1979 NBA All-Star Game
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GAME 29: at Detroit, Feb. 4, 1979
MVP: David Thompson
Coaches: East: Dick Motta
, West: Lenny Wilkens
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||BLK||PFS||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| David Thompson
, DEN || 34 || 11 || 17 || 3 || 7 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 25
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|| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
, LAL || 28 || 5 || 12 || 1 || 2 || 8 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 11
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|| Dennis Johnson
, SEA || 27 || 5 || 7 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 12
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|| George McGinnis
, DEN || 25 || 5 || 12 || 6 || 11 || 6 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 16
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|| Paul Westphal
, PHO || 21 || 8 || 12 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 17
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|| Marques Johnson
, MIL || 20 || 3 || 11 || 4 || 6 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 10
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|| Maurice Lucas
, POR || 19 || 4 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 10
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|| Walter Davis
, PHO || 19 || 4 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 8
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|| Jack Sikma
, SEA || 18 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 8
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|| Artis Gilmore
, CHI || 15 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 8
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|| Otis Birdsong
, KCK || 14 || 4 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 9
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|| Totals || 240 || 56 || 105 || 22 || 36 || 45 || 25 || 3 || 24 || 134
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||BLK||PFS||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Julius Erving
, PHI || 39 || 10 || 22 || 9 || 12 || 8 || 5 || 0 || 4 || 29
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|| George Gervin
, SAS || 34 || 8 || 16 || 10 || 11 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 26
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|| Bob Lanier
, DET || 31 || 5 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 10
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|| Elvin Hayes
, WSB || 28 || 5 || 11 || 3 || 5 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 13
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|| Rudy Tomjanovich
, HOU || 24 || 6 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 12
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|| Bob Dandridge
, WSB || 18 || 3 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 8
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|| Moses Malone
, HOU || 17 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 5 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8
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|| Calvin Murphy, HOU || 15 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 4 || 6
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|| Pete Maravich
, NOJ || 14 || 5 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 10
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|| Campy Russell
, CLE || 13 || 2 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
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|| Larry Kenon
, SAS || 7 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3
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|| Doug Collins
, PHI (injured)
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|| Totals || 240 || 50 || 103 || 29 || 38 || 53 || 22 || 3 || 26 || 129
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|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| West || 36 || 44 || 24 || 30 || 134
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|| East || 27 || 31 || 40 || 31 || 129
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MVP: David Thompson
David Thompson (basketball)
David O'Neil Thompson is a former American professional basketball star with the Denver Nuggets of both the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association , as well as the Seattle SuperSonics...
Coaches: East: Dick Motta
Dick Motta
John Richard "Dick" Motta is a former basketball coach whose career in the National Basketball Association spanned 25 years, and he continues to rank among the NBA's all-time top 10 in coaching victories....
, West: Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens is a retired American basketball player and coach in the NBA...
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Western Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||BLK||PFS||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| David Thompson
David Thompson (basketball)
David O'Neil Thompson is a former American professional basketball star with the Denver Nuggets of both the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association , as well as the Seattle SuperSonics...
, DEN || 34 || 11 || 17 || 3 || 7 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 25
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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...
, LAL || 28 || 5 || 12 || 1 || 2 || 8 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 11
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|| Dennis Johnson
Dennis Johnson
Dennis Wayne Johnson nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics and coach of the Los Angeles Clippers...
, SEA || 27 || 5 || 7 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 12
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|| George McGinnis
George McGinnis
George F. McGinnis is a retired American professional basketball player, most notably with the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association . He was drafted into the ABA from Indiana University in 1971...
, DEN || 25 || 5 || 12 || 6 || 11 || 6 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 16
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|| Paul Westphal
Paul Westphal
Paul Westphal is a retired American basketball player and current head coach of the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings. Westphal has had a storied career in the NBA, both as a player and as a coach. As a player, he won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in the 1974 NBA...
, PHO || 21 || 8 || 12 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 17
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|| Marques Johnson
Marques Johnson
Marques Kevin Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA, playing for the Milwaukee Bucks , Los Angeles Clippers , and Golden State Warriors ....
