1968 NBA All-Star Game
Encyclopedia
GAME 18: at Madison Square Garden
in New York City, January 23, 1968.
MVP: Hal Greer
Coaches: East: Alex Hannum
, West: Bill Sharman
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Jerry West
, LAL || 32 || 7 || 17 || 3 || 4 || 6 || 6 || 4 || 17
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|| Zelmo Beaty
, STL || 30 || 2 || 11 || 2 || 2 || 10 || 1 || 4 || 6
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|| Elgin Baylor
, LAL || 27 || 8 || 13 || 6 || 7 || 6 || 1 || 5 || 22
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|| Lenny Wilkens
, STL || 22 || 4 || 10 || 6 || 8 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 14
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|| Bill Bridges
, STL || 21 || 7 || 9 || 1 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 4 || 15
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|| Walt Hazzard
, SEA || 20 || 4 || 12 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 9
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|| Rudy LaRusso
, SFW || 19 || 3 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 6
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|| Bob Boozer
, CHI || 19 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 4
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|| Clyde Lee
, SFW || 18 || 2 || 8 || 2 || 4 || 11 || 2 || 3 || 6
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|| Archie Clark, LAL || 15 || 5 || 8 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 17
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|| Don Kojis
, SDR || 10 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 4
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|| Jim King
, SFW || 7 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4
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|| Nate Thurmond
, SFW (injured)
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|| Totals || 240 || 47 || 110 || 30 || 42 || 61 || 23 || 29 || 124
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|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Willis Reed
, NYK || 25 || 7 || 14 || 2 || 3 || 8 || 1 || 4 || 16
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|| Wilt Chamberlain
, PHI || 25 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 7 || 6 || 2 || 7
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|| Bill Russell
, BOS || 23 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 8 || 5 || 4
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|| John Havlicek
, BOS || 22 || 9 || 15 || 8 || 11 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 26
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|| Oscar Robertson
, CIN || 22 || 7 || 9 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 18
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|| Dick Barnett, NYK || 22 || 7 || 12 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 15
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|| Jerry Lucas
, CIN || 21 || 6 || 9 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 16
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|| Dave Bing
, DET || 20 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 9
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|| Hal Greer
, PHI || 17 || 8 || 8 || 5 || 7 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 21
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|| Gus Johnson
, BAL || 16 || 3 || 9 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 7
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|| Sam Jones
, BOS || 15 || 2 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 5
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|| Dave DeBusschere
, DET || 12 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0
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|| Totals || 240 || 58 || 99 || 28 || 42 || 53 || 40 || 27 || 144
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|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| West || 25 || 34 || 32 || 33 || 124
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|| East || 37 || 27 || 37 || 43 || 144
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Madison Square Garden (1925)
Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the third of that name. It was built in 1925 and closed in 1968, and was located on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan on the site of the city's trolley car barns. It was the first Garden that was not located near...
in New York City, January 23, 1968.
MVP: 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...
Coaches: East: Alex Hannum
Alex Hannum
Alexander Murray Hannum was a professional basketball player and Hall-of-Fame coach.-Coaching career:Hannum is mostly known for coaching the Wilt Chamberlain-led Philadelphia 76ers of 1966-67 to the NBA championship, ending the eight-year title streak of the Boston Celtics. He had also coached the...
, West: Bill Sharman
Bill Sharman
William Walton "Bill" Sharman is a former professional basketball player and coach. Sharman completed high school in the rural city of Porterville, California and is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what some consider the greatest...
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Western Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| 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 || 32 || 7 || 17 || 3 || 4 || 6 || 6 || 4 || 17
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|| 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 || 30 || 2 || 11 || 2 || 2 || 10 || 1 || 4 || 6
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|| Elgin Baylor
Elgin Baylor
Elgin Gay Baylor is a retired Hall of Fame American basketball player and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers....
, LAL || 27 || 8 || 13 || 6 || 7 || 6 || 1 || 5 || 22
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|| Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens is a retired American basketball player and coach in the NBA...
, STL || 22 || 4 || 10 || 6 || 8 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 14
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|| Bill Bridges
Bill Bridges (basketball)
William C. "Bill" Bridges is a retired American basketball player.A 6'6" power forward from the University of Kansas, he spent 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors...
, STL || 21 || 7 || 9 || 1 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 4 || 15
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|| Walt Hazzard
Walt Hazzard
Walter "Walt" Raphael Hazzard Jr. , also known as Mahdi Abdul-Rahman, was an American college, Olympic, and professional basketball player and college basketball coach...
, SEA || 20 || 4 || 12 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 9
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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...
, SFW || 19 || 3 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 6
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|| Bob Boozer
Bob Boozer
Robert Louis "Bob" Boozer is a retired American professional basketball player. Boozer was born and raised in North Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from Tech High in Omaha....
, CHI || 19 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 4
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|| Clyde Lee
Clyde Lee
Clyde Wayne Lee is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'10" forward/center, Lee starred at Vanderbilt University in the mid-1960s. Lee was known for his rebounding skills and inside scoring prowess. In his junior season , he led the Commodores to their first SEC championship...
, SFW || 18 || 2 || 8 || 2 || 4 || 11 || 2 || 3 || 6
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|| Archie Clark, LAL || 15 || 5 || 8 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 17
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|| Don Kojis
Don Kojis
Donald R. Kojis was a professional basketball player who attended Marquette University and was drafted by the Chicago Packers in the 2nd round of the 1961 NBA Draft...
, SDR || 10 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 4
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|| Jim King
Jim King (basketball)
James Staton "Country" King is a retired American professional basketball player and former college coach.A 6'2" guard from the University of Tulsa, King was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the 1963 NBA Draft...
, SFW || 7 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4
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|| 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 (injured)
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|| Totals || 240 || 47 || 110 || 30 || 42 || 61 || 23 || 29 || 124
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Eastern Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| 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 || 25 || 7 || 14 || 2 || 3 || 8 || 1 || 4 || 16
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|| 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 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 7 || 6 || 2 || 7
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|| 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 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 8 || 5 || 4
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|| 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 || 22 || 9 || 15 || 8 || 11 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 26
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|| 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 || 22 || 7 || 9 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 18
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|| Dick Barnett, NYK || 22 || 7 || 12 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 15
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|| 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 || 21 || 6 || 9 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 16
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|| Dave Bing
Dave Bing
David "Dave" Bing is the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, a businessman, and a retired American professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association , primarily for the Detroit Pistons...
, DET || 20 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 9
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|| 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 || 17 || 8 || 8 || 5 || 7 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 21
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|| Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson (basketball)
Gus Johnson was a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association . He spent nine seasons with the Baltimore Bullets, and a final season split between the Phoenix Suns and the Indiana Pacers of the ABA...
, BAL || 16 || 3 || 9 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 7
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|| 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 || 15 || 2 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 5
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|| 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 || 12 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0
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|| Totals || 240 || 58 || 99 || 28 || 42 || 53 || 40 || 27 || 144
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Score by Periods
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| West || 25 || 34 || 32 || 33 || 124
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|| East || 37 || 27 || 37 || 43 || 144
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- Halftime— East, 64-59
- Third Quarter— East, 101-91
- Officials: Mendy RudolphMendy RudolphMarvin "Mendy" Rudolph was a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association for 22 years, from 1953 to 1975. Regarded as one of the greatest officials in NBA history, Rudolph officiated 2,112 NBA games and was the first league referee to work 2,000 games...
and Don MurphyDon MurphyDon Murphy is an American film producer who produced Natural Born Killers and many other films, including Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.-Personal background:... - Attendance: 18,422.