Basketball at the 1978 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the 20 sports disciplines held in the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. China won their 1st title by beating last edition's finalist South Korea in the championship match. The games were held from December 9 to 20, 1978.

Classification 7th–14th

 * The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

Final round

 * The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.