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1961 NBA All-Star Game
1 2 3 4
Total
West
47 37 31 38
153
East
19 43 35 34
131
Date January 17, 1961 Arena Onondaga County War Memorial Coliseum City Syracuse MVP Oscar Robertson Attendance 8,016
The 11th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 17, 1961, in Syracuse, New York . The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East, and Paul Seymour for the West.
Eastern Conference [ ]
Player, Team
MIN
FGM
FGA
FTM
FTA
REB
AST
PF
PTS
Wilt Chamberlain , PHW
38
2
8
8
15
18
5
1
12
Bob Cousy , BOS
33
2
11
0
0
3
8
6
4
Bill Russell , BOS
28
9
15
6
8
11
1
2
24
Dolph Schayes , SYR
27
7
15
7
7
6
3
4
21
Tom Gola , PHW
25
6
13
2
4
5
3
2
14
Tom Heinsohn , BOS
19
2
16
0
0
6
1
4
4
Hal Greer , SYR
18
7
11
0
0
6
2
2
14
Paul Arizin , PHW
17
6
12
5
6
2
1
4
17
Willie Naulls , NYK
16
4
6
0
1
6
2
2
8
Richie Guerin , NYK
15
3
8
5
6
0
2
2
11
Larry Costello , SYR
5
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
Totals
240
49
117
33
47
63
28
31
131
Western Conference [ ]
Player, Team
MIN
FGM
FGA
FTM
FTA
REB
AST
PF
PTS
Oscar Robertson , CIN
34
8
13
7
9
9
14
5
23
Bob Pettit , STL
32
13
22
3
7
9
0
2
29
Clyde Lovellette , STL
31
10
19
1
1
10
3
4
21
Elgin Baylor , LAL
27
3
11
9
10
10
4
5
15
Jerry West , LAL
25
2
8
5
6
2
4
3
9
Gene Shue , DET
23
6
10
3
4
3
6
1
15
Walter Dukes , DET
17
3
6
2
2
4
1
4
8
Bailey Howell , DET
16
5
10
3
4
3
3
4
13
Hot Rod Hundley , LAL
14
6
10
2
2
0
2
1
14
Cliff Hagan , STL
13
0
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
Wayne Embry , CIN
8
2
4
0
0
3
0
0
4
Totals
240
58
115
37
47
55
37
30
153
Score by Periods [ ]
Score by Periods:
1
2
3
4
Final
East
19
43
35
34
131
West
47
37
31
38
153
References [ ]
The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia . Villard Books. 1994. p. 244. ISBN 0-679-43293-0 .
"1961 NBA All-Star Game" . Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008 .
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