1982 NBA All-Star Game
Exhibition basketball game
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The 1982 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on January 31, 1982, at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey, home of the New Jersey Nets. This was the 32nd edition of the National Basketball Association All-Star Game and was played during the 1981–82 NBA season. This was the first and, to date, only All-Star Game to be held in New Jersey, as well as the only full All-Star Game the Nets have ever hosted, as the team would later relocate to Brooklyn, New York City in 2012 and only hosted the 2015 NBA All-Star Friday and Saturday events at the Barclays Center.
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| Date | January 31, 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Brendan Byrne Arena | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | East Rutherford | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Larry Bird | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 20,149 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dick Stockton and Bill Russell | ||||||||||||||||||
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The head coaches were Bill Fitch of the Boston Celtics for the East and Pat Riley of the Los Angeles Lakers for the West, as both the Celtics and Lakers led their respective conferences prior to the game. The East won the game, 120–118. Larry Bird was named the game's MVP for his 4th quarter heroics during crunch time.
Western Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | 3PM | 3PA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| George Gervin, SAS | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Gus Williams, SEA | 26 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Magic Johnson, LAL | 23 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LAL | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Adrian Dantley, UTA | 21 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Jack Sikma, SEA | 21 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Moses Malone, HOU | 20 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Lonnie Shelton, SEA | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Norm Nixon, LAL | 19 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Dennis Johnson, PHO | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard King, GSW | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Alex English, DEN | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 240 | 50 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 60 | 25 | 10 | 27 | 118 |
Eastern Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | 3PM | 3PA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Julius Erving, PHI | 32 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Larry Bird, BOS | 28 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Nate Archibald, BOS | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Sidney Moncrief, MIL | 22 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Buck Williams, NJN | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Robert Parish, BOS | 20 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Micheal Ray Richardson, NYK | 20 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Isiah Thomas, DET | 17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Artis Gilmore, CHI | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Kelly Tripucka, DET | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Bobby Jones, PHI | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Lanier, MIL | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Dan Roundfield, ATL (injured) | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 240 | 51 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 31 | 57 | 30 | 9 | 28 | 120 |
Score by periods
| Score by periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| West | 39 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 118 |
| East | 34 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 120 |
- Halftime— East, 63–61
- Third Quarter— East, 90–89
- Attendance: 20,149.
References
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 251. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- basketball-reference.com. "1982 NBA All-Star Game". Archived from the original on June 3, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
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