| Place | Margin | Month | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Overall | Home | Road | Neutral | ≤3 | ≥10 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
| 1 | Denver Nuggets | 60-24 | 39-3 | 21-21 | 6-5 | 30-10 | 3-1 | 9-4 | 11-3 | 11-3 | 11-5 | 13-7 | 2-1 | |
| 2 | New York Nets | 55-29 | 35-6 | 19-23 | 1-0 | 8-2 | 27-15 | 3-2 | 8-3 | 8-5 | 10-7 | 11-6 | 11-6 | 4-0 |
| 3 | San Antonio Spurs | 50-34 | 30-12 | 20-20 | 0-2 | 3-8 | 31-13 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 9-4 | 7-8 | 10-5 | 11-9 | 3-1 |
| 4 | Kentucky Colonels | 46-38 | 32-10 | 14-28 | 9-9 | 19-17 | 2-1 | 9-5 | 5-9 | 11-6 | 7-9 | 10-6 | 2-2 | |
| 5 | Indiana Pacers | 39-45 | 23-19 | 16-26 | 6-8 | 19-20 | 4-1 | 7-5 | 8-7 | 7-9 | 5-12 | 8-7 | 0-4 | |
| 6 | Spirits of St. Louis | 35-49 | 21-21 | 13-28 | 1-0 | 9-6 | 12-26 | 3-2 | 7-8 | 6-10 | 4-8 | 9-8 | 5-10 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Virginia Squires | 15-68 | 13-29 | 2-39 | 2-4 | 4-38 | 0-5 | 3-11 | 2-11 | 3-12 | 4-12 | 1-14 | 2-3 | |
| 8 | Utah Stars | 4-12 | 4-5 | 0-7 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 3-10 | ||||||
| 9 | San Diego Sails | 3-8 | 1-2 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 2-4 | ||||||
| Rk | Team | DNA | INA | KEN | NYA | SAA | SDS | SSL | UTS | VIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Nuggets | 12-4 | 7-5 | 9-5 | 7-8 | 1-0 | 10-2 | 2-0 | 12-0 | |
| 2 | Indiana Pacers | 4-12 | 6-6 | 2-11 | 8-9 | 1-0 | 6-5 | 2-0 | 10-2 | |
| 3 | Kentucky Colonels | 5-7 | 6-6 | 5-10 | 6-6 | 1-0 | 10-4 | 2-1 | 11-4 | |
| 4 | New York Nets | 5-9 | 11-2 | 10-5 | 7-5 | 9-4 | 2-1 | 11-3 | ||
| 5 | San Antonio Spurs | 8-7 | 9-8 | 6-6 | 5-7 | 2-1 | 9-5 | 1-0 | 10-0 | |
| 6 | San Diego Sails | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | ||
| 7 | Spirits of St. Louis | 2-10 | 5-6 | 4-10 | 4-9 | 5-9 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 12-4 | |
| 8 | Utah Stars | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | |
| 9 | Virginia Squires | 0-12 | 2-10 | 4-11 | 3-11 | 0-10 | 1-1 | 4-12 | 1-1 |