Playoff Appearances: 36 Overall Playoff Record: 117-152 NBA Championships: 1 (1958) 1999 -- defeated Detroit, 3-2, first round lost to New York, 4-0, conference semifinals 1998 -- lost to Charlotte, 3-1, first round 1997 -- defeated Detroit, 3-2, first round lost to Chicago, 4-1, conference semifinals 1996 -- defeated Indiana, 3-2, first round lost to Orlando, 4-1, conference semifinals 1995 -- lost to Indiana, 3-0, first round 1994 -- defeated Miami, 3-2, first round lost to Indiana, 4-2, conference semifinals 1993 -- lost to Chicago, 3-0, first round 1991 -- lost to Detroit, 3-2, first round 1989 -- lost to Milwaukee, 3-2, first round 1988 -- defeated Milwaukee, 3-2, first round lost to Boston, 4-3, conference semifinals 1987 -- defeated Indiana, 3-1, first round lost to Detroit, 4-1, conference semifinals 1986 -- defeated Detroit, 3-1, first round lost to Boston, 4-1, conference semifinals 1984 -- lost to Milwaukee, 3-2, first round 1983 -- lost to Boston, 2-1, first round 1982 -- lost to Philadelphia, 2-0, first round 1980 -- lost to Philadelphia, 4-1, conference semifinals 1979 -- lefeated Boston, 2-0, first round lost to Washington, 4-3, conference semifinals 1978 -- lost to Washington, 2-0, first round 1973 -- lost to Boston, 4-2, conference semifinals 1972 -- lost to Boston, 4-2, conference semifinals 1971 -- lost to New York, 4-1, conference semifinals 1970 -- defeated Chicago, 4-1, division semifinals lost to LA Lakers, 4-0, division finals 1969 -- defeated San Diego, 4-2, division semifinals lost to LA Lakers, 4-1, division finals (AS ST. LOUIS HAWKS) 1968 -- lost to San Francisco, 4-2, division semifinals 1967 -- defeated Chicago, 3-0, division semifinals lost to San Francisco, 4-2, division finals 1966 -- defeated Baltimore, 3-0, division semifinals lost to LA Lakers, 4-3, division finals 1965 -- lost to Baltimore, 3-1, division semifinals 1964 -- defeated LA Lakers, 3-2, division semifinals lost to San Francisco, 4-3, division finals 1963 -- lost to Detroit, 3-1, division semifinals 1961 -- defeated LA Lakers, 4-3, division finals lost to Boston, 4-1, NBA Finals 1960 -- defeated Minneapolis, 4-3, division finals lost to Boston, 4-3, NBA Finals 1959 -- lost to Minneapolis, 4-2, division finals 1958 -- defeated Detroit, 4-1, division finals defeated Boston, 4-2, NBA Finals WON NBA CHAMPIONSHIP 1957 -- defeated Fort Wayne, division tiebreaker defeated Minneapolis, division tiebreaker defeated Minneapolis, 3-0, division finals lost to Boston, 4-3, NBA Finals 1956 -- defeated Minneapolis, 2-1, division semifinals lost to Fort Wayne, 3-2, division finals (AS TRI-CITIES HAWKS) 1950 -- lost to Anderson, 2-1, division semifinals  