1982 NBA All-Star Game
The 1982 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on January 31, 1982, at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This was the 32nd edition of the National Basketball Association All-Star Game and was played during the 1981–82 NBA season. The coaches were Bill Fitch for the East, and Pat Riley for the West. Larry Bird was named the game's MVP for his 4th quarter heroics during crunch time.
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| Date | January 31, 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Brendan Byrne Arena | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | East Rutherford, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Larry Bird | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Jake O'Donnell and Wally Rooney | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 20,149 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dick Stockton and Bill Russell | ||||||||||||||||||
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Western Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | 3PM | 3PA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| George Gervin, SAS | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Gus Williams, SEA | 26 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Magic Johnson, LAL | 23 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LAL | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Adrian Dantley, UTA | 21 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Jack Sikma, SEA | 21 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Moses Malone, HOU | 20 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Lonnie Shelton, SEA | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Norm Nixon, LAL | 19 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Dennis Johnson, PHO | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard King, GSW | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Alex English, DEN | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 240 | 50 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 60 | 25 | 10 | 27 | 118 |
Eastern Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | 3PM | 3PA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Julius Erving, PHI | 32 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Larry Bird, BOS | 28 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Nate Archibald, BOS | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Sidney Moncrief, MIL | 22 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Buck Williams, NJN | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Robert Parish, BOS | 20 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Micheal Ray Richardson, NYK | 20 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Isiah Thomas, DET | 17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Artis Gilmore, CHI | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Kelly Tripucka, DET | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Bobby Jones, PHI | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Lanier, MIL | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Dan Roundfield, ATL (injured) | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 240 | 51 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 31 | 57 | 30 | 9 | 28 | 120 |
Score by Periods
| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| West | 39 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 118 |
| East | 34 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 120 |
- Halftime— East, 63-61
- Third Quarter— East, 90-89
- Attendance: 20,149.
References
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 251. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- basketball-reference.com. "1982 NBA All-Star Game". Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
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