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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
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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