League Champion: Kentucky Colonels
Playoffs MVP: Artis Gilmore
PTS Leader: George McGinnis (581)
TRB Leader: George McGinnis (286)
AST Leader: George McGinnis (148)
WS Leader: Artis Gilmore (3.0)
| Place | Division | Margin | Month | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Overall | Home | Road | E | W | ≤3 | ≥10 | Apr | May |
| 1 | Kentucky Colonels | 12-3 | 10-0 | 3-3 | 9-2 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 6-1 | 9-2 | 4-1 |
| 2 | Indiana Pacers | 9-9 | 4-4 | 5-5 | 1-4 | 8-5 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 2-4 |
| 3 | Denver Nuggets | 7-6 | 4-3 | 3-3 | 7-6 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 7-5 | 0-1 | |
| 4 | Spirits of St. Louis | 5-5 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 5-5 | ||
| 5 | San Antonio Spurs | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-4 | ||
| 6 | Utah Stars | 2-4 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-4 | ||
| 7 | Memphis Sounds | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 1-4 | |||
| 8 | New York Nets | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-5 | ||
| Rk | Team | DNA | INA | KEN | MMS | NYA | SAA | SSL | UTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Nuggets | 3-4 | 4-2 | ||||||
| 2 | Indiana Pacers | 4-3 | 1-4 | 4-2 | |||||
| 3 | Kentucky Colonels | 4-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | ||||
| 4 | Memphis Sounds | 1-4 | |||||||
| 5 | New York Nets | 0-1 | 1-4 | ||||||
| 6 | San Antonio Spurs | 2-4 | |||||||
| 7 | Spirits of St. Louis | 1-4 | 4-1 | ||||||
| 8 | Utah Stars | 2-4 |