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| Date | February 3, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Spectrum | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Dave Bing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 17,511 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger and Mendy Rudolph | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 NBA All Star Game was played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, on February 3, 1976. Philadelphia hosted three of the major four league All-Star games in honor of the Bicenntenial.
Dave Bing was the MVP.
It was also the final NBA All-Star Game played on a weekday, before switching to a Sunday game the following season, as well as the final one before the ABA-NBA merger.
Coaches
Al Attles and Tom Heinsohn were selected as the West and East head coach, respectively.
Tom Heinsohn, head coach of the Boston Celtics, qualified as the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars. Al Attles, head coach of the Golden State Warriors, qualified as the head coach of the Western All-Stars.
Roster
Eastern Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Elvin Hayes, WAS | 31 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| Bob McAdoo, BUF | 29 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| Dave Bing, WAS | 26 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Dave Cowens, BOS | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| John Havlicek, BOS | 21 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Doug Collins, PHI | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| George McGinnis, PHI | 19 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Walt Frazier, NY | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jo Jo White, BOS | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Randy Smith, BUF | 15 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich, HOU | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| John Drew, ATL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 240 | 52 | 107 | 19 | 26 | 61 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 123 |
Western Conference
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA | 36 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| Nate Archibald, KC | 30 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Rick Barry, GS | 28 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| Bob Dandridge, MIL | 27 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Fred Brown, SEA | 24 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Scott Wedman, KC | 20 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Brian Winters, MIL | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jamaal Wilkes, GS | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Norm Van Lier, CHI | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Phil Smith, GS | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Alvan Adams, PHO | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Curtis Rowe, DET | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 240 | 46 | 103 | 17 | 22 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 109 |
Score by periods
| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| East | 28 | 17 | 38 | 40 | 123 |
| West | 23 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 109 |
- Halftime— West, 50-45
- Third Quarter— East, 83-80
- Officials: Paul Mihalak and Darell Garretson
- Attendance: 17,511
References
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 249. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- "1976 NBA All-Star Game". Basketball Reference. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
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