League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers
Finals MVP: James Worthy (22.0/7.4/4.4)
PTS Leader: James Worthy (506)
TRB Leader: Bill Laimbeer (221)
AST Leader: Magic Johnson (303)
WS Leader: Magic Johnson (4.0)
| 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 | 15-9 | 12-2 | 3-7 | 4-3 | 11-6 | 4-3 | 11-6 | 4-1 | 11-6 | 1-0 | 9-5 | 5-4 | ||
| 2 | Detroit Pistons | 14-9 | 9-3 | 5-6 | 11-5 | 3-4 | 7-4 | 4-1 | 3-4 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 2-0 | 7-5 | 5-4 | |
| 3 | Dallas Mavericks | 10-7 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 10-7 | 7-3 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 6-6 | 1-1 | 8-5 | 1-1 | |||
| 4 | Boston Celtics | 9-8 | 6-3 | 3-5 | 9-8 | 3-1 | 6-7 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 8-6 | 0-2 | |||
| 5 | Atlanta Hawks | 6-6 | 5-1 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 5-6 | ||||
| 6 | Utah Jazz | 6-5 | 4-1 | 2-4 | 6-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 5-4 | |||||
| 7 | Denver Nuggets | 5-6 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 2-4 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 3-4 | 1-0 | 4-6 | ||||
| 8 | Chicago Bulls | 4-6 | 3-2 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 3-6 | ||||||
| 9 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 2-3 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | ||||||
| 10 | Milwaukee Bucks | 2-3 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | |||||
| 11 | Seattle SuperSonics | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | |||||
| 12 | Washington Bullets | 2-3 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | |||||
| 13 | Houston Rockets | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | |||||
| 14 | New York Knicks | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | ||||||
| 15 | Portland Trail Blazers | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | ||||||
| 16 | San Antonio Spurs | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | |||||
| Rk | Team | ATL | BOS | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | HOU | LAL | MIL | NYK | POR | SAS | SEA | UTA | WSB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Hawks | 3-4 | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | 2-4 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Chicago Bulls | 3-2 | 1-4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Dallas Mavericks | 4-2 | 3-1 | 3-4 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Denver Nuggets | 2-4 | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Detroit Pistons | 4-2 | 4-1 | 3-4 | 3-2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Houston Rockets | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | 4-3 | 3-0 | 4-3 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Milwaukee Bucks | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | New York Knicks | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Portland Trail Blazers | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | San Antonio Spurs | 0-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Seattle SuperSonics | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | Utah Jazz | 3-4 | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | Washington Bullets | 2-3 |