1968 NBA All-Star Game
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| Date | January 23, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Madison Square Garden (III)[a] | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | New York City | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Hal Greer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 18,422 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Schenkel and Jack Twyman | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 18th Annual NBA All-Star Game[1] was an exhibition basketball game which was played on January 23, 1968, at the Madison Square Garden (MSG III) in New York City, home of the New York Knicks. This was the third time that New York City had hosted the All-Star Game; the city had previously hosted the event in 1954 and 1955. The game was originally intended to be held at the newer Madison Square Garden (MSG IV), but construction delays necessitated it to be moved to the older MSG, making it the last NBA All-Star Game held there prior to its closure in the following month.[2] This was the first NBA All-Star Game to be relocated from its originally planned venue.
The game was officiated by Mendy Rudolph and Don Murphy. It had a recorded attendance of 18,422. The East won the game 144–124. Hal Greer was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP).
Coaches
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San Francisco Warriors head coach Bill Sharman was named as coach for the Western All-Stars, while Philadelphia 76ers head coach Alex Hannum was named as coach for the Eastern All-Stars. They were selected because both the Warriors and 76ers made the previous year's finals.
Teams
[edit]Western Division
[edit]| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
| Jerry West, LAL | 32 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| Zelmo Beaty, STL | 30 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Elgin Baylor, LAL | 27 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| Lenny Wilkens, STL | 22 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Bill Bridges, STL | 21 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| Walt Hazzard, SEA | 20 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Rudy LaRusso, SFW | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bob Boozer, CHI | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Clyde Lee, SFW | 18 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Archie Clark, LAL | 15 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Don Kojis, SDR | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim King, SFW | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Nate Thurmond, SFW (injured) | |||||||||
| Totals | 240 | 47 | 110 | 30 | 42 | 61 | 23 | 29 | 124 |
Eastern Division
[edit]| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
| Willis Reed, NYK | 25 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Wilt Chamberlain, PHI | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Bill Russell, BOS | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| John Havlicek, BOS | 22 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| Oscar Robertson, CIN | 22 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| Dick Barnett, NYK | 22 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Jerry Lucas, CIN | 21 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| Dave Bing, DET | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Hal Greer, PHI | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| Gus Johnson, BAL | 16 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Sam Jones, BOS | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Dave DeBusschere, DET | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 240 | 58 | 99 | 28 | 42 | 53 | 40 | 27 | 144 |
Score by periods
[edit]| Score by periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| West | 25 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 124 |
| East | 37 | 27 | 37 | 43 | 144 |
Notes
[edit]- ↑ The event was originally scheduled to be held at the unfinished Madison Square Garden (IV).
References
[edit]- ↑ Creamer, Chris (February 18, 2018). "The Greatest NBA All-Star Program Cover Designs". SportsLogos.net. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
- ↑ Halberstam, David J. (February 13, 2019). "Is Sunday's NBA All-Star Game Marv Albert's last? Icon did his first in 1968 at old Madison Square Garden". Sports Broadcast Journal. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 246. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- basketball-reference.com. "1968 NBA All-Star Game". Archived from the original on August 2, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
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