, MIL || 20 || 3 || 11 || 4 || 6 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 10
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|| Maurice Lucas
Maurice Lucas
Maurice Lucas was an American professional basketball player. The first two years of his postcollegiate career were spent in the American Basketball Association with the Spirits of St. Louis and Kentucky Colonels...
, POR || 19 || 4 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 10
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|| Walter Davis
Walter Davis (basketball)
Walter Paul Davis is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" forward/guard, Davis spent 15 years in the National Basketball Association, spending the bulk of those years with the Phoenix Suns...
, PHO || 19 || 4 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 8
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|| Jack Sikma
Jack Sikma
Jack Wayne Sikma is a retired American NBA basketball center. He was known for his distinctive curly, blonde hair in his playing days....
, SEA || 18 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 8
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|| Artis Gilmore
Artis Gilmore
Artis Gilmore is a retired American Hall of Fame basketball player who played in the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association...
, CHI || 15 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 8
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|| Otis Birdsong
Otis Birdsong
Otis Lee Birdsong is an American former professional basketball player. He spent twelve seasons in the NBA and appeared in four NBA All-Star Games....
, KCK || 14 || 4 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 9
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|| Totals || 240 || 56 || 105 || 22 || 36 || 45 || 25 || 3 || 24 || 134
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Eastern Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||BLK||PFS||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Julius Erving
Julius Erving
Julius Winfield Erving II , commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim....
, PHI || 39 || 10 || 22 || 9 || 12 || 8 || 5 || 0 || 4 || 29
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|| George Gervin
George Gervin
George "The Iceman" Gervin is a retired American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls...
, SAS || 34 || 8 || 16 || 10 || 11 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 26
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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 || 31 || 5 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 10
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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...
, WSB || 28 || 5 || 11 || 3 || 5 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 13
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|| Rudy Tomjanovich
Rudy Tomjanovich
Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. , nicknamed Rudy T., is an American retired basketball player and coach who coached the Houston Rockets to two consecutive NBA championships. He is currently a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers.-Early life:...
, HOU || 24 || 6 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 12
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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...
, WSB || 18 || 3 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 8
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|| Moses Malone
Moses Malone
Moses Eugene Malone is a retired American Hall of Fame basketball player who starred in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association...
, HOU || 17 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 5 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8
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|| Calvin Murphy, HOU || 15 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 4 || 6
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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...
, NOJ || 14 || 5 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 10
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|| Campy Russell
Campy Russell
Michael Campanella Russell , nicknamed Campy, is a former professional basketball player in the NBA. He played the forward position for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks for nine years and played in the 1979 NBA All-Star Game.Before joining the NBA, Russell was a star player at the...
, CLE || 13 || 2 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
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|| Larry Kenon
Larry Kenon
Larry Joe Kenon is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward who had a productive career in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association , Kenon played for the New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors and...
, SAS || 7 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3
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|| Doug Collins
Doug Collins
Paul Douglas "Doug" Collins is a retired American basketball player, a former four-time NBA All-Star and currently the head coach of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.-High school and college:...
, PHI (injured)
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|| Totals || 240 || 50 || 103 || 29 || 38 || 53 || 22 || 3 || 26 || 129
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Score by periods
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| West || 36 || 44 || 24 || 30 || 134
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|| East || 27 || 31 || 40 || 31 || 129
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- Halftime— West, 80-58
- Third Quarter— West, 104-98
- Officials: John VanakJohn VanakJohn 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...
, Jack MaddenJack MaddenJack Madden was a highly regarded referee in the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association.Madden's career accomplishments included officiating in the 1970 NBA All-Star Game, 1975 ABA All-Star Game, 1978 NBA Finals, 1979 NBA All-Star Game, 1980 NBA Finals, 1981 NBA...
, and Hugh EvansHugh Evans (Basketball referee)Hugh Evans was a basketball referee in the National Basketball Association for 28 seasons from 1972 to 2001. During his NBA officiating career, Evans worked 1,969 regular season NBA games and 35 NBA Finals games... - Attendance: 31,745.