1972 NBA All-Star Game
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22nd NBA All-Star Game. Date: January 18, 1972, at The Forum
; Coaches: Tom Heinsohn, Boston Celtics (Eastern Conference) and Bill Sharman
, Los Angeles Lakers (Western Conference); MVP: Jerry West
, Los Angeles (27 minutes, 13 points)
It was Jerry West who hit the last second-shot to break the tie and win the game for the West.
Television: ABC
– Keith Jackson
and Bill Russell
announcing
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| John Havlicek
, BOS || 24 || 5 || 13 || 5 || 5 || 3 || 5 || 2 || 15
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|| Billy Cunningham
, PHI || 24 || 4 || 13 || 6 || 8 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 14
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|| Dave Cowens
, BOS || 32 || 5 || 12 || 4 || 5 || 20 || 1 || 4 || 14
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|| Lou Hudson
, ATL || 18 || 2 || 7 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 6
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|| Walt Frazier
, NY || 25 || 7 || 11 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 2 || 15
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|| John Johnson
, CLE || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
|| Bob Kauffman
, BUF || 7 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 2
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|| Jack Marin
, BAL || 15 || 5 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 11
|-
|| Wes Unseld
, BAL || 16 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 1 || 3 || 2
|-
|| Tom Van Arsdale
, CIN || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|| Jo Jo White
, BOS || 18 || 6 || 15 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 12
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|| Butch Beard
, CLE || 7 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3
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|| Archie Clark, BAL || 21 || 2 || 5 || 4 || 4 || 1 || 6 || 1 || 8
|-
|| Dave DeBusschere
, NY || 26 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 0 || 2 || 8
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 43 || 105 || 24 || 30 || 66 || 26 || 28 || 110
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Bob Love
, CHI || 16 || 4 || 11 || 0 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 8
|-
|| Spencer Haywood
, SEA || 25 || 4 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 11
|-
|| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
, MIL || 19 || 5 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 7 || 2 || 0 || 12
|-
|| Gail Goodrich
, LA || 14 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
|| Jerry West
, LA || 27 || 6 || 9 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 5 || 2 || 13
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|| Oscar Robertson
, MIL || 24 || 3 || 9 || 5 || 10 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 11
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|| Cazzie Russell, GS || 20 || 4 || 13 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 10
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|| Paul Silas
, PHO || 15 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 3 || 9 || 1 || 1 || 2
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|| Jimmy Walker
, DET || 16 || 4 || 9 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 10
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|| Connie Hawkins
, PHO || 14 || 5 || 7 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 13
|-
|| Elvin Hayes
, HOU || 11 || 1 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 4
|-
|| Wilt Chamberlain
, LA || 24 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 8 || 10 || 3 || 2 || 8
|-
|| Bob Lanier
, DET || 5 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
|| Sidney Wicks
, POR || 10 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 4
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 43 || 107 || 26 || 47 || 63 || 18 || 22 || 112
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| Western Conference || 27 || 27 || 33 || 25 || 112
|-
|| Eastern Conference || 33 || 31 || 20 || 26 || 110
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|}
The Forum (Inglewood, California)
The Forum is an indoor arena, in Inglewood, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. From 2000 to 2010, it was owned by the Faithful Central Bible Church, which occasionally used it for church services, while also leasing the building for sporting events, concerts and other events.Along with Madison...
; Coaches: Tom Heinsohn, Boston Celtics (Eastern Conference) and Bill Sharman
Bill Sharman
William Walton "Bill" Sharman is a former professional basketball player and coach. Sharman completed high school in the rural city of Porterville, California and is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what some consider the greatest...
, Los Angeles Lakers (Western Conference); MVP: 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...
, Los Angeles (27 minutes, 13 points)
It was Jerry West who hit the last second-shot to break the tie and win the game for the West.
Television: ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
– Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson is an American sportscaster, known for his long career with ABC Sports , his coverage of college football , his style of folksy, down-to-earth commentary, and his distinctive voice, with its deep cadence, and operatic tone considered "like Edward R...
and 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...
announcing
Eastern Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| John Havlicek
John Havlicek
John J. "Hondo" Havlicek is a retired American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA titles, half of them coming in his first four seasons....
, BOS || 24 || 5 || 13 || 5 || 5 || 3 || 5 || 2 || 15
|-
|| Billy Cunningham
Billy Cunningham
William John "Billy" Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid.- Beginnings :...
, PHI || 24 || 4 || 13 || 6 || 8 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 14
|-
|| Dave Cowens
Dave Cowens
David William Cowens is a retired American professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At 6'9", he played the center and occasionally the power forward position. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991...
, BOS || 32 || 5 || 12 || 4 || 5 || 20 || 1 || 4 || 14
|-
|| Lou Hudson
Lou Hudson
Louis Clyde Hudson is a former NBA basketball player.-NBA career:Lou graduated from Dudley High School in Greensboro. After starring at the University of Minnesota, Hudson was selected by the St. Louis Hawks with the 4th pick of the 1966 NBA Draft...
, ATL || 18 || 2 || 7 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
|| Walt Frazier
Walt Frazier
Walter "Clyde" Frazier is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association . He was blessed with a unique combination of court vision, quickness, and size for a guard...
, NY || 25 || 7 || 11 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 2 || 15
|-
|| John Johnson
John Johnson (basketball)
John Howard Getty "J.J." Johnson is a former American basketball player.Johnson was a 6’7” small forward who played high school basketball at Messmer High School, and collegiately for Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming and for the University of Iowa...
