1971 NBA All-Star Game
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GAME 21: at the San Diego Sports Arena, Jan. 12, 1971
MVP: Lenny Wilkens
Coaches: East: Red Holzman
, West: Larry Costello
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
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|| Lew Alcindor
, MIL || 30 || 8 || 16 || 3 || 4 || 14 || 1 || 2 || 19
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|| Jerry Lucas
, SFW || 29 || 5 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 9 || 4 || 2 || 12
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|| Oscar Robertson
, MIL || 24 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 5
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|| Bob Love
, CHI || 21 || 6 || 12 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 16
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|| Lenny Wilkens
, SEA || 20 || 8 || 11 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 21
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|| Jerry West
, LAL || 20 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 9 || 1 || 5
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|| Elvin Hayes
, SDR || 19 || 4 || 13 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 10
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|| Chet Walker
, CHI || 19 || 3 || 9 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 10
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|| Dave Bing
, DET || 19 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 4
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|| Wilt Chamberlain
, LAL || 18 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 5 || 0 || 2
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|| Dick Van Arsdale
, PHO || 12 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 4
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|| Geoff Petrie
, POR || 5 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
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|| Jeff Mullins, SFW || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|| Connie Hawkins
, PHO || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|| Totals || 240 || 43 || 95 || 22 || 31 || 53 || 31 || 15 || 108
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Willis Reed
, NYK || 27 || 5 || 16 || 4 || 6 || 13 || 1 || 3 || 14
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|| Walt Frazier
, NYK || 26 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 5 || 2 || 6
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|| John Havlicek
, BOS || 24 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 3 || 12
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|| Gus Johnson
, BAL || 23 || 5 || 12 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 3 || 12
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|| Jo Jo White
, BOS || 22 || 5 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 10
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|| Wes Unseld
, BAL || 21 || 4 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 8
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|| Dave DeBusschere
, NYK || 19 || 4 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 3 || 3 || 8
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|| Billy Cunningham
, PHI || 19 || 2 || 8 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 5
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|| Earl Monroe
, BAL || 18 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 6
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|| Lou Hudson
, ATL || 17 || 6 || 13 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 14
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|| Tom Van Arsdale
, CIN || 11 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 8
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|| Johnny Green
, CIN || 7 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 4
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|| Bob Kauffman
, BUF || 4 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|| John Johnson
, CLE || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
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|| Totals || 240 || 49 || 118 || 9 || 18 || 68 || 25 || 27 || 107
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|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| West || 30 || 32 || 20 || 26 || 108
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|| East || 26 || 34 || 23 || 24 || 107
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MVP: Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens is a retired American basketball player and coach in the NBA...
Coaches: East: Red Holzman
Red Holzman
William "Red" Holzman was an NBA basketball player and coach probably best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1982. Holzman helped lead the Knicks to two NBA Championships in 1970 and 1973, and was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985...
, West: Larry Costello
Larry Costello
Lawrence Ronald "Larry" Costello was an American professional basketball player and coach....
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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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|| Lew Alcindor
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired American professional basketball player. He is the NBA's all-time leading scorer, with 38,387 points. During his career with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships and a record six regular season...
, MIL || 30 || 8 || 16 || 3 || 4 || 14 || 1 || 2 || 19
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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...
, SFW || 29 || 5 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 9 || 4 || 2 || 12
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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...
, MIL || 24 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 5
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|| Bob Love
Bob Love
Robert ' Earl “Butterbean” Love is a retired American professional basketball player who spent the prime of his career with the NBA's Chicago Bulls...
, CHI || 21 || 6 || 12 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 16
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|| Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens is a retired American basketball player and coach in the NBA...
, SEA || 20 || 8 || 11 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 21
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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 || 20 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 9 || 1 || 5
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|| Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes
Elvin Ernest Hayes is a retired American basketball player and radio analyst for Houston Cougars men's basketball, where he played college basketball...
, SDR || 19 || 4 || 13 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 10
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|| 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...
, CHI || 19 || 3 || 9 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 10
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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 || 19 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 4
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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...
