1979 NBA All-Star Game
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| Date | February 4, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Pontiac Silverdome | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Pontiac | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | David Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 31,745 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger, Steve Jones and John Havlicek | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 4, 1979, at the Pontiac Silverdome in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac, Michigan.
This was the first All-Star Game where no members from Boston Celtics or New York Knicks had been selected as All-Stars.
In addition, this was the first All-Star game held in a football or baseball dome as opposed to a traditional basketball arena; the Detroit Pistons were playing at the Pontiac Silverdome at that time.
The Western All-Stars defeated the Eastern All-Stars, 134–129. The MVP of the game was David Thompson, who scored 25 points. The game was officiated by John Vanak, Jack Madden, and Hugh Evans.
Coaches
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Dick Motta, head coach of the Washington Bullets, qualified as the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars. Lenny Wilkens, head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, qualified as the head coach of the Western All-Stars.
Roster
[edit]Western Conference
[edit]| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| David Thompson, DEN | 34 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LAL | 28 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Dennis Johnson, SEA | 27 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| George McGinnis, DEN | 25 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Paul Westphal, PHO | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Marques Johnson, MIL | 20 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Maurice Lucas, POR | 19 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Walter Davis, PHO | 19 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jack Sikma, SEA | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Artis Gilmore, CHI | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Otis Birdsong, KCK | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Totals | 240 | 56 | 105 | 22 | 36 | 45 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 134 |
Eastern Conference
[edit]| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Julius Erving, PHI | 39 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| George Gervin, SAS | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 26 |
| Bob Lanier, DET | 31 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Elvin Hayes, WSB | 28 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich, HOU | 24 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Bob Dandridge, WSB | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Moses Malone, HOU | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Calvin Murphy, HOU | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Pete Maravich, NOJ | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Campy Russell, CLE | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Larry Kenon, SAS | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Doug Collins, PHI (injured) | ||||||||||
| Totals | 240 | 50 | 103 | 29 | 38 | 53 | 22 | 3 | 26 | 129 |
Score by periods
[edit]| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| West | 36 | 44 | 24 | 30 | 134 |
| East | 27 | 31 | 40 | 31 | 129 |
References
[edit]- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 250. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- basketball-reference.com. "1979 NBA All-Star Game". Retrieved July 17, 2008.
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