1963 NBA All-Star Game
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GAME 13: at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
, January 16, 1963.
MVP: Bill Russell
Coaches: East: Red Auerbach
, West: Fred Schaus
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
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|| Jack Twyman
, CIN || 16 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 12
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|| Tom Heinsohn, BOS || 21 || 6 || 11 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 15
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|| Bill Russell
, BOS || 37 || 8 || 14 || 3 || 4 || 24 || 5 || 3 || 19
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|| Oscar Robertson
, CIN || 37 || 9 || 15 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 6 || 5 || 21
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|| Bob Cousy
, BOS || 25 || 4 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 6 || 2 || 8
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|| Johnny Kerr
, SYR || 11 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 2
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|| Lee Shaffer
, SYR || 19 || 6 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 12
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|| Johnny Green
, NYK || 27 || 6 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 13
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|| Tom Gola
, NYK || 18 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 2
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|| Hal Greer
, SYR || 15 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 4 || 6
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|| Wayne Embry
, CIN || 14 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 5
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|| Totals || 240 || 51 || 101 || 13 || 18 || 51 || 25 || 32 || 115
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
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|| Walt Bellamy, CHI || 14 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2
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|| Bob Pettit
, STL || 32 || 7 || 16 || 11 || 12 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 25
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|| Wilt Chamberlain
, SFW || 35 || 7 || 11 || 3 || 7 || 19 || 0 || 2 || 17
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|| Jerry West
, LAL || 32 || 5 || 15 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 5 || 1 || 13
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|| Elgin Baylor
, LAL || 36 || 4 || 15 || 9 || 13 || 14 || 7 || 0 || 17
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|| Tom Meschery
, SFW || 8 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3
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|| Don Ohl
, DET || 12 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 3
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|| Lenny Wilkens
, STL || 25 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 4
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|| Bailey Howell
, DET || 11 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4
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|| Rudy LaRusso
, LAL || 11 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 6
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|| Terry Dischinger
, CHI || 7 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 7
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|| Guy Rodgers
, SFW || 17 || 3 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 7
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|| Totals || 240 || 39 || 90 || 30 || 45 || 62 || 27 || 15 || 108
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|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| East || 32 || 24 || 24 || 35 || 115
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|| West || 25 || 25 || 23 || 35 || 108
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Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena is a multi-purpose arena, in the University Park neighborhood, of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park. It is located next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, just south of the campus of the University of Southern California.-History:The Los Angeles...
, January 16, 1963.
MVP: 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...
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: Fred Schaus
Fred Schaus
Frederick Appleton Schaus was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University...
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Eastern Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Jack Twyman
Jack Twyman
John Kennedy "Jack" Twyman is an American former professional basketball player and sports broadcaster.-Playing career:...
, CIN || 16 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 12
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|| Tom Heinsohn, BOS || 21 || 6 || 11 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 15
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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 || 37 || 8 || 14 || 3 || 4 || 24 || 5 || 3 || 19
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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 || 37 || 9 || 15 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 6 || 5 || 21
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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 || 25 || 4 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 6 || 2 || 8
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|| Johnny Kerr
Johnny Kerr
John G. “Red” Kerr was an American basketball player, coach, and color commentator. He played in the NBA from 1954 to 1966, mainly as a member of the Syracuse Nationals...
, SYR || 11 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 2
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|| Lee Shaffer
Lee Shaffer
Lee Philip Shafer II is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward, Shaffer starred at the University of North Carolina, where he was the ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1960. He then played three seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the...
, SYR || 19 || 6 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 12
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|| Johnny Green
Johnny Green (basketball)
John M. Green is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'5" power forward/center from Michigan State University, Green spent 14 seasons in the NBA, playing for the New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets, San Diego Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Cincinnati Royals, and Kansas City-Omaha Kings...
, NYK || 27 || 6 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 13
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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...
, NYK || 18 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 2
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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 || 15 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 4 || 6
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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 || 14 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 5
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|| Totals || 240 || 51 || 101 || 13 || 18 || 51 || 25 || 32 || 115
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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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|| Walt Bellamy, CHI || 14 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2
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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 || 7 || 16 || 11 || 12 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 25
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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...
, SFW || 35 || 7 || 11 || 3 || 7 || 19 || 0 || 2 || 17
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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 || 32 || 5 || 15 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 5 || 1 || 13
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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 || 36 || 4 || 15 || 9 || 13 || 14 || 7 || 0 || 17
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|| Tom Meschery
Tom Meschery
Thomas Nicholas "Tom" Meschery is a Russian American former professional basketball player. He was a power forward with a 10 year National Basketball Association career from 1961 to 1971. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors and the Seattle SuperSonics...
, SFW || 8 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3
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|| Don Ohl
Don Ohl
Donald Jay Ohl is an American former professional basketball player who spent 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association. His nickname was Waxie because of his crew cut....
, DET || 12 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 3
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|| Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens is a retired American basketball player and coach in the NBA...
, STL || 25 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 4
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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 || 11 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4
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|| Rudy LaRusso
Rudy LaRusso
Rudolph "Rudy" A. LaRusso was an American 6' 7" five-time National Basketball Association All-Star.-Early life:He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn...
, LAL || 11 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 6
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|| Terry Dischinger
Terry Dischinger
Terence Gilbert "Terry" Dischinger is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. He currently practices orthodontics.-High school career:...
, CHI || 7 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 7
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|| Guy Rodgers
Guy Rodgers
Guy William Rodgers was an American professional basketball player born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He spent twelve years in the NBA, and was one of the league's best playmakers in the early to mid 1960s...
, SFW || 17 || 3 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 7
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|| Totals || 240 || 39 || 90 || 30 || 45 || 62 || 27 || 15 || 108
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Score by Periods
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|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| East || 32 || 24 || 24 || 35 || 115
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|| West || 25 || 25 || 23 || 35 || 108
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- Halftime— East, 56-50
- Third Quarter— East, 80-73
- Officials: Sid BorgiaSid BorgiaSid Borgia was a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association from 1946 to 1964 and later was the league's supervisor of officials from 1964 to 1966. Borgia also served as chief of officials in the American Basketball Association.Borgia was considered one of the best...
and Earl StromEarl StromEarl "Yogi" Strom was a professional basketball referee for 29 years in the National Basketball Association and for three years in the American Basketball Association . Strom is credited as the greatest referee in the history of the NBA and was known for his flamboyant style and ability to... - Attendance: 14,838.