NBA
Championship
The
first
team
to
win
an
NBA
Championship
was
the
Minneapolis
Lakers,
defeating
the
Syracuse
Nationals
in
1950
The
Eastern
Conference
leads
the
Western
Conference
in
series
won
37-‐29.
The
team
with
the
most
NBA
Championship
is
the
Boston
Celtics,
with
17,
and
the
Minnesota/Los
Angeles
Lakers
in
a
close
second
with
16.
The
current
holders
of
the
trophy
are
the
Miami
Heat,
after
winning
the
title
for
a
second
time
in
a
row,
in
2013.
They
are
seeking
to
keep
it,
and
are
playing
the
San
Antonio
Spurs,
starting
Thursday.
The
Larry
O’Brien
trophy
is
the
championship
trophy
given
out
to
the
winner
of
the
NBA
championship
every
year.
The
trophy
is
named
after
the
former
NBA
commissioner
who
served
from
1975-‐1984
NBA’s
first
Championship
trophy