1967 NBA All-Star Game
The 1967 NBA All-Star Game was the 17th All-Star Game played January 10, 1967, at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. The coaches were Red Auerbach, Boston Celtics (Eastern Conference) and Fred Schaus, Los Angeles Lakers (Western Conference). The Western Conference All-Stars defeated the heavily favored Eastern Conference All-Stars, 135–120, widely acknowledged to be the greatest upset in the history of the event.
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| Date | January 10, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Cow Palace | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Daly City | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 13,972 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | SNI | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chick Hearn | ||||||||||||||||||
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San Francisco Warriors second-second sensation Rick Barry was selected the Most Valuable Player on the strength of 38 points on 16-of-27 in the field. He also contributed six rebounds and three assists in 34 minutes.
The game also saw the ejection of Eastern Conference head coach Red Auerbach in what would be his final NBA season on the bench. He became the only coach to be ejected in an All-Star Game.[1]
Eastern Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
| Bailey Howell, BOS | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Willis Reed, NY | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Wilt Chamberlain, PHI | 39 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Oscar Robertson, CIN | 34 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
| Hal Greer, PHI | 31 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| John Havlicek, BOS | 17 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Don Ohl, BAL | 22 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Bill Russell, BOS | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Chet Walker, PHI | 22 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Jerry Lucas, CIN | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Totals | 240 | 45 | 96 | 30 | 37 | 58 | 24 | 22 | 120 |
Western Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
| Rick Barry, SF | 34 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 38 |
| Elgin Baylor, LA | 20 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| Nate Thurmond, SF | 42 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Guy Rodgers, CHI | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Jerry West, LA | 30 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| Darrall Imhoff, LA | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Sloan, CHI | 22 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Dave DeBusschere, DET | 25 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Bill Bridges, STL | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Lenny Wilkens, STL | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Totals | 240 | 58 | 116 | 19 | 26 | 56 | 36 | 24 | 135 |
Score by Periods
| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| Eastern Conference | 33 | 34 | 28 | 25 | 120 |
| Western Conference | 39 | 38 | 27 | 31 | 135 |
- Officials: Willie Smith and Earl Strom
- Attendance: 13,972
References
- Ladewski, Paul (2007-02-15). "1967 All-Star Game". NBA.com. Retrieved 2007-07-03.