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1972 NBA All-Star Game
1 2 3 4
Total
West
27 27 33 25
112
East
33 31 20 26
110
Date January 18, 1972 Arena The Forum City Inglewood MVP Jerry West Attendance 17,214 Network ABC Announcers Keith Jackson and Bill Russell
The 22nd NBA All-Star Game was played on January 18, 1972, at The Forum .
Coaches: Tom Heinsohn , Boston Celtics (Eastern Conference) and Bill Sharman , Los Angeles Lakers (Western Conference)
MVP: Jerry West , Los Angeles (27 minutes, 13 points)
Hometown favorite Jerry West hit a last second 20-foot jump shot to break the tie and win the game for the West.[1]
Dave Cowens, a future MVP and Hall of Famer, made his All-Star debut in this game. Center Bob Lanier, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992, made his debut in this All-Star Game, too. The Rockets, which relocated from San Diego to Houston before the 1971–72 season, had their first Houston-era All-Star in Elvin Hayes.[2]
Eastern Conference [ ]
Player, Team
MIN
FGM
FGA
FTM
FTA
REB
AST
PF
PTS
John Havlicek , BOS
24
5
13
5
5
3
5
2
15
Billy Cunningham , PHI
24
4
13
6
8
10
3
4
14
Dave Cowens , BOS
32
5
12
4
5
20
1
4
14
Lou Hudson , ATL
18
2
7
2
2
3
3
3
6
Walt Frazier , NY
25
7
11
1
2
3
5
2
15
John Johnson , CLE
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
Bob Kauffman , BUF
7
1
1
0
0
1
1
3
2
Jack Marin , BAL
15
5
8
1
1
0
1
2
11
Wes Unseld , BAL
16
1
5
0
0
7
1
3
2
Tom Van Arsdale , CIN
4
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Jo Jo White , BOS
18
6
15
0
2
4
3
1
12
Butch Beard , CLE
7
1
4
1
1
1
0
0
3
Archie Clark , BAL
21
2
5
4
4
1
6
1
8
Dave DeBusschere , NY
26
4
8
0
0
11
0
2
8
Totals
240
43
105
24
30
66
26
28
110
Western Conference [ ]
Player, Team
MIN
FGM
FGA
FTM
FTA
REB
AST
PF
PTS
Bob Love , CHI
16
4
11
0
2
6
0
1
8
Spencer Haywood , SEA
25
4
10
3
4
7
1
2
11
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , MIL
19
5
10
2
2
7
2
0
12
Gail Goodrich , LA
14
2
7
0
0
1
2
2
4
Jerry West , LA
27
6
9
1
2
6
5
2
13
Oscar Robertson , MIL
24
3
9
5
10
3
3
4
11
Cazzie Russell , GS
20
4
13
2
2
1
0
1
10
Paul Silas , PHO
15
0
6
2
3
9
1
1
2
Jimmy Walker , DET
16
4
9
2
5
2
1
1
10
Connie Hawkins , PHO
14
5
7
3
4
4
0
1
13
Elvin Hayes , HOU
11
1
6
2
2
2
0
2
4
Wilt Chamberlain , LA
24
3
3
2
8
10
3
2
8
Bob Lanier , DET
5
0
2
2
3
3
0
0
2
Sidney Wicks , POR
10
2
5
0
0
2
0
3
4
Totals
240
43
107
26
47
63
18
22
112
Score by periods [ ]
Score by Periods:
1
2
3
4
Final
Western Conference
27
27
33
32
157
Eastern Conference
33
31
20
26
110
Halftime— East, 64–54
Third Quarter— West, 87–84
Officials: Darell Garretson and .
Attendance: 17,214.[3]
References [ ]
^ The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia . Villard Books. 1994. p. 238. ISBN 0-679-43293-0 .
^ Staff, NBA.com. "1972 NBA All-Star recap - NBA.com" . nba.com . Retrieved April 19, 2018 .
^ The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia . Villard Books. 1994. p. 248. ISBN 0-679-43293-0 .
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