Topic summary
NBA championships
Extracted from the Wikipedia article NBA Finals.
1950s–1960s: Celtics dynasty
The Boston Celtics won 11 of the 12 NBA Finals they reached during 13 seasons (1957, 1959–66, 1968–69), including eight straight NBA championships from 1959 through 1966. During this time the St. Louis Hawks also won their only title before moving to Atlanta and the Philadelphia 76ers won their first title since relocating from Syracuse.