1959 NBA All-Star Game
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| Date | Friday, January 23, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Olympia Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Detroit | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Elgin Baylor and Bob Pettit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,541 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 9th Annual National Basketball Association All Star Game was an exhibition basketball held on January 23, 1959, at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, home of the Detroit Pistons. It was the ninth edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game, held during the 1958–59 NBA season. It was the first and only All-Star Game held in Detroit to date—though the Pistons later hosted the 1979 game in the suburb of Pontiac, Michigan—and the second hosted by the Pistons franchise, following the 1953 game held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, when they were known as the Fort Wayne Pistons.
The coaches were the Boston Celtics' Red Auerbach for the East and the St. Louis Hawks' Ed Macauley for the West, as both teams had led their respective divisions prior to the game. The West won the game 124–108. Elgin Baylor and Bob Pettit were named the Most Valuable Players, marking the first time in league history that two players shared the award in the same game.
Roster
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| 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 |
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Western Division
Head Coach: Ed Macauley, St. Louis Hawks
| Player | Team | MIN | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
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| Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks | 34 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| Elgin Baylor | Minneapolis Lakers | 32 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| Gene Shue | Detroit Pistons | 31 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Cliff Hagan | St. Louis Hawks | 22 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| Slater Martin | St. Louis Hawks | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Dick McGuire | Detroit Pistons | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Jack Twyman | Cincinnati Royals | 23 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| Dick Garmaker | Minneapolis Lakers | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| George Yardley | Detroit Pistons | 17 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Larry Foust | Minneapolis Lakers | 16 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Totals | 240 | 49 | 112 | 26 | 32 | 71 | 20 | 29 | 124 |
Eastern Division
Head Coach: Red Auerbach, Boston Celtics
| Player | Team | MIN | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
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| Bob Cousy | Boston Celtics | 32 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Paul Arizin | Philadelphia Warriors | 30 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | 27 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Kenny Sears | New York Knicks | 26 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| Bill Sharman | Boston Celtics | 24 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Dolph Schayes | Syracuse Nationals | 22 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| Richie Guerin | New York Knicks | 22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Red Kerr | Syracuse Nationals | 21 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Woody Sauldsberry | Philadelphia Warriors | 18 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Larry 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 June 24, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.