Playoff Appearances: 36 Overall Record: 163-155 NBA Championships: 2 (1970, 1973) 1999 -- defeated Miami, 3-2, first round defeated Atlanta, 4-0, conference semifinals 1998 -- defeated Miami, 3-2, first round lost to Indiana, 4-1, conference semifinals 1997 -- defeated Charlotte, 3-0, first round lost to Miami, 4-3, conference semifinals 1996 -- defeated Cleveland, 3-0, first round lost to Chicago, 4-1, conference semifinals 1995 -- defeated Cleveland, 3-1, first round lost to Indiana, 4-3, conference semifinals 1994 -- defeated New Jersey, 3-1, first round defeated Chicago, 4-3, conference semifinals defeated Indiana, 4-3, conference finals lost to Houston, 4-3, NBA Finals 1993 -- defeated Indiana, 3-1, first round defeated Charlotte, 4-1, conference semifinals lost to Chicago, 4-2, conference finals 1992 -- defeated Detroit, 3-2, first round lost to Chicago, 4-3, conference semifinals 1991 -- lost to Chicago, 3-0, first round 1990 -- defeated Boston, 3-2, first round lost to Detroit, 4-1, conference semifinals 1989 -- defeated Philadelphia, 3-0, first round lost to Chicago, 4-2, conference semifinals 1988 -- lost to Boston, 3-1, first round 1984 -- defeated Detroit, 3-2, first round lost to Boston, 4-3, conference semifinals 1983 -- defeated New Jersey, 2-0, first round lost to Philadelphia, 4-0, conference semifinals 1981 -- lost to Chicago, 2-0, first round 1978 -- defeated Cleveland, 2-0, first round lost to Philadelphia, 4-0, conference semifinals 1975 -- lost to Houston, 2-1, first round 1974 -- defeated Capital, 4-3, conference semifinals lost to Boston, 4-1, conference finals 1973 -- defeated Baltimore, 4-1, conference semifinals defeated Boston, 4-3, conference finals defeated LA Lakers, 4-1, NBA Finals WON NBA CHAMPIONSHIP 1972 -- defeated Baltimore, 4-2, conference semifinals defeated Boston, 4-1, conference finals lost to LA Lakers, 4-1, NBA Finals 1971 -- defeated Atlanta, 4-1, conference semifinals lost to Baltimore, 4-3, conference finals 1970 -- defeated Baltimore, 4-1, division semifinals defeated Milwaukee, 4-1, division finals defeated LA Lakers, 4-3, NBA Finals WON NBA CHAMPIONSHIP 1969 -- defeated Baltimore, 4-0, division semifinals lost to Boston, 4-2, division finals 1968 -- lost to Philadelphia, 4-2, division semifinals 1967 -- lost to Boston, 3-2, division semifinals 1959 -- lost to Syracuse, 2-0, division semifinals 1956 -- lost to Syracuse, third-place tiebreaker 1955 -- lost to Boston, 2-1, division semifinals 1954 -- lost to Syracuse and Boston, 4-0, round-robin 1953 -- defeated Baltimore, 2-0, division semifinals defeated Boston, 3-1, division finals lost to Minneapolis, 4-1, NBA Finals 1952 -- defeated Boston, 2-1, division semifinals defeated Syracuse, 3-1, division finals lost to Minneapolis, 4-3, NBA Finals 1951 -- defeated Boston, 2-0, division semifinals defeated Syracuse, 3-2, division finals lost to Rochester, 4-3, NBA Finals 1950 -- defeated Washington, 2-0, division semifinals lost to Syracuse, 2-1, 3-1, division finals 1949 -- defeated Baltimore, 2-1, division semifinals lost to Washington, 2-1, division finals 1948 -- lost to Baltimore, 2-1, quarterfinals 1947 -- defeated Cleveland, 2-1, quarterfinals lost to Philadelphia, 2-0, semifinals  