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1961 NBA All-Star Game Box Score

West 153, East 131

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Date: Tuesday, Jan 17, 1961
Location: Onondaga County War Memorial Coliseum, Syracuse, NY
Attendance: 8,016

MVP: Oscar Robertson
Coaches: Paul Seymour (West) and Red Auerbach (East)

Scoring

  1 2 3 4 T
West 47 37 31 38 153
East 19 43 35 34 131

West

Starters Tm MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Oscar Robertson CIN 34:00 8 13 .615 7 9 .778 9 14 5 23
Bob Pettit STL 32:00 13 22 .591 3 7 .429 9 0 2 29
Clyde Lovellette STL 31:00 10 19 .526 1 1 1.000 10 3 4 21
Elgin Baylor LAL 27:00 3 11 .273 9 10 .900 10 4 5 15
Gene Shue DET 23:00 6 10 .600 3 4 .750 3 6 1 15
Reserves Tm MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Jerry West LAL 25:00 2 8 .250 5 6 .833 2 4 3 9
Walter Dukes DET 17:00 3 6 .500 2 2 1.000 4 1 4 8
Bailey Howell DET 16:00 5 10 .500 3 4 .750 3 3 4 13
Hot Rod Hundley LAL 14:00 6 10 .600 2 2 1.000 0 2 1 14
Cliff Hagan STL 13:00 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 2 0 1 2
Wayne Embry CIN 8:00 2 4 .500 0 0 3 0 0 4
Team Totals 240 58 115 .504 37 47 .787 55 37 30 153

East

Starters Tm MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Wilt Chamberlain PHW 38:00 2 8 .250 8 15 .533 18 5 1 12
Bob Cousy BOS 33:00 2 11 .182 0 0 3 8 6 4
Dolph Schayes SYR 27:00 7 15 .467 7 7 1.000 6 3 4 21
Tom Heinsohn BOS 19:00 2 16 .125 0 0 6 1 4 4
Richie Guerin NYK 15:00 3 8 .375 5 6 .833 0 2 2 11
Reserves Tm MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Bill Russell BOS 28:00 9 15 .600 6 8 .750 11 1 2 24
Tom Gola PHW 25:00 6 13 .462 2 4 .500 5 3 2 14
Hal Greer SYR 18:00 7 11 .636 0 0 6 2 2 14
Paul Arizin PHW 17:00 6 12 .500 5 6 .833 2 1 4 17
Willie Naulls NYK 16:00 4 6 .667 0 1 .000 6 2 2 8
Larry Costello SYR 5:00 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 2
Team Totals 241 49 117 .419 33 47 .702 63 28 31 131