1978 NBA All-Star Game
Encyclopedia
GAME 28: at Atlanta, Feb. 5, 1978
MVP: Randy Smith
Coaches: East: Billy Cunningham
, West: Jack Ramsay
.
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||BLK||PFS||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| David Thompson
, DEN || 35 || 10 || 16 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 22
|-
|| Maurice Lucas
, POR || 33 || 6 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 13 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 12
|-
|| Bill Walton
, POR || 31 || 6 || 14 || 3 || 3 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 15
|-
|| Rick Barry
, GSW || 30 || 7 || 17 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 6 || 15
|-
|| Paul Westphal
, PHO || 24 || 9 || 14 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 4 || 20
|-
|| Lionel Hollins
, POR || 23 || 3 || 8 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 10
|-
|| Bobby Jones, DEN || 18 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 2
|-
|| Walter Davis
, PHO || 15 || 3 || 6 || 4 || 4 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 10
|-
|| Brian Winters
, MIL || 14 || 4 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 8
|-
|| Artis Gilmore
, CHI || 13 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 10
|-
|| Bob Lanier
, DET || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 51 || 102 || 23 || 32 || 45 || 36 || 6 || 29 || 125
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||BLK||PFS||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| Randy Smith
, BUF || 29 || 11 || 14 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 6 || 0 || 5 || 27
|-
|| Dave Cowens
, BOS || 28 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 14 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 14
|-
|| Julius Erving
, PHI || 27 || 3 || 14 || 10 || 12 || 8 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 16
|-
|| Doug Collins
, PHI || 27 || 3 || 8 || 8 || 11 || 5 || 8 || 0 || 3 || 14
|-
|| Truck Robinson
, NOJ || 24 || 3 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 7
|-
|| John Havlicek
, BOS || 22 || 5 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 10
|-
|| Larry Kenon
, SAS || 20 || 8 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 16
|-
|| Bob McAdoo, NYK || 20 || 7 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 14
|-
|| George Gervin
, SAS || 18 || 4 || 11 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 9
|-
|| Moses Malone
, HOU || 14 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4
|-
|| Elvin Hayes
, WSB || 11 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2
|-
|| Pete Maravich
, NOJ (injured)
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 53 || 108 || 27 || 38 || 61 || 26 || 2 || 27 || 133
|-
|}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
|-
|| West || 39 || 27 || 34 || 25 || 125
|-
|| East || 28 || 29 || 35 || 41 || 133
|-
|}
MVP: Randy Smith
Randy Smith (basketball)
Randolph "Randy" Smith was an American professional basketball player who set the NBA record for consecutive games played. From 1972-1982, Smith played in every regular season game, en route to a then-record of 906 straight games...
Coaches: East: Billy Cunningham
Billy Cunningham
William John "Billy" Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid.- Beginnings :...
, West: Jack Ramsay
Jack Ramsay
Jack T. Ramsay is an American former basketball coach, commonly known as "Dr. Jack" . He is best known for coaching the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA Title, and for his broadcasting work with the Indiana Pacers, the Miami Heat, and for ESPN TV and ESPN Radio...
.
Western Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||BLK||PFS||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| David Thompson
David Thompson (basketball)
David O'Neil Thompson is a former American professional basketball star with the Denver Nuggets of both the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association , as well as the Seattle SuperSonics...
, DEN || 35 || 10 || 16 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 22
|-
|| Maurice Lucas
Maurice Lucas
Maurice Lucas was an American professional basketball player. The first two years of his postcollegiate career were spent in the American Basketball Association with the Spirits of St. Louis and Kentucky Colonels...
, POR || 33 || 6 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 13 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 12
|-
|| Bill Walton
Bill Walton
William Theodore "Bill" Walton III is a retired American basketball player and television sportscaster. The "Big Red-Head", as he was called, achieved superstardom playing for John Wooden's powerhouse UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, winning three straight College Player of the Year Awards, while...
, POR || 31 || 6 || 14 || 3 || 3 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 15
|-
|| Rick Barry
Rick Barry
Richard Francis Dennis Barry III , better known as Rick Barry, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is considered by many veteran basketball observers to be one of the greatest pure small forwards of all time as a result of his very precise outside shot, uncanny court vision,...