, LAL || 18 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 5 || 0 || 2
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|| Dick Van Arsdale
Dick Van Arsdale
Richard Albert Van Arsdale is a former professional basketball player and coach, and a current NBA executive. A graduate of Indianapolis Emmerich Manual High School, the 6'5" guard played collegiately at Indiana University, Van Arsdale was selected by the New York Knickerbockers in the 2nd round...
, PHO || 12 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 4
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|| Geoff Petrie
Geoff Petrie
Geoffrey Michael Petrie is a former American basketball player and current basketball team executive. A native of Pennsylvania, he played professional basketball in the National Basketball Association for the Portland Trail Blazers where he won NBA Rookie of the Year in 1971...
, POR || 5 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
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|| Jeff Mullins, SFW || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|| Connie Hawkins
Connie Hawkins
Cornelius L. Hawkins is a former National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player, Harlem Globetrotter and New York City playground legend...
, PHO || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|| Totals || 240 || 43 || 95 || 22 || 31 || 53 || 31 || 15 || 108
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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 || 27 || 5 || 16 || 4 || 6 || 13 || 1 || 3 || 14
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|| Walt Frazier
Walt Frazier
Walter "Clyde" Frazier is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association . He was blessed with a unique combination of court vision, quickness, and size for a guard...
, NYK || 26 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 5 || 2 || 6
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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 || 24 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 3 || 12
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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 || 23 || 5 || 12 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 3 || 12
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|| Jo Jo White
Jo Jo White
Joseph Henry "Jo Jo" White is an American former professional basketball player.-Life and career:White was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of a minister...
, BOS || 22 || 5 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 10
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|| Wes Unseld
Wes Unseld
Westley Sissel "Wes" Unseld is an American former basketball player. He spent his entire NBA career with the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988.-Early life and college career:Unseld starred on a Seneca High School team...
, BAL || 21 || 4 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 8
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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....
, NYK || 19 || 4 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 3 || 3 || 8
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|| Billy Cunningham
Billy Cunningham
William John "Billy" Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid.- Beginnings :...
, PHI || 19 || 2 || 8 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 5
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|| Earl Monroe
Earl Monroe
Vernon Earl Monroe is an American former professional basketball player known for his flamboyant dribbling, passing, and play-making. His nicknames is "Earl the Pearl".-Early years:...
, BAL || 18 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 6
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|| Lou Hudson
Lou Hudson
Louis Clyde Hudson is a former NBA basketball player.-NBA career:Lou graduated from Dudley High School in Greensboro. After starring at the University of Minnesota, Hudson was selected by the St. Louis Hawks with the 4th pick of the 1966 NBA Draft...
, ATL || 17 || 6 || 13 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 14
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|| Tom Van Arsdale
Tom Van Arsdale
Thomas Arthur Van Arsdale is a former professional basketball player. A graduate of Indianapolis Emmerich Manual High School, the 6'5" guard played collegiately at Indiana University, Van Arsdale was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round of the 1965 NBA Draft...
, CIN || 11 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 8
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|| Johnny Green
Johnny Green (basketball)
John M. Green is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'5" power forward/center from Michigan State University, Green spent 14 seasons in the NBA, playing for the New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets, San Diego Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Cincinnati Royals, and Kansas City-Omaha Kings...
, CIN || 7 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 4
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|| Bob Kauffman
Bob Kauffman
Robert "Bob" Kauffman is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'8" forward/center from Guilford College, Kauffman was selected with the third pick of the 1968 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics; he was also selected in the 1968 ABA Draft by the Oakland Oaks...
, BUF || 4 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|| John Johnson
John Johnson (basketball)
John Howard Getty "J.J." Johnson is a former American basketball player.Johnson was a 6’7” small forward who played high school basketball at Messmer High School, and collegiately for Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming and for the University of Iowa...
, CLE || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
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|| Totals || 240 || 49 || 118 || 9 || 18 || 68 || 25 || 27 || 107
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Score by periods
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| West || 30 || 32 || 20 || 26 || 108
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|| East || 26 || 34 || 23 || 24 || 107
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- Halftime— West, 62-60
- Third Quarter— East, 83-82
- 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...
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