Who won the 1982-83 NBA Championship beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 to 0?

The Philadelphia 76ers won the 1982–83 NBA Championship by sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers 4–0 in the NBA Finals. It was Philadelphia’s second NBA title and the franchise’s third championship overall, including its earlier Syracuse Nationals era.

The 76ers were led by Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Maurice Cheeks, and Bobby Jones. Malone won both the regular-season MVP and Finals MVP awards. Before the playoffs, he famously predicted “Fo, fo, fo,” expecting Philadelphia to win every series in four games; the team finished 12–1 instead, losing only once to the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The result also avenged Philadelphia’s defeat to the Lakers in the 1982 Finals, when Los Angeles won the series 4–2. In 1983, the 76ers controlled the rematch from the start, winning the first three games before closing out the championship on May 31, 1983, with a 115–108 victory at the Los Angeles Forum. A common mix-up is confusing this sweep with the Lakers’ 1982 championship over Philadelphia or the Celtics’ 1985 Finals victory over the Lakers.