The first American Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 9, 1968, at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana , before an audience of 10,872. Jim Pollard (Minnesota Muskies ) coached the Eastern Conference team, while Babe McCarthy (New Orleans Buccaneers ) coached the West.
Mel Daniels helped take the East team to victory by leading all players with 22 points and 15 rebounds, but Larry Brown of the losing West squad was named MVP . Joe Belmont and Ron Feiereisel officiated the game.
Score by Periods:
1
2
3
4
Final
West
29
30
32
29
120
East
30
31
31
34
126
Western Conference
Player, Team
MIN
FGM
FGA
3PM
3PA
FTM
FTA
REB
AST
PTS
Doug Moe , NOB
29
7
13
0
1
3
5
7
5
17
Larry Jones , DNR
28
6
10
0
0
2
3
13
2
14
Levern Tart , OAK
27
4
12
0
0
5
5
3
3
13
Cliff Hagan , DLC
24
4
11
0
0
2
2
0
5
10
John Beasley , DLC
24
4
9
0
0
1
1
4
0
9
Larry Brown , NOB
22
7
9
2
2
1
1
3
5
17
Art Becker , HSM
19
5
13
0
0
1
1
5
0
11
Jimmy Jones , NOB
19
4
9
0
0
2
4
1
3
10
Red Robbins , NOB
18
2
5
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
Ben Warley , ANA
17
2
7
0
3
4
4
1
3
8
Larry Bunce , ANA
7
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
DeWitt Menyard , HSM
6
2
4
0
0
0
1
2
0
4
Bob Verga , DLC (military service)
Totals
240
48
104
2
6
22
28
43
26
120
Eastern Conference
Player, Team
MIN
FGM
FGA
3PM
3PA
FTM
FTA
REB
AST
PTS
Mel Daniels , MNM
29
9
18
0
0
4
11
15
0
22
Louie Dampier , KEN
29
8
18
0
1
2
2
3
3
18
Roger Brown , IND
27
5
15
0
1
2
2
4
2
12
Connie Hawkins , PTP
26
3
6
0
0
1
3
9
2
7
Donnie Freeman , MNM
24
8
13
0
0
4
6
4
2
20
Darel Carrier , KEN
21
3
10
0
3
2
2
2
1
8
Les Hunter , MNM
21
2
7
0
0
3
5
8
1
7
Bob Netolicky , IND
19
4
8
0
0
4
4
11
1
12
Freddie Lewis , IND
18
3
9
0
0
0
0
0
3
6
Tony Jackson , NJA
12
2
6
0
3
0
0
2
1
4
Randolph Mahaffey , KEN
7
1
2
0
0
2
0
4
0
4
Chico Vaughn , PTP
4
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
6
Totals
240
50
114
2
10
24
41
62
16
126
Halftime — East, 61–59
Third Quarter — East, 92–91
References
Erving, Julius; Stern, David; Sachare, Alex (1994). The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia (2nd Revised ed.). New York: Villard Books. p. 258. ISBN 0679432930 .
"1968 ABA All-Star Game" . Basketball-Reference.com . Archived from the original on July 9, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
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