1959 NBA All-Star Game

1959 NBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 Total West 27 34 30 33 124 East 31 21 32 24 108
Date	Friday, January 23, 1959
Arena	Olympia Stadium
City	Detroit, Michigan
MVP	Elgin Baylor and Bob Pettit
Referees	Jim Duffy and Mendy Rudolph
Attendance	10,541
NBA All-Star Game
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The 1959 NBA All Star Game was the ninth NBA All-Star Game.

Legend
	Starter		MVP	MIN	Minutes played
FG	Field goals	FGA	Field goal attempts	FT	Free throws	FTA	Free throw attempts
REB	Rebounds	AST	Assists	PF	Personal fouls	PTS	Points

Western Conference

Head Coach: Ed Macauley, St. Louis Hawks

Player	Team	MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	PF	PTS
Pettit, BobBob Pettit	St. Louis Hawks	34	8	21	9	9	16	5	1	25
Baylor, ElginElgin Baylor	Minneapolis Lakers	32	10	20	4	5	11	1	3	24
Shue, GeneGene Shue	Detroit Pistons	31	6	11	1	2	4	3	4	13
Hagan, CliffCliff Hagan	St. Louis Hawks	22	6	12	3	3	8	3	5	15
Martin, SlaterSlater Martin	St. Louis Hawks	22	2	6	1	2	6	1	2	5
McGuire, DickDick McGuire	Detroit Pistons	24	2	7	1	2	3	3	2	5
Twyman, JackJack Twyman	Cincinnati Royals	23	8	12	2	4	8	3	4	18
Garmaker, DickDick Garmaker	Minneapolis Lakers	19	2	6	1	1	2	1	2	5
Yardley, GeorgeGeorge Yardley	Detroit Pistons	17	2	8	2	2	4	0	3	6
Foust, LarryLarry Foust	Minneapolis Lakers	16	3	9	2	2	9	0	3	8
Totals		240	49	112	26	32	71	20	29	124

Eastern Conference

Head Coach: Red Auerbach, Boston Celtics

Player	Team	MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	PF	PTS
Cousy, BobBob Cousy	Boston Celtics	32	4	8	5	6	5	4	0	13
Arizin, PaulPaul Arizin	Philadelphia Warriors	30	4	15	8	9	8	0	2	16
Russell, BillBill Russell	Boston Celtics	27	3	10	1	1	9	1	4	7
Sears, KennyKenny Sears	New York Knicks	26	5	9	5	5	8	1	4	15
Sharman, BillBill Sharman	Boston Celtics	24	3	12	5	6	2	0	1	11
Schayes, DolphDolph Schayes	Syracuse Nationals	22	3	11	7	8	13	1	6	13
Guerin, RichieRichie Guerin	New York Knicks	22	1	7	3	5	3	3	1	5
Kerr, RedRed Kerr	Syracuse Nationals	21	3	14	1	2	9	2	0	7
Sauldsberry, WoodyWoody Sauldsberry	Philadelphia Warriors	18	5	11	4	4	2	3	2	14
Costello, LarryLarry Costello	Syracuse Nationals	18	3	8	1	1	3	3	1	7
Totals		240	34	105	40	47	62	18	21	108

References

• The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 243. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
• basketball-reference.com. "1959 NBA All-Star Game". Archived from the original on 24 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-12.