1964 NBA All-Star Game
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GAME 14: at Boston Garden
Boston Garden
The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928 as "Boston Madison Square Garden" and outlived its original namesake by some 30 years...

, January 14, 1964.

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: 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...


Eastern Conference

{| cellpadding=5
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| 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 || 42 || 10 || 23 || 6 || 10 || 14 || 8 || 4 || 26
|-
|| 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 || 42 || 6 || 13 || 1 || 2 || 21 || 2 || 4 || 13
|-
|| Jerry Lucas
Jerry Lucas
Jerry Ray Lucas was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history...

, CIN || 36 || 3 || 6 || 5 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 5 || 11
|-
|| Sam Jones
Sam Jones (basketball)
Samuel Jones is a retired American professional basketball player at shooting guard and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was known for his quickness and game-winning shots, especially during the NBA Playoffs...

, BOS || 27 || 8 || 20 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 16
|-
|| 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 || 21 || 6 || 14 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 1 || 1 || 13
|-
|| Tom Heinsohn, BOS || 21 || 5 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 5 || 10
|-
|| 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...

, PHI || 20 || 5 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 13
|-
|| Len Chappell
Len Chappell
Leonard R. "Len" Chappell is a retired American basketball player.A 6'8" power forward/center, Chappell was a star at Wake Forest University, were he was named ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1961 and 1962. He was the ACC tournament's all-time leading scorer until Duke University's J....

, NYK || 12 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
|| Chet Walker
Chet Walker
Chester "Chet" Walker is a former pro basketball player.Walker played high school basketball for the Benton Harbor High School boys basketball team. He graduated from Bradley University in 1962 as the school's all-time leading scorer. The Bradley Braves won the NIT Championship in 1957 and 1960...

, PHI || 12 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4
|-
|| 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 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 46 || 108 || 19 || 27 || 61 || 21 || 27 || 111
|-
|}

Western Conference

{| cellpadding=5
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| 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 || 42 || 8 || 20 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 17
|-
|| 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 || 37 || 4 || 14 || 11 || 14 || 20 || 1 || 2 || 19
|-
|| 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 || 36 || 6 || 15 || 7 || 9 || 17 || 2 || 3 || 19
|-
|| 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 || 29 || 5 || 15 || 5 || 11 || 8 || 5 || 1 || 15
|-
|| Walt Bellamy, BAL || 23 || 4 || 11 || 3 || 5 || 7 || 0 || 3 || 11
|-
|| 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 || 22 || 3 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 6
|-
|| 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 || 18 || 3 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 8
|-
|| Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens is a retired American basketball player and coach in the NBA...

, STL || 14 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3
|-
|| Terry Dischinger
Terry Dischinger
Terence Gilbert "Terry" Dischinger is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. He currently practices orthodontics.-High school career:...

, BAL || 13 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 7
|-
|| 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 || 6 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 37 || 102 || 33 || 46 || 64 || 16 || 22 || 107
|-
|}

Score by Periods

{| cellpadding=5
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|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
|-
|| East || 25 || 34 || 27 || 25 || 111
|-
|| West || 22 || 27 || 28 || 30 || 107
|-
|}
  • Halftime— East, 59-49
  • Third Quarter— East, 86-77
  • Officials: Sid Borgia
    Sid Borgia
    Sid 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 Mendy Rudolph
    Mendy Rudolph
    Marvin "Mendy" Rudolph was a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association for 22 years, from 1953 to 1975. Regarded as one of the greatest officials in NBA history, Rudolph officiated 2,112 NBA games and was the first league referee to work 2,000 games...

  • Attendance: 13,464.

Historical significance

The game was notable for the threat of a strike by the players, who refused to play just before the game unless the owners agreed to recognize the players' union. The owners agreed primarily because it was the first All-Star Game to be televised and if it were not played due to strike it would have been embarrassing at a time when the NBA was still attempting to gain national exposure. This led directly to many rights and freedoms not previously extended to professional basketball players.
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