League Champion: Indiana Pacers
Playoffs MVP: George McGinnis
PTS Leader: Dan Issel (521)
TRB Leader: Artis Gilmore (260)
AST Leader: Freddie Lewis (91)
WS Leader: Dan Issel (3.6)
| Place | Division | Margin | Month | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Overall | Home | Road | E | W | ≤3 | ≥10 | Mar | Apr | May |
| 1 | Indiana Pacers | 12-6 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 4-3 | 8-3 | 3-1 | 4-4 | 1-0 | 8-4 | 3-2 |
| 2 | Kentucky Colonels | 11-8 | 5-5 | 6-3 | 8-4 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 9-3 | 1-0 | 8-5 | 2-3 |
| 3 | Carolina Cougars | 7-5 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 6-4 | ||
| 4 | Utah Stars | 6-4 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 6-4 | |||
| 5 | Denver Rockets | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-3 | ||
| 6 | New York Nets | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | ||
| 7 | Virginia Squires | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-3 | ||
| 8 | San Diego Conquistadors | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-4 | |||
| Rk | Team | CAR | DNR | INA | KEN | NYA | SDA | UTS | VIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Cougars | 3-4 | 4-1 | ||||||
| 2 | Denver Rockets | 1-4 | |||||||
| 3 | Indiana Pacers | 4-1 | 4-3 | 4-2 | |||||
| 4 | Kentucky Colonels | 4-3 | 3-4 | 4-1 | |||||
| 5 | New York Nets | 1-4 | |||||||
| 6 | San Diego Conquistadors | 0-4 | |||||||
| 7 | Utah Stars | 2-4 | 4-0 | ||||||
| 8 | Virginia Squires | 1-4 |