1961 NBA All-Star Game
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GAME 11: at Syracuse, Jan. 17, 1961
MVP: Oscar Robertson
Coaches: East: Red Auerbach
, West: Paul Seymour
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
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|| Wilt Chamberlain
, PHW || 38 || 2 || 8 || 8 || 15 || 18 || 5 || 1 || 12
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|| Bob Cousy
, BOS || 33 || 2 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 8 || 6 || 4
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|| Bill Russell
, BOS || 28 || 9 || 15 || 6 || 8 || 11 || 1 || 2 || 24
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|| Dolph Schayes
, SYR || 27 || 7 || 15 || 7 || 7 || 6 || 3 || 4 || 21
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|| Tom Gola
, PHW || 25 || 6 || 13 || 2 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 14
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|| Tom Heinsohn, BOS || 19 || 2 || 16 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 4 || 4
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|| Hal Greer
, SYR || 18 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 14
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|| Paul Arizin, PHW || 17 || 6 || 12 || 5 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 17
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|| Willie Naulls
, NYK || 16 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 8
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|| Richie Guerin
, NYK || 15 || 3 || 8 || 5 || 6 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 11
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|| Larry Costello
, SYR || 5 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
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|| Totals || 240 || 49 || 117 || 33 || 47 || 63 || 28 || 31 || 131
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
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|| Oscar Robertson
, CIN || 34 || 8 || 13 || 7 || 9 || 9 || 14 || 5 || 23
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|| Bob Pettit
, STL || 32 || 13 || 22 || 3 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 2 || 29
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|| Clyde Lovellette, STL || 31 || 10 || 19 || 1 || 1 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 21
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|| Elgin Baylor
, LAL || 27 || 3 || 11 || 9 || 10 || 10 || 4 || 5 || 15
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|| Jerry West
, LAL || 25 || 2 || 8 || 5 || 6 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 9
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|| Gene Shue
, DET || 23 || 6 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 6 || 1 || 15
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|| Walter Dukes
, DET || 17 || 3 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 8
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|| Bailey Howell
, DET || 16 || 5 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 13
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|| Hot Rod Hundley, LAL || 14 || 6 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 14
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|| Cliff Hagan
, STL || 13 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 2
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|| Wayne Embry
, CIN || 8 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4
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|| Totals || 240 || 58 || 115 || 37 || 47 || 55 || 37 || 30 || 153
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|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| East || 19 || 43 || 35 || 34 || 131
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|| West || 47 || 37 || 31 || 38 || 153
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MVP: Oscar Robertson
Oscar Robertson
Oscar Palmer Robertson , nicknamed "The Big O", is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks...
Coaches: East: Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach was an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. After he retired from coaching, he served as president and front office executive of the Celtics until his death...
, West: Paul Seymour
Paul Seymour (basketball)
Paul Norman Seymour was an American basketball player and coach. A 6'1" guard, he played collegiately at the University of Toledo, and had a 12-year career in the NBA and its predecessor, the Basketball Association of America...
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Eastern Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
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|| Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; he also played for the Harlem Globetrotters prior to playing in the NBA...
, PHW || 38 || 2 || 8 || 8 || 15 || 18 || 5 || 1 || 12
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|| Bob Cousy
Bob Cousy
Robert Joseph "Bob" Cousy is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'1" , 175-pound Cousy played point guard with the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963 and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals in the 1969–70 season...
, BOS || 33 || 2 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 8 || 6 || 4
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|| Bill Russell
Bill Russell
William Felton "Bill" Russell is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association...
, BOS || 28 || 9 || 15 || 6 || 8 || 11 || 1 || 2 || 24
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|| Dolph Schayes
Dolph Schayes
Adolph "Dolph" Schayes is a retired American professional basketball player and coach in the NBA. A top scorer and rebounder, he was a member of the 1955 NBA champion Syracuse Nationals and a 12-time All-Star....
, SYR || 27 || 7 || 15 || 7 || 7 || 6 || 3 || 4 || 21
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|| Tom Gola
Tom Gola
Thomas Joseph Gola is a retired American basketball player.-Early Life:Gola was praised as a great all-around player as a high school student at La Salle College High School, where he led the Explorers to a Philadelphia Catholic League Championship...
