reveals a new detail about
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  scheduling. Can the NBA Finals end in June
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  or July? Depending on the calendar, yes.
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  Most seasons finish in June, but some schedules have pushed the
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  last games into early July, such as the 2020 to 21 season.
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  Let's review what we learned today.
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  A championship is earned by winning the NBA Finals, which is
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  a best of seven series. Rankings by championships are
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  simple counts of how many times each franchise has won the
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  title. The all time leader is the
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  Boston Celtics with 18, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers with
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  17. The Golden State Warriors have
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  7, the Chicago Bulls have 6, and the San Antonio Spurs have 5.
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  Three time winners are the Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit
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  Pistons and Miami Heat. 2 time winners are the New York Knicks,
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  Houston Rockets, and Milwaukee Bucks.
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  Several franchises have one championship including the
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  Cavaliers, Mavericks, Raptors, Trail Blazers, Wizards, Thunder
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  franchise, and Kings franchise. We learned that ABA titles do
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  not count toward NBA totals and franchise totals follow the team
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  even if it changes cities or names.
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  We also added fresh facts like the first champions after the
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  three-point line arrived, the Suns having the most finals
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  trips without a title, and that some finals have ended in July
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  based on the season schedule. Now when you hear fans talk
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  about who ranks Whereby championships, you can explain
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  exactly how the list works and why those numbers matter.