| Regular Season Standings | |||||
| W | L | GB | |||
| 1 | Warriors | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Bulls | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Blazers | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Rockets | 6 | 4 | 4 | Rockets beat Hornets |
| 5 | Hornets | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| 6 | Magic | 5 | 5 | 5 | Magic beat Lakers |
| 7 | Lakers | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 8 | Knicks | 4 | 6 | 6 | Knicks beat Sonics |
| 9 | Sonics | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| 10 | Celtics | 3 | 7 | 7 | |
| 11 | Suns | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| 12 | Hawks | 0 | 10 | 10 |