1974 NBA All-Star Game
Exhibition basketball game
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The 1974 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on January 15, 1974, at the Seattle Center Coliseum in Seattle, the home of the Seattle SuperSonics. This was the first NBA All-Star Game held in Seattle.
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| Date | January 15, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Seattle Center Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Seattle | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bob Lanier | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 14,360 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Pat Summerall, Rod Hundley and Elgin Baylor | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Western All-Stars won the game 134–123. The MVP of the game was Bob Lanier, who scored 24 points.
Coaches
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Larry Costello and Tom Heinsohn were selected as the West and East head coach, respectively.
Tom Heinsohn, head coach of the Eastern Conference leader Boston Celtics, qualified as the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars. Larry Costello, head coach of the Western Conference leader Milwaukee Bucks, qualified as the head coach of the Western All-Stars.
Roster
Eastern Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Elvin Hayes, CAP | 35 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Walt Frazier, NYK | 28 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Dave Cowens, BOS | 26 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Dave DeBusschere, NYK | 24 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Pete Maravich, ATL | 22 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Jo Jo White, BOS | 22 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| John Havlicek, BOS | 18 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Lou Hudson, ATL | 17 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich, HOU | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob McAdoo, BUF | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Phil Chenier, CAP | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Austin Carr, CLE | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 240 | 51 | 113 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 123 |
Western Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Spencer Haywood, SEA | 33 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| Bob Lanier, DET | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Gail Goodrich, LAL | 26 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Geoff Petrie, POR | 26 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sidney Wicks, POR | 24 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, MIL | 23 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Rick Barry, GSW | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Charlie Scott, PHO | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dave Bing, DET | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Chet Walker, CHI | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Norm Van Lier, CHI | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Thurmond, GSW | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jerry West, LAL (injured) | ||||||||||
| Totals | 240 | 56 | 104 | 22 | 27 | 53 | 36 | 7 | 23 | 134 |
Score by periods
| Score by periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| East | 29 | 18 | 38 | 38 | 123 |
| West | 39 | 27 | 35 | 33 | 134 |
- Halftime— West, 66–47
- Third Quarter— West, 101–85
- Officials: Don Murphy and Bob Raskel
- Attendance: 14,360.
References
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 248. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- "1974 NBA All-Star Game". Basketball Reference. Archived from the original on August 2, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.