which nba team has the most finals appearances since 2000

Since 1999-00, the Los Angeles Lakers have the most appearances by a team in the NBA Finals, with 8 appearances.

	TEAM	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Lakers	NBA Finals	44	242.8	98.3	41.6	20.5	7.2	5.3	35.9	79.1	45.4	7.2	20.3	35.5	19.3	27.4	70.6	53.9	11.3	30.3	12.8	10,685	4,325	1,831	900	315	231	565	1,053
2	Heat	NBA Finals	40	241.3	96.7	38.7	19.8	7.3	3.9	35.2	77.8	45.3	8.9	23.9	37.3	17.3	23.3	74.5	54.9	9.0	29.7	12.4	9,650	3,867	1,547	792	290	156	496	850
3	Warriors	NBA Finals	34	242.2	107.0	41.9	25.4	7.7	5.3	38.5	84.8	45.4	13.3	35.6	37.2	16.8	21.6	77.6	56.7	9.9	32.1	13.2	8,235	3,639	1,425	864	261	180	448	771
4	Cavaliers	NBA Finals	26	242.9	98.6	44.6	18.4	7.5	4.3	36.2	85.4	42.4	8.8	27.2	32.4	17.3	24.1	72.0	51.4	12.7	31.9	12.3	6,315	2,564	1,160	479	196	113	321	541
5	Spurs	NBA Finals	29	241.7	92.4	42.2	18.9	6.6	5.5	33.8	74.4	45.4	7.6	18.9	40.1	17.3	24.0	71.9	54.4	10.9	31.3	14.3	7,010	2,679	1,224	547	192	160	414	554
6	Celtics	NBA Finals	24	240.0	97.3	41.0	22.9	7.0	4.9	34.8	79.5	43.7	10.0	26.9	37.3	17.8	22.7	78.3	54.4	10.0	31.0	13.2	5,760	2,336	983	549	169	117	317	503
7	Mavericks	NBA Finals	17	241.5	95.0	40.8	16.9	6.8	3.2	34.6	77.9	44.4	7.8	23.1	33.7	18.1	23.8	76.0	53.8	9.5	31.2	13.0	4,105	1,615	693	288	116	55	221	369
8	Pistons	NBA Finals	12	244.2	88.4	42.9	18.3	8.5	6.1	33.8	78.1	43.2	3.3	11.8	27.7	17.7	24.8	71.4	49.7	14.0	28.9	10.3	2,930	1,061	515	219	102	73	124	252
9	Nets	NBA Finals	10	240.0	87.9	41.1	18.6	8.5	5.6	33.7	84.7	39.8	4.1	14.2	28.9	16.4	22.2	73.9	46.5	14.6	26.5	12.7	2,400	879	411	186	85	56	127	250
10	Nuggets	NBA Finals	5	240.0	104.6	46.4	25.4	6.2	5.0	39.4	79.4	49.6	8.6	25.8	33.3	17.2	22.6	76.1	58.5	8.8	37.6	11.2	1,200	523	232	127	31	25	56	78
11	Bucks	NBA Finals	6	240.0	111.7	46.3	23.0	8.0	3.5	41.8	89.5	46.7	11.0	31.2	35.3	17.0	23.3	72.9	56.0	13.2	33.2	10.8	1,440	670	278	138	48	21	65	105
12	Suns	NBA Finals	6	240.0	109.3	39.0	20.0	7.0	4.0	41.7	85.0	49.0	11.0	28.7	38.4	15.0	17.5	85.7	59.0	7.0	32.0	12.3	1,440	656	234	120	42	24	74	122
13	Raptors	NBA Finals	6	240.0	111.5	41.0	23.0	8.2	4.8	38.3	84.3	45.5	12.0	34.3	35.0	22.8	26.5	86.2	58.1	9.7	31.3	12.2	1,440	669	246	138	49	29	73	133
14	Thunder	NBA Finals	5	240.0	98.0	38.0	15.8	7.2	5.0	36.6	80.4	45.5	6.4	21.0	30.5	18.4	23.8	77.3	53.9	9.8	28.2	11.0	1,200	490	190	79	36	25	55	112
15	Magic	NBA Finals	5	250.0	91.2	38.2	18.4	6.0	6.0	32.2	75.2	42.8	7.6	23.0	33.0	19.2	27.8	69.1	52.2	7.6	30.6	14.0	1,250	456	191	92	30	30	70	110
16	76ers	NBA Finals	5	245.0	93.8	42.8	18.4	7.8	4.8	35.4	83.4	42.4	3.4	11.8	28.8	19.6	27.4	71.5	49.1	13.2	29.6	12.4	1,225	469	214	92	39	24	62	125
17	Pacers	NBA Finals	6	244.2	106.7	41.2	20.2	5.5	4.3	36.3	78.5	46.3	8.2	19.3	42.2	25.8	30.3	85.2	58.1	8.7	32.5	10.8	1,465	640	247	121	33	26	65	159