1981 NBA All-Star Game
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1981 NBA All-Star Game, this was the 31st NBA All-Star Game. Date: February 1, 1981, at Coliseum at Richfield
; Coaches: Billy Cunningham
, Philadelphia 76ers (Eastern Conference) and John MacLeod, Phoenix Suns (Western Conference); MVP: Nate Archibald
, Boston (25 minutes, 9 points).
Team replacements: Eastern Conference— ?? for Atlanta forward Dan Roundfield
; Western Conference— none.
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA|| REB||AST||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Walter Davis
, PHO || 22 || 5 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 7 || 1 || 12
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|| Adrian Dantley
, UTA || 21 || 3 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 8
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|| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
, LAL || 23 || 6 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 15
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|| Paul Westphal
, SEA || 25 || 8 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 19
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|| George Gervin
, SAN || 24 || 5 || 9 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 11
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|| Jamaal Wilkes
, LAL || 25 || 6 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 8 || 3 || 15
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|| Moses Malone
, HOU || 22 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 3 || 8
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|| Truck Robinson
, PHO || 21 || 3 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 6
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|| Jack Sikma
, SEA || 21 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 4 || 6
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|| Dennis Johnson
, PHO || 24 || 5 || 8 || 9 || 10 || 2 || 1 || 19
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|| Otis Birdsong
, KC || 12 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1
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|| Totals || 240 || 46 || 90 || 28 || 33 || 51 || 22 || 120
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|}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA|| REB||AST||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Larry Bird
, BOS || 18 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 2
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|| Julius Erving
, PHI || 29 || 6 || 15 || 6 || 7 || 3 || 2 || 18
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|| Artis Gilmore
, CHI || 19 || 5 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 2 || 11
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|| Eddie Johnson, ATL || 28 || 7 || 12 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 16
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|| Reggie Theus, CHI || 19 || 4 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 8
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|| Nate Archibald
, BOS || 25 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 9 || 9
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|| Robert Parish
, BOS || 25 || 5 || 18 || 6 || 6 || 10 || 2 || 16
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|| Bobby Jones, PHI || 16 || 5 || 11 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 11
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|| Marques Johnson
, MIL || 19 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 7
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|| Micheal Ray Richardson
, NY || 24 || 5 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 3 || 11
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|| Mike Mitchell
, CLE || 15 || 6 || 12 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 14
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|| Dan Roundfield
, ATL (injured)
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|| Totals || 240 || 49 || 103 || 25 || 32 || 48 || 30 || 123
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|}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
|-
|| Western Conference || 27 || 31 || 30 || 32 || 120
|-
|| Eastern Conference || 23 || 38 || 36 || 26 || 123
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|}
Coliseum at Richfield
The Coliseum at Richfield was an arena located in Richfield Township in Summit County, Ohio, roughly halfway between Cleveland and Akron...
; Coaches: Billy Cunningham
Billy Cunningham
William John "Billy" Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid.- Beginnings :...
, Philadelphia 76ers (Eastern Conference) and John MacLeod, Phoenix Suns (Western Conference); MVP: 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....
, Boston (25 minutes, 9 points).
Team replacements: Eastern Conference— ?? for Atlanta forward Dan Roundfield
Dan Roundfield
Danny Thomas Roundfield is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'8" forward/center graduated from Chadsey Senior High School in 1971. On the collegiate scene, Roundfield was twice selected to the All-Mid-American Conference Team for Central Michigan University; he was also the...
; Western Conference— none.
Western Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA|| REB||AST||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| 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 || 22 || 5 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 7 || 1 || 12
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|| Adrian Dantley
Adrian Dantley
Adrian Delano Dantley is a retired American basketball player who played 15 seasons in the NBA, including seven as a member of the Utah Jazz. A forward/guard and six-time NBA All-Star, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008...
, UTA || 21 || 3 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 8
|-
|| 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 || 23 || 6 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 15
|-
|| 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...
, SEA || 25 || 8 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 19
|-
|| 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...
, SAN || 24 || 5 || 9 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 11
|-
|| Jamaal Wilkes
Jamaal Wilkes
Jamaal Wilkes is a retired American basketball player who played the small forward position and won four NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors. Wilkes was also a key player in the run of NCAA championships accumulated during the John Wooden era of UCLA basketball...
, LAL || 25 || 6 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 8 || 3 || 15
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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 || 22 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 3 || 8
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|| Truck Robinson
Truck Robinson
Leonard Eugene Robinson was a power forward for the Washington Bullets , Atlanta Hawks , New Orleans Jazz , Phoenix Suns , and New York Knicks ....
, PHO || 21 || 3 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 6
|-
|| 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 || 21 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 4 || 6
|-
|| 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...
, PHO || 24 || 5 || 8 || 9 || 10 || 2 || 1 || 19
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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....
, KC || 12 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 46 || 90 || 28 || 33 || 51 || 22 || 120
|-
|}
Eastern Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA|| REB||AST||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Larry Bird
Larry Bird
Larry Joe Bird is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable frontcourts that included center Robert Parish...
, BOS || 18 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 2
|-
|| 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 || 29 || 6 || 15 || 6 || 7 || 3 || 2 || 18
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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 || 19 || 5 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 2 || 11
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|| Eddie Johnson, ATL || 28 || 7 || 12 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 16
|-
|| Reggie Theus, CHI || 19 || 4 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 8
|-
|| 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....
, BOS || 25 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 9 || 9
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|| Robert Parish
Robert Parish
Robert Lee Parish is a retired American basketball center. He was known for his strong defense and jump shooting, and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003...
, BOS || 25 || 5 || 18 || 6 || 6 || 10 || 2 || 16
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|| Bobby Jones, PHI || 16 || 5 || 11 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 11
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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 || 19 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 7
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|| Micheal Ray Richardson
Micheal Ray Richardson
Micheal Ray "Sugar" Richardson is an American former professional basketball player and currently the head coach of the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada. Richardson played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies...
, NY || 24 || 5 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 3 || 11
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|| Mike Mitchell
Mike Mitchell (NBA)
Michael Anthony Mitchell was an American professional basketball player in the NBA from 1978 to 1990.Mitchell, who was born in Atlanta, played collegiately at Auburn University. He started his NBA career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, but played most of his career for the San Antonio Spurs....
, CLE || 15 || 6 || 12 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 14
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|| Dan Roundfield
Dan Roundfield
Danny Thomas Roundfield is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'8" forward/center graduated from Chadsey Senior High School in 1971. On the collegiate scene, Roundfield was twice selected to the All-Mid-American Conference Team for Central Michigan University; he was also the...
, ATL (injured)
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|| Totals || 240 || 49 || 103 || 25 || 32 || 48 || 30 || 123
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Score by periods
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| Western Conference || 27 || 31 || 30 || 32 || 120
|-
|| Eastern Conference || 23 || 38 || 36 || 26 || 123
|-
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- Halftime— East, 61–58
- Third Quarter— East, 97–88
- Officials: Paul Mihalak and Darell Garretson.
- Attendance: 20,239.