NBA Teams That Lost in the Finals

Enter the team every year who lost in the NBA Finals.
Enter city or team name.
Yellow boxes indicate teams in different cities, different team names, or franchises that don't exist anymore.
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Year
Team
1947
Chicago Stags
1948
Philadelphia Warriors
1949
Washington Capitols
1950
Syracuse Nationals
1951
New York Knicks
1952
New York Knicks
1953
New York Knicks
1954
Syracuse Nationals
1955
Fort Wayne Pistons
1956
Fort Wayne Pistons
1957
St. Louis Hawks
1958
Boston Celtics
1959
Minneapolis Lakers
1960
St. Louis Hawks
1961
St. Louis Hawks
1962
Los Angeles Lakers
1963
Los Angeles Lakers
1964
San Francisco Warriors
1965
Los Angeles Lakers
1966
Los Angeles Lakers
1967
San Francisco Warriors
1968
Los Angeles Lakers
1969
Los Angeles Lakers
1970
Los Angeles Lakers
Year
Team
1971
Baltimore Bullets
1972
New York Knicks
1973
Los Angeles Lakers
1974
Milwaukee Bucks
1975
Washington Bullets
1976
Phoenix Suns
1977
Philadelphia 76ers
1978
Seattle Supersonics
1979
Washington Bullets
1980
Philadelphia 76ers
1981
Houston Rockets
1982
Philadelphia 76ers
1983
Los Angeles Lakers
1984
Los Angeles Lakers
1985
Boston Celtics
1986
Houston Rockets
1987
Boston Celtics
1988
Detroit Pistons
1989
Los Angeles Lakers
1990
Portland Trail Blazers
1991
Los Angeles Lakers
1992
Portland Trail Blazers
1993
Phoenix Suns
Year
Team
1994
New York Knicks
1995
Orlando Magic
1996
Seattle Supersonics
1997
Utah Jazz
1998
Utah Jazz
1999
New York Knicks
2000
Indiana Pacers
2001
Philadelphia 76ers
2002
New Jersey Nets
2003
New Jersey Nets
2004
Los Angeles Lakers
2005
Detroit Pistons
2006
Dallas Mavericks
2007
Cleveland Cavaliers
2008
Los Angeles Lakers
2009
Orlando Magic
2010
Boston Celtics
2011
Miami Heat
2012
Oklahoma City Thunder
2013
San Antonio Spurs
2014
Miami Heat
2015
Cleveland Cavaliers
2016
Golden State Warriors
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Level 85
May 23, 2016
Using a yellow box as the entry box *and* to highlight certain specific years is probably not the best choice.
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Level 67
May 23, 2016
I changed it to blue, thanks for pointing it out.