1973 NBA All-Star Game
Encyclopedia
GAME 23: at Chicago, Jan. 23, 1973
MVP: Dave Cowens
Coaches: East: Tom Heinsohn, West: Bill Sharman
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Network: ABC
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
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|| Dave Cowens
, BOS || 30 || 7 || 15 || 1 || 1 || 13 || 1 || 2 || 15
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|| Walt Frazier
, NYK || 26 || 5 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 10
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|| Dave DeBusschere
, NYK || 25 || 4 || 8 || 1 || 2 || 7 || 2 || 1 || 9
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|| Lenny Wilkens
, CLE || 24 || 3 || 8 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 7
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|| John Havlicek
, BOS || 22 || 6 || 10 || 2 || 5 || 3 || 5 || 1 || 14
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|| Pete Maravich
, ATL || 22 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 5 || 4 || 8
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|| Jo Jo White
, BOS || 18 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 6
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|| Elvin Hayes
, BAL || 16 || 4 || 13 || 2 || 2 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 10
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|| Bill Bradley
, NYK || 12 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 4
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|| Wes Unseld
, BAL || 11 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4
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|| Jack Marin
, HOU || 11 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 4
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|| Lou Hudson
, ATL || 9 || 2 || 8 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 6
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|| Bob Kauffman
, BUF || 9 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3
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|| John Block
, PHI || 5 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 4
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|| Totals || 240 || 47 || 113 || 10 || 16 || 66 || 24 || 16 || 104
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
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|| Nate Archibald
, KCO || 27 || 6 || 12 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 17
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|| Sidney Wicks
, POR || 24 || 4 || 10 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 13
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|| Spencer Haywood
, SEA || 22 || 5 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 10 || 0 || 5 || 12
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|| Wilt Chamberlain
, LAL || 22 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 3 || 0 || 2
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|| Jerry West
, LAL || 20 || 3 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 6
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|| Dave Bing
, DET || 19 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2
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|| Chet Walker
, CHI || 16 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 4
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|| Gail Goodrich
, LAL || 16 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2
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|| Nate Thurmond
, GSW || 14 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 4
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|| Charlie Scott
, PHO || 14 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0
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|| Bob Lanier
, DET || 12 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 10
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|| Bob Love
, CHI || 12 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 6
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|| Bob Dandridge
, MIL || 11 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4
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|| Connie Hawkins
, PHO || 11 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 2
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|| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
, MIL (DNP)
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|| Rick Barry
, GSW (injured)
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|| Totals || 240 || 33 || 88 || 18 || 18 || 53 || 19 || 21 || 84
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|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| East || 27 || 23 || 26 || 28 || 104
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|| West || 27 || 18 || 20 || 19 || 84
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MVP: Dave Cowens
Dave Cowens
David William Cowens is a retired American professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At 6'9", he played the center and occasionally the power forward position. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991...
Coaches: East: Tom Heinsohn, 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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Network: ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
Eastern Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Dave Cowens
Dave Cowens
David William Cowens is a retired American professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At 6'9", he played the center and occasionally the power forward position. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991...
, BOS || 30 || 7 || 15 || 1 || 1 || 13 || 1 || 2 || 15
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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 || 5 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 10
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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 || 25 || 4 || 8 || 1 || 2 || 7 || 2 || 1 || 9
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|| Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens is a retired American basketball player and coach in the NBA...
, CLE || 24 || 3 || 8 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 7
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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 || 6 || 10 || 2 || 5 || 3 || 5 || 1 || 14
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|| Pete Maravich
Pete Maravich
Peter "Pistol Pete" Press Maravich was an American professional basketball player. Born and raised in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University and played for three NBA teams until injuries induced him to retire in 1980...
, ATL || 22 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 5 || 4 || 8
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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 || 18 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 6
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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...
, BAL || 16 || 4 || 13 || 2 || 2 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 10
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|| Bill Bradley
Bill Bradley
William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former three-term Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election.Bradley was born and raised in a suburb of St....
, NYK || 12 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 4
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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 || 11 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4
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|| Jack Marin
Jack Marin
John Warren "Jack" Marin is a retired American professional basketball player. A 201 cm guard/forward from Duke University, Marin was named to the 1967 NBA All-Rookie Team and spent 11 seasons in the NBA , playing for the Baltimore Bullets, Houston Rockets, Buffalo Braves and Chicago Bulls...
, HOU || 11 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 4
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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 || 9 || 2 || 8 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 6
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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 || 9 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3
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|| John Block
John Block (basketball)
John William Block, Jr. is a retired American basketball player.A 6'10" forward/center from the University of Southern California, Block spent 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers , San Diego Rockets , Milwaukee Bucks , Philadelphia 76ers...
, PHI || 5 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 4
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|| Totals || 240 || 47 || 113 || 10 || 16 || 66 || 24 || 16 || 104
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Western Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
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|| Nate Archibald
Nate Archibald
Nathaniel "Nate" Archibald is a former American professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the NBA, most notably with the Kansas City Kings and Boston Celtics....
, KCO || 27 || 6 || 12 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 17
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|| Sidney Wicks
Sidney Wicks
Sidney Wicks is a retired American basketball player. A native of California, he played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and played professionally in the National Basketball Association from 1971 to 1981...
, POR || 24 || 4 || 10 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 13
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|| Spencer Haywood
Spencer Haywood
Spencer Haywood is a retired American professional basketball player.- High school :In 1964, Haywood moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he attended Pershing High School...
, SEA || 22 || 5 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 10 || 0 || 5 || 12
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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 || 22 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 3 || 0 || 2
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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 || 3 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 6
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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 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2
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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 || 16 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 4
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|| Gail Goodrich
Gail Goodrich
Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association . He is best-known for scoring a then record 42 points in the 1965 NCAA championship game vs. Michigan, and his part in the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971–72 season...
, LAL || 16 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2
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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....
, GSW || 14 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 4
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|| Charlie Scott
Charlie Scott
Charles Thomas Scott is an American former professional basketball player. He played two seasons in the now-defunct American Basketball Association and eight seasons in the National Basketball Association .A 6'5" guard/forward from the Laurinburg Institute...
, PHO || 14 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0
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|| Bob Lanier
Bob Lanier (basketball)
Robert Jerry "Bob" Lanier, Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA.Lanier was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992....
, DET || 12 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 10
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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 || 12 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 6
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|| Bob Dandridge
Bob Dandridge
Robert L. "Bob" Dandridge is a retired American professional basketball player.-Early years:He attended Maggie L. Walker High School in Richmond, Virginia and Norfolk State University, teaming up with Pee Wee Kirkland. His teams had phenomenal years...
, MIL || 11 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4
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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 || 11 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 2
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|| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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 (DNP)
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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,...
, GSW (injured)
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|| Totals || 240 || 33 || 88 || 18 || 18 || 53 || 19 || 21 || 84
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Score by periods
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| East || 27 || 23 || 26 || 28 || 104
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|| West || 27 || 18 || 20 || 19 || 84
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- Halftime— East, 50-45
- Third Quarter— East, 76-65
- Officials: Richie PowersRichie PowersRichard F. "Richie" Powers was a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1979. He worked 25 NBA Finals games, including the triple-overtime Game 5 contest in the 1976 NBA Finals between the Phoenix Suns and the Boston Celtics, considered "The Greatest...
and Jake O'DonnellJake O'DonnellJames Michael "Jake" O'Donnell is a former sports official who worked as a National Basketball Association referee for 28 seasons from 1967 to 1995, and also as an umpire in Major League Baseball for four seasons from to... - Attendance: 17,527.