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NBA 1978-79 Regular Season Standings.

Complete 1978-1979 NBA season standings, with conference and division positions and teams that qualified for the playoffs.

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This page features the team positions for the NBA 1978-1979 season.

This page features the complete 1978-79 NBA season standings, including conference and division positions, wins, loses, percentage, games behind and teams that qualified for the playoffs.

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x = teams that made the playoffs are marked with an "x".

NBA 1978-79 Conference Standings

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

	Team	W	L	Pct	GB
1.	Seattle Supersonics	52	30	.634	-	x
2.	Kansas City Kings	48	34	.585	4	x
3.	Phoenix Suns	50	32	.610	2	x
4.	Denver Nuggets	47	35	.573	5	x
5.	Los Angeles Lakers	47	35	.573	5	x
6.	Portland Trail Blazers	45	37	.549	7	x
7.	San Diego Clippers	43	39	.524	9
8.	Milwaukee Bucks	38	44	.463	14
9.	Golden State Warriors	38	44	.463	14
10.	Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	14
11.	Chicago Bulls	31	51	.378	21

	Team	W	L	Pct	GB
1.	Washington Bullets	54	28	.659	-	x
2.	San Antonio Spurs	48	34	.585	6	x
3.	Philadelphia 76ers	47	35	.573	7	x
4.	Houston Rockets	47	35	.573	7	x
5.	Atlanta Hawks	46	36	.561	8	x
6.	New Jersey Nets	37	45	.451	17	x
7.	New York Knicks	31	51	.378	23
8.	Detroit Pistons	30	52	.366	24
9.	Cleveland Cavaliers	30	52	.366	24
10.	Boston Celtics	29	53	.354	25
11.	New Orleans Jazz	26	56	.317	28

NBA 1978-79 Division Standings

Midwest Division

Atlantic Division

	Team	W	L	Pct	GB
1.	Kansas City Kings	48	34	.585	-	x
2.	Denver Nuggets	47	35	.573	1	x
3.	Milwaukee Bucks	38	44	.463	10
4.	Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	10
5.	Chicago Bulls	31	51	.378	17

	Team	W	L	Pct	GB
1.	Washington Bullets	54	28	.659	-	x
2.	Philadelphia 76ers	47	35	.573	7	x
3.	New Jersey Nets	37	45	.451	17	x
4.	New York Knicks	31	51	.378	23
5.	Boston Celtics	29	53	.354	25

Pacific Division

Central Division

	Team	W	L	Pct	GB
1.	Seattle Supersonics	52	30	.634	-	x
2.	Phoenix Suns	50	32	.610	2	x
3.	Los Angeles Lakers	47	35	.573	5	x
4.	Portland Trail Blazers	45	37	.549	7	x
5.	San Diego Clippers	43	39	.524	9
6.	Golden State Warriors	38	44	.463	14

	Team	W	L	Pct	GB
1.	San Antonio Spurs	48	34	.585	-	x
2.	Houston Rockets	47	35	.573	1	x
3.	Atlanta Hawks	46	36	.561	2	x
4.	Detroit Pistons	30	52	.366	18
5.	Cleveland Cavaliers	30	52	.366	18
6.	New Orleans Jazz	26	56	.317	22