1966 NBA All-Star Game
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GAME 16: at Cincinnati, Jan. 11, 1966

MVP: Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith (basketball)
Adrian Howard Smith is a retired American Northeast Mississippi Community College, University of Kentucky, NBA, and ABA player....



Coaches: East: Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach was an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. After he retired from coaching, he served as president and front office executive of the Celtics until his death...

, West: Fred Schaus
Fred Schaus
Frederick Appleton Schaus was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University...

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Eastern Conference

{| cellpadding=5
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith (basketball)
Adrian Howard Smith is a retired American Northeast Mississippi Community College, University of Kentucky, NBA, and ABA player....

, CIN || 26 || 9 || 18 || 6 || 6 || 8 || 3 || 5 || 24
|-
|| Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; he also played for the Harlem Globetrotters prior to playing in the NBA...

, PHI || 25 || 8 || 11 || 5 || 9 || 9 || 3 || 2 || 21
|-
|| John Havlicek
John Havlicek
John J. "Hondo" Havlicek is a retired American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA titles, half of them coming in his first four seasons....

, BOS || 25 || 6 || 16 || 6 || 6 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 18
|-
|| Oscar Robertson
Oscar Robertson
Oscar Palmer Robertson , nicknamed "The Big O", is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks...

, CIN || 25 || 6 || 12 || 5 || 6 || 10 || 8 || 0 || 17
|-
|| Chet Walker
Chet Walker
Chester "Chet" Walker is a former pro basketball player.Walker played high school basketball for the Benton Harbor High School boys basketball team. He graduated from Bradley University in 1962 as the school's all-time leading scorer. The Bradley Braves won the NIT Championship in 1957 and 1960...

, PHI || 25 || 3 || 10 || 2 || 3 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 8
|-
|| Willis Reed
Willis Reed
Willis Reed, Jr. is a retired American basketball player, coach and manager of basketball teams. He spent his entire professional playing career with the New York Knicks. In 1982, his outstanding record and achievements were recognized by his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall...

, NYK || 23 || 7 || 11 || 2 || 2 || 8 || 1 || 3 || 16
|-
|| Jerry Lucas
Jerry Lucas
Jerry Ray Lucas was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history...

, CIN || 23 || 4 || 11 || 2 || 2 || 19 || 0 || 2 || 10
|-
|| Hal Greer
Hal Greer
Harold Everett Greer is a retired American professional basketball player.He attended Douglass Junior and Senior High School in Huntington. He played college basketball at Marshall University and was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals of the NBA in 1958...

, PHI || 23 || 4 || 13 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 4 || 9
|-
|| Bill Russell
Bill Russell
William Felton "Bill" Russell is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association...

, BOS || 23 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 2
|-
|| Sam Jones
Sam Jones (basketball)
Samuel Jones is a retired American professional basketball player at shooting guard and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was known for his quickness and game-winning shots, especially during the NBA Playoffs...

, BOS || 22 || 5 || 11 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 12
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 53 || 119 || 31 || 37 || 83 || 28 || 22 || 137
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|}

Western Conference

{| cellpadding=5
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| Guy Rodgers
Guy Rodgers
Guy William Rodgers was an American professional basketball player born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He spent twelve years in the NBA, and was one of the league's best playmakers in the early to mid 1960s...

, SFW || 34 || 4 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 11 || 4 || 8
|-
|| Nate Thurmond
Nate Thurmond
Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond is a retired American basketball player. Dominant at both center and power forward, he was a seven-time All-Star and the first player in NBA history to record a quadruple-double....

, SFW || 33 || 3 || 16 || 1 || 3 || 16 || 1 || 1 || 7
|-
|| Eddie Miles
Eddie Miles
Edward Miles, Jr. is a retired American basketball player.A 6'4" guard from Scipio A. Jones High School in Arkansas, Miles was nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Arm" because of his shooting prowess...

, DET || 28 || 8 || 16 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 17
|-
|| Bailey Howell
Bailey Howell
Bailey E. Howell is a former professional basketball player now enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A 6'7" forward from Mississippi State University, he played 12 seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and Philadelphia...

, BAL || 26 || 3 || 11 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 7
|-
|| Zelmo Beaty
Zelmo Beaty
Zelmo "Big Z" Beaty is a former American basketball player.A 6'9" center from Prairie View A&M, Beaty was selected with the third pick of the 1962 National Basketball Association Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. Beaty was named to the inaugural NBA All-Rookie Team in 1963, and played a total of...

, STL || 24 || 0 || 11 || 10 || 13 || 18 || 1 || 2 || 10
|-
|| Don Ohl
Don Ohl
Donald Jay Ohl is an American former professional basketball player who spent 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association. His nickname was Waxie because of his crew cut....

, BAL || 23 || 7 || 16 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 16
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|| Rudy LaRusso
Rudy LaRusso
Rudolph "Rudy" A. LaRusso was an American 6' 7" five-time National Basketball Association All-Star.-Early life:He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn...

, LAL || 22 || 4 || 10 || 3 || 7 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 11
|-
|| Dave DeBusschere
Dave DeBusschere
David Albert DeBusschere was an American NBA and major league baseball player and coach in the NBA. In 1996, DeBusschere was named as one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history....

, DET || 22 || 1 || 14 || 2 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 4
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|| Rick Barry
Rick Barry
Richard Francis Dennis Barry III , better known as Rick Barry, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is considered by many veteran basketball observers to be one of the greatest pure small forwards of all time as a result of his very precise outside shot, uncanny court vision,...

, SFW || 17 || 4 || 10 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 6 || 10
|-
|| Jerry West
Jerry West
Jerry Alan West is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . His nicknames include "Mr...

, LAL || 11 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 4
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|| Totals || 240 || 35 || 120 || 24 || 41 || 60 || 22 || 25 || 94
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|}

Score by Periods

{| cellpadding=5
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|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| East || 33 || 30 || 38 || 36 || 137
|-
|| West || 18 || 18 || 32 || 26 || 94
|-
|}
  • Halftime— East, 63-36
  • Third Quarter— East, 101-68
  • Officials: Norm Drucker
    Norm Drucker
    Norm Drucker was a major influence in professional basketball officiating for over thirty-five years.He refereed in the National Basketball Association from 1953 to 1969...

     and John Vanak
    John Vanak
    John Vanak was a referee in the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association.In 1969, when the upstart American Basketball Association was raiding the NBA for talent, Vanak, along with three other top NBA "lead" referees — Joe Gushue, Earl Strom and Norm Drucker - jumped...

  • Attendance: 13,653.
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