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| Date | February 3, 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Capital Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Landover | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | George Gervin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 19,035 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger, Bill Russell, Rod Hundley | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, on February 3, 1980.
The Eastern All-Stars defeated the Western All-Stars, 144–136. The MVP of the game was George Gervin, who scored 34 points for the Eastern All-Stars.
Coaches
Lenny Wilkens and Billy Cunningham were selected as the West and East head coach, respectively.
Billy Cunningham, head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, qualified as the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars. Lenny Wilkens, head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, qualified as the head coach of the Western All-Stars.
Team rosters
- Notes
Italics indicates leading vote-getters per conference.
Western Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | 3PM | 3PA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Marques Johnson, MIL | 34 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Adrian Dantley, UTA | 30 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA | 30 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| Jack Sikma, SEA | 28 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Paul Westphal, PHO | 27 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| Magic Johnson, LA | 24 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Walter Davis, PHO | 23 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Lloyd Free, SD | 21 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Dennis Johnson, SEA | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Kermit Washington, POR | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Otis Birdsong, KC | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Scott Wedman, KC (injured) | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 265 | 53 | 114 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 37 | 55 | 34 | 16 | 32 | 136 |
Eastern Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | 3PM | 3PA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| George Gervin, SA | 40 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| Eddie Johnson, ATL | 32 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Moses Malone, HOU | 31 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| Elvin Hayes, WAS | 29 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| Dan Roundfield, ATL | 27 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Larry Bird, BOS | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Nate Archibald, BOS | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Julius Erving, PHI | 20 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| John Drew, ATL | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Bill Cartwright, NY | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Micheal Ray Richardson, NY | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Dave Cowens, BOS (injured) | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 265 | 58 | 124 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 44 | 62 | 34 | 9 | 30 | 144 |
Score by periods
| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final |
| West | 37 | 27 | 27 | 37 | 8 | 136 |
| East | 28 | 36 | 44 | 20 | 16 | 144 |
- Officials: Joe Gushue and Ed T. Rush
- Attendance: 19,035.
Trivia
With 1:40 left in the overtime period, Larry Bird made the first 3-pointer in All-Star Game history.
References
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 250. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- "1980 NBA All-Star Game". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
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