League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers
Finals MVP: Magic Johnson (16.2/10.8/8.0)
PTS Leader: Julius Erving (461)
TRB Leader: Caldwell Jones (189)
AST Leader: Maurice Cheeks (172)
WS Leader: Julius Erving (3.0)
| Place | Conference | Division | Margin | Month | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Overall | Home | Road | E | W | A | C | M | P | ≤3 | ≥10 | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers | 12-2 | 7-0 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 8-0 | 4-2 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 7-2 | 3-0 | 6-1 | 3-1 | ||
| 2 | Philadelphia 76ers | 12-9 | 7-3 | 5-6 | 10-5 | 2-4 | 4-3 | 6-2 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 7-7 | 4-0 | 7-6 | 1-3 | |
| 3 | Boston Celtics | 7-5 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 7-5 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 6-4 | |||||
| 4 | San Antonio Spurs | 4-5 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-4 | |||||
| 5 | Seattle SuperSonics | 3-5 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 3-3 | 0-2 | |||||
| 6 | Washington Bullets | 3-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-3 | |||||
| 7 | Milwaukee Bucks | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | |||||
| 8 | Phoenix Suns | 2-5 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 2-1 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-1 | |||||
| 9 | Denver Nuggets | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | |||||||
| 10 | Houston Rockets | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | |||||||
| 11 | Atlanta Hawks | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | ||||||
| 12 | New Jersey Nets | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | |||||||
| Rk | Team | ATL | BOS | DEN | HOU | LAL | MIL | NJN | PHI | PHO | SAS | SEA | WSB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Hawks | 0-2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Boston Celtics | 3-4 | 4-1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Denver Nuggets | 1-2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Houston Rockets | 1-2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | 4-0 | 4-0 | |||||||||
| 6 | Milwaukee Bucks | 2-4 | |||||||||||
| 7 | New Jersey Nets | 0-2 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Philadelphia 76ers | 2-0 | 4-3 | 2-4 | 4-2 | ||||||||
| 9 | Phoenix Suns | 2-1 | 0-4 | ||||||||||
| 10 | San Antonio Spurs | 0-4 | 4-1 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Seattle SuperSonics | 2-1 | 1-4 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Washington Bullets | 1-4 | 2-0 |