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1979 NBA All-Star Game Box Score

West 134, East 129

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Date: Sunday, Feb 4, 1979
Location: Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit, MI
Attendance: 31,745

MVP: David Thompson
Coaches: Lenny Wilkens (West) and Dick Motta (East)

Most Votes: George Gervin (427,540)

  Scoring
  1 2 3 4 T
West 36 44 24 30 134
East 27 31 40 31 129

West

Totals Shooting
Starters Tm MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT%
David Thompson DEN 34:00 11 17 3 7 3 2 5 2 1 1 1 4 25 .647 .429
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL 28:00 5 12 1 2 1 7 8 3 1 1 3 4 11 .417 .500
George McGinnis DEN 25:00 5 12 6 11 2 4 6 3 5 0 0 4 16 .417 .545
Paul Westphal PHO 21:00 8 12 1 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 17 .667 .500
Marques Johnson MIL 20:00 3 11 4 6 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 1 10 .273 .667
Totals Shooting
Reserves Tm MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT%
Dennis Johnson SEA 27:00 5 7 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 12 .714 1.000
Maurice Lucas POR 19:00 4 10 2 2 1 6 7 1 0 0 3 5 10 .400 1.000
Walter Davis PHO 19:00 4 9 0 0 1 3 4 4 1 0 2 0 8 .444
Jack Sikma SEA 18:00 4 5 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 .800
Artis Gilmore CHI 15:00 3 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 8 .750 1.000
Otis Birdsong KCK 14:00 4 6 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 9 .667 .500
Team Totals 240 56 105 22 36 15 30 45 25 10 3 13 24 134 .533 .611

East

Totals Shooting
Starters Tm MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT%
Julius Erving PHI 39:00 10 22 9 12 6 2 8 5 2 0 1 4 29 .455 .750
George Gervin SAS 34:00 8 16 10 11 2 4 6 2 1 1 3 4 26 .500 .909
Rudy Tomjanovich HOU 24:00 6 13 0 0 4 2 6 1 0 0 0 2 12 .462
Moses Malone HOU 17:00 2 2 4 5 2 5 7 1 1 0 1 0 8 1.000 .800
Pete Maravich NOJ 14:00 5 8 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 10 .625
Totals Shooting
Reserves Tm MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT%
Bob Lanier DET 31:00 5 10 0 0 1 3 4 4 1 1 0 4 10 .500
Elvin Hayes WSB 28:00 5 11 3 5 4 9 13 0 1 1 1 5 13 .455 .600
Bob Dandridge WSB 18:00 3 5 2 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 8 .600 .667
Calvin Murphy HOU 15:00 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 4 4 6 .600
Campy Russell CLE 13:00 2 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 .250
Larry Kenon SAS 7:00 1 3 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .500
Team Totals 240 50 103 29 38 22 31 53 22 8 3 16 26 129 .485 .763

Notes

  • Doug Collins (East): Did not play due to injury; replaced by Bob Lanier.