, CLE || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
|| Bob Kauffman
Bob Kauffman
Robert "Bob" Kauffman is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'8" forward/center from Guilford College, Kauffman was selected with the third pick of the 1968 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics; he was also selected in the 1968 ABA Draft by the Oakland Oaks...
, BUF || 7 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 2
|-
|| Jack Marin
Jack Marin
John Warren "Jack" Marin is a retired American professional basketball player. A 201 cm guard/forward from Duke University, Marin was named to the 1967 NBA All-Rookie Team and spent 11 seasons in the NBA , playing for the Baltimore Bullets, Houston Rockets, Buffalo Braves and Chicago Bulls...
, BAL || 15 || 5 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 11
|-
|| Wes Unseld
Wes Unseld
Westley Sissel "Wes" Unseld is an American former basketball player. He spent his entire NBA career with the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988.-Early life and college career:Unseld starred on a Seneca High School team...
, BAL || 16 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 1 || 3 || 2
|-
|| Tom Van Arsdale
Tom Van Arsdale
Thomas Arthur Van Arsdale is a former professional basketball player. A graduate of Indianapolis Emmerich Manual High School, the 6'5" guard played collegiately at Indiana University, Van Arsdale was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round of the 1965 NBA Draft...
, CIN || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|| Jo Jo White
Jo Jo White
Joseph Henry "Jo Jo" White is an American former professional basketball player.-Life and career:White was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of a minister...
, BOS || 18 || 6 || 15 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 12
|-
|| Butch Beard
Butch Beard
Alfred "Butch" Beard Jr. is a former National Basketball Association player and head coach. He was the head coach at Morgan State University until he stepped down in March 2006. Butch Beard played college basketball at the University of Louisville...
, CLE || 7 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3
|-
|| Archie Clark, BAL || 21 || 2 || 5 || 4 || 4 || 1 || 6 || 1 || 8
|-
|| Dave DeBusschere
Dave DeBusschere
David Albert DeBusschere was an American NBA and major league baseball player and coach in the NBA. In 1996, DeBusschere was named as one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history....
, NY || 26 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 0 || 2 || 8
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 43 || 105 || 24 || 30 || 66 || 26 || 28 || 110
|-
|}
Western Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| Bob Love
Bob Love
Robert ' Earl “Butterbean” Love is a retired American professional basketball player who spent the prime of his career with the NBA's Chicago Bulls...
, CHI || 16 || 4 || 11 || 0 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 8
|-
|| Spencer Haywood
Spencer Haywood
Spencer Haywood is a retired American professional basketball player.- High school :In 1964, Haywood moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he attended Pershing High School...
, SEA || 25 || 4 || 10 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 11
|-
|| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired American professional basketball player. He is the NBA's all-time leading scorer, with 38,387 points. During his career with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships and a record six regular season...
, MIL || 19 || 5 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 7 || 2 || 0 || 12
|-
|| Gail Goodrich
Gail Goodrich
Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association . He is best-known for scoring a then record 42 points in the 1965 NCAA championship game vs. Michigan, and his part in the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971–72 season...
, LA || 14 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
|| 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...
, LA || 27 || 6 || 9 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 5 || 2 || 13
|-
|| 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...
, MIL || 24 || 3 || 9 || 5 || 10 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 11
|-
|| Cazzie Russell, GS || 20 || 4 || 13 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 10
|-
|| Paul Silas
Paul Silas
Paul Theron Silas is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats. He attended Creighton University, where he set an NCAA record for the most rebounds in three seasons and averaged 20.6 rebounds per game in 1963...
, PHO || 15 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 3 || 9 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|| Jimmy Walker
Jimmy Walker (basketball)
James "Jimmy" Walker was an American professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard, he played nine seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, and Kansas City Kings. Walker was a two-time All-Star who scored 11,655 points in his career...
, DET || 16 || 4 || 9 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 10
|-
|| Connie Hawkins
Connie Hawkins
Cornelius L. Hawkins is a former National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player, Harlem Globetrotter and New York City playground legend...
, PHO || 14 || 5 || 7 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 13
|-
|| Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes
Elvin Ernest Hayes is a retired American basketball player and radio analyst for Houston Cougars men's basketball, where he played college basketball...
, HOU || 11 || 1 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 4
|-
|| 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...
, LA || 24 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 8 || 10 || 3 || 2 || 8
|-
|| Bob Lanier
Bob Lanier (basketball)
Robert Jerry "Bob" Lanier, Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA.Lanier was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992....
, DET || 5 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
|| Sidney Wicks
Sidney Wicks
Sidney Wicks is a retired American basketball player. A native of California, he played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and played professionally in the National Basketball Association from 1971 to 1981...
, POR || 10 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 4
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 43 || 107 || 26 || 47 || 63 || 18 || 22 || 112
|-
|}
Score by periods
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
|-
|| Western Conference || 27 || 27 || 33 || 25 || 112
|-
|| Eastern Conference || 33 || 31 || 20 || 26 || 110
|-
|}
- Halftime— East, 64–54
- Third Quarter— West, 87–84
- Officials: Darrell GarretsonDarrell GarretsonDarell Lee Garretson was an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association for 27 years from 1967 to 1994, and he later served as NBA Supervisor of Officials for 17 years from 1981 to 1998...
and Manny Sokol. - Attendance: 17,214.