, PHW || 25 || 6 || 13 || 2 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 14
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|| Tom Heinsohn, BOS || 19 || 2 || 16 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 4 || 4
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|| Hal Greer
Hal Greer
Harold Everett Greer is a retired American professional basketball player.He attended Douglass Junior and Senior High School in Huntington. He played college basketball at Marshall University and was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals of the NBA in 1958...
, SYR || 18 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 14
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|| Paul Arizin, PHW || 17 || 6 || 12 || 5 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 17
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|| Willie Naulls
Willie Naulls
William Dean "Willie" Naulls is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" power forward/center, he played professionally in the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1966....
, NYK || 16 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 8
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|| Richie Guerin
Richie Guerin
Richard Vincent "Richie" Guerin is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. The 6'4" Guerin played with the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks from 1956 to 1963 and was a player-coach of the St...
, NYK || 15 || 3 || 8 || 5 || 6 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 11
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|| Larry Costello
Larry Costello
Lawrence Ronald "Larry" Costello was an American professional basketball player and coach....
, SYR || 5 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
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|| Totals || 240 || 49 || 117 || 33 || 47 || 63 || 28 || 31 || 131
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Western Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
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|| Oscar Robertson
Oscar Robertson
Oscar Palmer Robertson , nicknamed "The Big O", is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks...
, CIN || 34 || 8 || 13 || 7 || 9 || 9 || 14 || 5 || 23
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|| Bob Pettit
Bob Pettit
Robert Lee "Bob" Pettit Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks . He was the first recipient of the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970...
, STL || 32 || 13 || 22 || 3 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 2 || 29
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|| Clyde Lovellette, STL || 31 || 10 || 19 || 1 || 1 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 21
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|| Elgin Baylor
Elgin Baylor
Elgin Gay Baylor is a retired Hall of Fame American basketball player and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers....
, LAL || 27 || 3 || 11 || 9 || 10 || 10 || 4 || 5 || 15
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|| Jerry West
Jerry West
Jerry Alan West is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . His nicknames include "Mr...
, LAL || 25 || 2 || 8 || 5 || 6 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 9
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|| Gene Shue
Gene Shue
Eugene William "Gene" Shue is a retired American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association . During his playing days he was a 6'2" 170 lb guard....
, DET || 23 || 6 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 6 || 1 || 15
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|| Walter Dukes
Walter Dukes
Walter F. Dukes was a center for the New York Knickerbockers , Minneapolis Lakers and Detroit Pistons ....
, DET || 17 || 3 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 8
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|| Bailey Howell
Bailey Howell
Bailey E. Howell is a former professional basketball player now enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A 6'7" forward from Mississippi State University, he played 12 seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and Philadelphia...
, DET || 16 || 5 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 13
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|| Hot Rod Hundley, LAL || 14 || 6 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 14
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|| Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan
Clifford Oldham Hagan is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-4 forward who excelled with the hook shot, Hagan, nicknamed "Li'l Abner," played his entire 10-year NBA career with the St. Louis Hawks...
, STL || 13 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 2
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|| Wayne Embry
Wayne Embry
Wayne Richard Embry is a retired American basketball player; a center/forward whose 11-year career spanned from 1959 to 1969...
, CIN || 8 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4
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|| Totals || 240 || 58 || 115 || 37 || 47 || 55 || 37 || 30 || 153
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Score by Periods
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|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| East || 19 || 43 || 35 || 34 || 131
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|| West || 47 || 37 || 31 || 38 || 153
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- Halftime— West, 84-62
- Third Quarter— West, 115-97
- Officials: Norm DruckerNorm DruckerNorm Drucker was a major influence in professional basketball officiating for over thirty-five years.He refereed in the National Basketball Association from 1953 to 1969...
and Richie PowersRichie PowersRichard F. "Richie" Powers was a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1979. He worked 25 NBA Finals games, including the triple-overtime Game 5 contest in the 1976 NBA Finals between the Phoenix Suns and the Boston Celtics, considered "The Greatest... - Attendance: 8,016.