1969 NBA All-Star Game
Exhibition basketball game
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The NBA 19th Annual All Star Game[1] was an exhibition basketball game which was played on January 14, 1969, at the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland, the home of the Baltimore Bullets. This was the first NBA All-Star Game hosted by the Bullets (now Washington Wizards) franchise and the only one held in Baltimore, as the franchise would relocate to the Washington metropolitan area in 1973.
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| Date | January 14, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Baltimore Civic Center | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Baltimore | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Oscar Robertson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 12,348 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Schenkel and Jack Twyman | ||||||||||||||||||
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The coaches were the Bullets' Gene Shue for the East and the Atlanta Hawks' Richie Guerin for the West, as both the Bullets and the Hawks had led their respective divisions as of the cut-off in January 1969. The East won the game 123–112. Oscar Robertson was named the Most Valuable Player with a game-high 24 points.
Teams
Eastern Division
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
| Oscar Robertson, CIN | 32 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 |
| John Havlicek, BOS | 31 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Bill Russell, BOS | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Earl Monroe, BAL | 27 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| Billy Cunningham, PHI | 22 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Gus Johnson, BAL | 18 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Jerry Lucas, CIN | 17 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Hal Greer, PHI | 17 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Wes Unseld, BAL | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Willis Reed, NYK | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Dave Bing, DET | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Jon McGlocklin, MIL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 240 | 44 | 95 | 35 | 46 | 60 | 24 | 26 | 123 |
Western Division
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
| Elgin Baylor, LAL | 32 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| Wilt Chamberlain, LAL | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Jeff Mullins, SFW | 25 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| Lenny Wilkens, SEA | 24 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Joe Caldwell, ATL | 23 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Elvin Hayes, SDR | 21 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| Lou Hudson, ATL | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Rudy LaRusso, SFW | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Jerry Sloan, CHI | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Don Kojis, SDR | 16 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Dick Van Arsdale, PHO | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gail Goodrich, PHO | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Jerry West, LAL (injured) | |||||||||
| Totals | 240 | 44 | 105 | 24 | 31 | 58 | 27 | 30 | 112 |
Score by periods
| Score by periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| East | 35 | 25 | 26 | 37 | 123 |
| West | 19 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 112 |