, GSW || 30 || 7 || 17 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 6 || 15
|-
|| Paul Westphal
Paul Westphal
Paul Westphal is a retired American basketball player and current head coach of the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings. Westphal has had a storied career in the NBA, both as a player and as a coach. As a player, he won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in the 1974 NBA...
, PHO || 24 || 9 || 14 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 4 || 20
|-
|| Lionel Hollins
Lionel Hollins
-External links:***...
, POR || 23 || 3 || 8 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 10
|-
|| Bobby Jones, DEN || 18 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 2
|-
|| Walter Davis
Walter Davis (basketball)
Walter Paul Davis is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" forward/guard, Davis spent 15 years in the National Basketball Association, spending the bulk of those years with the Phoenix Suns...
, PHO || 15 || 3 || 6 || 4 || 4 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 10
|-
|| Brian Winters
Brian Winters
Brian Joseph Winters is a former NBA guard/forward, coach and former WNBA head coach. He attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, NY, graduating in 1970. He then played collegiately with the University of South Carolina and was the 12th pick in the 1974...
, MIL || 14 || 4 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 8
|-
|| Artis Gilmore
Artis Gilmore
Artis Gilmore is a retired American Hall of Fame basketball player who played in the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association...
, CHI || 13 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 10
|-
|| 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 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 51 || 102 || 23 || 32 || 45 || 36 || 6 || 29 || 125
|-
|}
Eastern Conference
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||BLK||PFS||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| Randy Smith
Randy Smith (basketball)
Randolph "Randy" Smith was an American professional basketball player who set the NBA record for consecutive games played. From 1972-1982, Smith played in every regular season game, en route to a then-record of 906 straight games...
, BUF || 29 || 11 || 14 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 6 || 0 || 5 || 27
|-
|| 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 || 28 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 14 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 14
|-
|| Julius Erving
Julius Erving
Julius Winfield Erving II , commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim....
, PHI || 27 || 3 || 14 || 10 || 12 || 8 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 16
|-
|| Doug Collins
Doug Collins
Paul Douglas "Doug" Collins is a retired American basketball player, a former four-time NBA All-Star and currently the head coach of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.-High school and college:...
, PHI || 27 || 3 || 8 || 8 || 11 || 5 || 8 || 0 || 3 || 14
|-
|| Truck Robinson
Truck Robinson
Leonard Eugene Robinson was a power forward for the Washington Bullets , Atlanta Hawks , New Orleans Jazz , Phoenix Suns , and New York Knicks ....
, NOJ || 24 || 3 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 7
|-
|| 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 || 22 || 5 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 10
|-
|| Larry Kenon
Larry Kenon
Larry Joe Kenon is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward who had a productive career in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association , Kenon played for the New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors and...
, SAS || 20 || 8 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 16
|-
|| Bob McAdoo, NYK || 20 || 7 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 14
|-
|| George Gervin
George Gervin
George "The Iceman" Gervin is a retired American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls...
, SAS || 18 || 4 || 11 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 9
|-
|| Moses Malone
Moses Malone
Moses Eugene Malone is a retired American Hall of Fame basketball player who starred in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association...
, HOU || 14 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4
|-
|| 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...
, WSB || 11 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2
|-
|| Pete Maravich
Pete Maravich
Peter "Pistol Pete" Press Maravich was an American professional basketball player. Born and raised in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University and played for three NBA teams until injuries induced him to retire in 1980...
, NOJ (injured)
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 53 || 108 || 27 || 38 || 61 || 26 || 2 || 27 || 133
|-
|}
Score by periods
{| cellpadding=5|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
|-
|| West || 39 || 27 || 34 || 25 || 125
|-
|| East || 28 || 29 || 35 || 41 || 133
|-
|}
- Halftime— West, 66-57
- Third Quarter— West, 100-92
- Officials: Jake O'DonnellJake O'DonnellJames Michael "Jake" O'Donnell is a former sports official who worked as a National Basketball Association referee for 28 seasons from 1967 to 1995, and also as an umpire in Major League Baseball for four seasons from to...
and Jim Capers - Attendance: 15,491.