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
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
Western Conference
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
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
Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
West | 36 | 44 | 24 | 30 | 134 |
East | 27 | 31 | 40 | 31 | 129 |
References
- 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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