1979 NBA All-Star Game

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1979 NBA All-Star Game
1234 Total
West 36442430 134
East 27314031 129
DateFebruary 4, 1979
ArenaPontiac Silverdome
CityPontiac
MVPDavid Thompson
Attendance31,745
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersBrent Musburger, Steve Jones and John Havlicek
NBA All-Star Game
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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[edit]

Lenny Wilkens and Dick Motta were selected as the West and East head coach, respectively.

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.