1980 NBA All-Star Game

The 1980 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, on February 3, 1980.

1980 NBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 OT Total West 37 27 27 37 8 136 East 28 36 44 20 16 144
Date	February 3, 1980
Arena	Capital Centre
City	Landover
MVP	George Gervin
Attendance	19,035
Network	CBS
Announcers	Brent Musburger (Play by Play) Bill Russell and Rod Hundley (Color) Gary Bender (Sideline)
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The Eastern All-Stars defeated the Western All-Stars, 144–136. The MVP of the game was George Gervin, who scored 34 points for the Eastern All-Stars.

Coaches

Lenny Wilkens and Billy Cunningham were selected as the West and East head coach, respectively.

Billy Cunningham, head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, qualified as the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars. Lenny Wilkens, head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, qualified as the head coach of the Western All-Stars.

Team rosters

Western Conference All-Stars Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters G Lloyd Free San Diego Clippers 1 G Magic Johnson Los Angeles Lakers 1 C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Los Angeles Lakers 10 F Adrian Dantley Utah Jazz 1 F Marques Johnson Milwaukee Bucks 2 Reserves G Otis Birdsong Kansas City Kings 2 G Walter Davis Phoenix Suns 3 G Dennis Johnson Seattle SuperSonics 2 C Jack Sikma Seattle SuperSonics 2 F Kermit Washington Portland Trail Blazers 1 F Scott Wedman Kansas City Kings 2 F Paul Westphal Phoenix Suns 4 Head Coach Lenny Wilkens, (Seattle SuperSonics) Assistant Coach Les Habegger (Seattle SuperSonics) Trainer Frank Furtado (Seattle SuperSonics)

Eastern Conference All-Stars Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters G George Gervin San Antonio Spurs 4 G Eddie Johnson Atlanta Hawks 1 C Moses Malone Houston Rockets 3 F Julius Erving Philadelphia 76ers 4 F John Drew Atlanta Hawks 2 Reserves G Nate Archibald Boston Celtics 4 F Larry Bird Boston Celtics 1 C Bill Cartwright New York Knicks 1 C Dave Cowens Boston Celtics 8 F Elvin Hayes Washington Bullets 9 G Micheal Ray Richardson New York Knicks 1 G Dan Roundfield Atlanta Hawks 1 Head Coach Billy Cunningham, (Philadelphia 76ers) Assistant Coach Chuck Daly, (Philadelphia 76ers) Jack McMahon (Philadelphia 76ers) Trainer John Lally (Washington Bullets)

Notes

Italics indicates leading vote-getters per conference.

Western Conference

Player, Team	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	BLK	PFS	PTS
Marques Johnson, MIL	34	1	6	0	0	2	2	4	1	1	2	4
Adrian Dantley, UTA	30	8	15	0	0	7	8	5	2	0	1	23
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA	30	6	17	0	0	5	6	16	9	6	5	17
Jack Sikma, SEA	28	4	10	0	1	0	0	8	4	3	5	8
Paul Westphal, PHO	27	8	14	0	2	5	6	1	5	1	5	21
Magic Johnson, LA	24	5	8	0	1	2	2	2	4	2	3	12
Walter Davis, PHO	23	5	10	0	0	2	2	4	2	0	2	12
Lloyd Free, SD	21	7	13	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	14
Dennis Johnson, SEA	20	7	13	0	0	5	6	4	1	1	3	19
Kermit Washington, POR	14	1	6	0	0	2	4	8	1	1	4	4
Otis Birdsong, KC	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Scott Wedman, KC (injured)
Totals	265	53	114	0	4	30	37	55	34	16	32	136

Eastern Conference

Player, Team	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	BLK	PFS	PTS
George Gervin, SA	40	14	26	0	0	6	9	10	3	0	2	34
Eddie Johnson, ATL	32	11	16	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	2	22
Moses Malone, HOU	31	7	12	0	0	6	12	12	2	2	4	20
Elvin Hayes, WAS	29	5	10	0	0	2	2	5	4	4	5	12
Dan Roundfield, ATL	27	7	15	0	0	4	9	13	0	2	2	18
Larry Bird, BOS	23	3	6	1	2	0	0	6	7	0	1	7
Nate Archibald, BOS	21	0	8	0	0	2	3	3	6	0	1	2
Julius Erving, PHI	20	4	12	0	0	3	4	5	2	1	5	11
John Drew, ATL	15	0	4	0	0	4	5	3	0	0	5	4
Bill Cartwright, NY	14	4	8	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	8
Micheal Ray Richardson, NY	13	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	6
Dave Cowens, BOS (injured)
Totals	265	58	124	1	2	27	44	62	34	9	30	144

Score by periods

Score by periods:	1	2	3	4	OT	Final
West	37	27	27	37	8	136
East	28	36	44	20	16	144

• Officials: Joe Gushue and Ed T. Rush
• Attendance: 19,035.

Trivia

With 1:40 left in the overtime period, Larry Bird made the first 3-pointer in All-Star Game history.

References

• The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 250. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
• "1980 NBA All-Star Game". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2008.