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, Maryland
MVP	George Gervin
Referees	Joe Gushue Ed T. Rush
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.

MVP: George Gervin

Coaches: East: Billy Cunningham, West: Lenny Wilkens.

Television: CBS

Announcers: Brent Musburger, Bill Russell, Rod Hundley

Team rosters

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
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
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.