1980 NBA All-Star Game

1980 NBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 OT Total West 37 27 27 37 8 136 East 28 36 44 20 16 144
Date	February 3, 1980
Arena	Capital Centre
City	Landover
MVP	George Gervin
Attendance	19,035
Network	CBS
Announcers	Brent Musburger, Bill Russell, Rod Hundley
NBA All-Star Game
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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

Western Conference All-Stars

Pos	Player	Team	No. of selections
Starters
G	Lloyd Free	San Diego Clippers	1
G	Magic Johnson	Los Angeles Lakers	1
C	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Los Angeles Lakers	10
F	Adrian Dantley	Utah Jazz	1
F	Marques Johnson	Milwaukee Bucks	2
Reserves
G	Otis Birdsong	Kansas City Kings	2
G	Walter Davis	Phoenix Suns	3
G	Dennis Johnson	Seattle SuperSonics	2
C	Jack Sikma	Seattle SuperSonics	2
F	Kermit Washington	Portland Trail Blazers	1
F	Scott Wedman	Kansas City Kings	2
F	Paul Westphal	Phoenix Suns	4
Head Coach
Lenny Wilkens, (Seattle SuperSonics)
Assistant Coach
Les Habegger (Seattle SuperSonics)
Trainer
Frank Furtado (Seattle SuperSonics)

Eastern Conference All-Stars

Pos	Player	Team	No. of selections
Starters
G	John Drew	Atlanta Hawks	2
G	Eddie Johnson	Atlanta Hawks	1
C	Moses Malone	Houston Rockets	3
F	Julius Erving	Philadelphia 76ers	4
F	George Gervin	San Antonio Spurs	4
Reserves
G	Nate Archibald	Boston Celtics	4
F	Larry Bird	Boston Celtics	1
C	Bill Cartwright	New York Knicks	1
C	Dave Cowens	Boston Celtics	8
F	Elvin Hayes	Washington Bullets	9
G	Micheal Ray Richardson	New York Knicks	1
G	Dan Roundfield	Atlanta Hawks	1
Head Coach
Billy Cunningham, (Philadelphia 76ers)
Assistant Coach
Chuck Daly, (Philadelphia 76ers) Jack McMahon (Philadelphia 76ers)
Trainer
John Lally (Washington Bullets)

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.