1978 NBA All-Star Game
The 1978 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 5, 1978, at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Coaches: East: Billy Cunningham, West: Jack Ramsay.
- Officials: Jake O'Donnell and Jim Capers
- MVP: Randy Smith
- Attendance: 15,491
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| Date | February 5, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Omni Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Randy Smith | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 15,491 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger and Keith Erickson | ||||||||||||||||||
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Teams
Western Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| 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 |
Eastern Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| 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 |
Score by periods
| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| West | 39 | 27 | 34 | 25 | 125 |
| East | 28 | 29 | 35 | 41 | 133 |
References
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 250. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- basketball-reference.com. "1978 NBA All-Star Game". Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
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