1971 NBA All-Star Game
1 2 3 4
Total
East
26 34 23 24
107
West
30 32 20 26
108
Date January 12, 1971 Arena San Diego Sports Arena City San Diego MVP Lenny Wilkens Attendance 14,378 Network ABC Announcers Chris Schenkel and Jack Twyman
The 1971 NBA All-Star Game was played at the San Diego Sports Arena ,[1] in San Diego , on January 12, 1971.
The coach for the East team was Red Holzman and the West team was coached by Larry Costello . Officials for the game were Mendy Rudolph and Ed T. Rush . The announced attendance was 14,378. West beat the East 108–107. Lenny Wilkens was named the game's Most valuable player .[2] [3]
Team rosters [ ]
Western Conference [ ]
Player, Team
MIN
FGM
FGA
FTM
FTA
REB
AST
PF
PTS
Lew Alcindor , MIL
30
8
16
3
4
14
1
2
19
Jerry Lucas , SFW
29
5
9
2
2
9
4
2
12
Oscar Robertson , MIL
24
2
6
1
3
2
2
3
5
Bob Love , CHI
21
6
12
4
5
4
0
2
16
Lenny Wilkens , SEA
20
8
11
5
5
1
1
1
21
Jerry West , LAL
20
2
4
1
3
1
9
1
5
Elvin Hayes , SDR
19
4
13
2
3
4
2
1
10
Chet Walker , CHI
19
3
9
4
5
3
1
1
10
Dave Bing , DET
19
2
7
0
0
2
2
1
4
Wilt Chamberlain , LAL
18
1
1
0
0
8
5
0
2
Dick Van Arsdale , PHO
12
2
4
0
1
5
3
1
4
Geoff Petrie , POR
5
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
Jeff Mullins , SFW
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Connie Hawkins , PHO
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
240
43
95
22
31
53
31
15
108
Eastern Conference [ ]
Player, Team
MIN
FGM
FGA
FTM
FTA
REB
AST
PF
PTS
Willis Reed , NYK
27
5
16
4
6
13
1
3
14
Walt Frazier , NYK
26
3
9
0
0
6
5
2
6
John Havlicek , BOS
24
6
12
0
2
3
2
3
12
Gus Johnson , BAL
23
5
12
2
2
4
2
3
12
Jo Jo White , BOS
22
5
10
0
0
9
2
2
10
Wes Unseld , BAL
21
4
9
0
0
10
2
2
8
Dave DeBusschere , NYK
19
4
7
0
0
7
3
3
8
Billy Cunningham , PHI
19
2
8
1
2
4
3
1
5
Earl Monroe , BAL
18
3
9
0
0
5
2
3
6
Lou Hudson , ATL
17
6
13
2
3
3
1
3
14
Tom Van Arsdale , CIN
11
4
8
0
2
2
1
1
8
Johnny Green , CIN
7
2
3
0
1
2
0
1
4
Bob Kauffman , BUF
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
John Johnson , CLE
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Totals
240
49
118
9
18
68
25
27
107
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