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1956 NBA All-Star Game

West 108, East 94

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Date: Tuesday, Jan 24, 1956
Location: Rochester War Memorial Coliseum, Rochester, NY
Attendance: 8,517
MVP: Bob Pettit
Coaches: Charles Eckman (West) and George Senesky (East)

1956 NBA All-Star Game Box Score

  1 2 3 4 T
West 17 26 41 24 108
East 24 16 24 30 94

West

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Starters Tm MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Slater Martin MNL 29 3 7 .429 3 3 1.000 1 7 5 9
Mel Hutchins FTW 27 5 11 .455 1 2 .500 4 0 0 11
Bobby Wanzer ROC 25 4 8 .500 5 6 .833 5 2 4 13
Larry Foust FTW 20 3 9 .333 3 4 .750 4 0 1 9
George Yardley FTW 19 3 7 .429 2 3 .667 6 1 1 8
Reserves Tm MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Bob Pettit STL 31 7 17 .412 6 7 .857 24 7 4 20
Bob Harrison STL 25 2 7 .286 1 2 .500 0 1 4 5
Vern Mikkelsen MNL 22 5 13 .385 6 7 .857 9 2 4 16
Maurice Stokes ROC 20 4 11 .364 2 5 .400 16 2 5 10
Clyde Lovellette MNL 20 3 10 .300 1 3 .333 10 0 4 7
Team Totals 238 39 100 .390 30 42 .714 79 22 32 108

East

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Starters Tm MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Dick McGuire NYK 29 2 9 .222 2 5 .400 0 3 1 6
Paul Arizin PHW 28 5 13 .385 3 5 .600 7 1 6 13
Neil Johnston PHW 25 5 9 .556 7 11 .636 10 1 3 17
Dolph Schayes SYR 25 4 8 .500 6 10 .600 4 2 2 14
Bob Cousy BOS 24 2 8 .250 3 4 .750 7 2 6 7
Reserves Tm MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Harry Gallatin NYK 30 5 12 .417 6 7 .857 5 2 4 16
Bill Sharman BOS 24 2 8 .250 3 4 .750 7 2 6 7
Jack George PHW 21 2 7 .286 2 2 1.000 3 2 1 6
Ed Macauley BOS 20 1 9 .111 2 4 .500 2 3 3 4
Red Kerr SYR 16 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 8 0 2 4
Team Totals 242 30 87 .345 34 53 .642 53 18 34 94