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1954 NBA All-Star Game

{{Short description|Exhibition basketball game}}

{{Infobox NBA All-Star Game

| name = 1954 NBA All-Star Game

| image =

| visitor = East

| home = West

| visitor_total = 98

| home_total = 93

| visitor_qtr1 = 28

| visitor_qtr2 = 20

| visitor_qtr3 = 17

| visitor_qtr4 = 19

| visitor_qtr5 = 14

| home_qtr1 = 25

| home_qtr2 = 19

| home_qtr3 = 23

| home_qtr4 = 17

| home_qtr5 = 9

| date = Thursday, January 21, 1954

| arena = Madison Square Garden

| city = New York City

| MVP = Bob Cousy

| anthem =

| referee = Sid Borgia
Mendy Rudolph

| halftime =

| attendance = 16,487

| network = WPIX

| announcers =

| prev_year = 1953

| next_year = 1955

}}

The 1954 NBA All Star Game was the fourth NBA All-Star Game. It was held on January 21, 1954, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics was the game MVP. Joe Lapchick of the New York Knicks coached the Eastern Division and John Kundla of the Minneapolis Lakers coached the Western Division. The attendance was 16,487.

The Eastern Division held an 84–82 edge with only seconds remaining in the game. Then, George Mikan of the Lakers was fouled. Mikan proceeded to make both foul shots, which sent the game into overtime.

In the extra period, Cousy scored 10 points to secure a 98–93 victory. The Western Division's Jim Pollard, the game's high scorer with 23 points, had been named MVP in a vote taken before regulation time had run out. But another ballot was taken and Cousy became the MVP.

The 1954 All-Star Game, despite going into overtime, was the last All-Star Game in which neither side reached 100 points.[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/nba-star-game/292447 NBA All-Star Game – NBA All-Star Game Spoilers, Episode Guides, Message Board | TVGuide.com]

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colspan="8" style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;" | Legend
style="background-color: #FFFF99; border: 1px solid black;" |

| Starter

| style="background-color: #AFE6BA; border: 1px solid black;" |

| MVP

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" |  MIN 

| Minutes played

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" |  FG 

| Field goals

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" |  FGA 

| Field goal attempts

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  FT 

| Free throws

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" |  FTA 

| Free throw attempts

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  REB 

| Rebounds

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  AST 

| Assists

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" |  PF 

| Personal fouls

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  PTS 

| Points

Roster

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"

|+Eastern All-Stars

scope="col" width="30px"|Pos.

!scope="col" width="150px"|Player

!scope="col" width="150px"|Team

!scope="col" width="75px"|No. of selections

scope="col" colspan="4"|Starters
style="text-align:center"|G

|Bob Cousy

|Boston Celtics

|style="text-align:center"|4th

style="text-align:center"|C

|Ray Felix

|Baltimore Bullets

|style="text-align:center"|1st

style="text-align:center"|C/F

|Ed Macauley

|Boston Celtics

|style="text-align:center"|4th

style="text-align:center"|G

|Dick McGuire

|New York Knickerbockers

|style="text-align:center"|3rd

style="text-align:center"|F/C

|Dolph Schayes

|Syracuse Nationals

|style="text-align:center"|4th

scope="col" colspan="4"|Reserves
style="text-align:center"|G/F

|Carl Braun

|New York Knickerbockers

|style="text-align:center"|2nd

style="text-align:center"|F/C

|Harry Gallatin

|New York Knickerbockers

|style="text-align:center"|4th

style="text-align:center"|C

|Neil Johnston

|Philadelphia Warriors

|style="text-align:center"|2nd

style="text-align:center"|G/F

|Paul Seymour

|Syracuse Nationals

|style="text-align:center"|2nd

style="text-align:center"|G

|Bill Sharman

|Boston Celtics

|style="text-align:center"|2nd

colspan="4"|Head coach: Joe Lapchick (New York Knicks)

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"

|+Western All-Stars

scope="col" width="30px"|Pos.

!scope="col" width="150px"|Player

!scope="col" width="150px"|Team

!scope="col" width="75px"|No. of selections

scope="col" colspan="4"|Starters
style="text-align:center"|F/C

|Mel Hutchins

|Fort Wayne Pistons

|style="text-align:center"|2nd

style="text-align:center"|G

|Slater Martin

|Minneapolis Lakers

|style="text-align:center"|2nd

style="text-align:center"|C

|George Mikan

|Minneapolis Lakers

|style="text-align:center"|4th

style="text-align:center"|F

|Jim Pollard

|Minneapolis Lakers

|style="text-align:center"|3rd

style="text-align:center"|G

|Bobby Wanzer

|Rochester Royals

|style="text-align:center"|3rd

scope="col" colspan="4"|Reserves
style="text-align:center"|G

|Bob Davies

|Rochester Royals

|style="text-align:center"|4th

style="text-align:center"|C/F

|Larry Foust

|Fort Wayne Pistons

|style="text-align:center"|4th

style="text-align:center"|F

|Jack Molinas

|Fort Wayne Pistons

|style="text-align:center"|1st

style="text-align:center"|G

|Andy Phillip

|Fort Wayne Pistons

|style="text-align:center"|4th

style="text-align:center"|C

|Arnie Risen

|Rochester Royals

|style="text-align:center"|3rd

style="text-align:center"|G/F

|Don Sunderlage

|Milwaukee Hawks

|style="text-align:center"|1st

colspan="4"|Head coach:John Kundla (Minneapolis Lakers)

{{col-end}}

Eastern Division

Head Coach: Joe Lapchick, New York Knicks

class="wikitable sortable"
Player

! Team

! MIN

! FG

! FGA

! FT

! FTA

! REB

! AST

! PF

! PTS

bgcolor="#AFE6BA"| {{sortname|Bob|Cousy}}

|align=center|Boston Celtics

|align=center|34

|align=center|6

|align=center|15

|align=center|8

|align=center|8

|align=center|11

|align=center|4

|align=center|1

|align=center|20

bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Ray|Felix}}

|align=center|Baltimore Bullets

|align=center|32

|align=center|4

|align=center|8

|align=center|5

|align=center|5

|align=center|11

|align=center|1

|align=center|4

|align=center|13

bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Ed|Macauley}}

|align=center|Boston Celtics

|align=center|25

|align=center|4

|align=center|11

|align=center|5

|align=center|6

|align=center|1

|align=center|3

|align=center|2

|align=center|13

bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Dolph|Schayes}}

|align=center|Syracuse Nationals

|align=center|24

|align=center|1

|align=center|3

|align=center|4

|align=center|6

|align=center|12

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center|6

bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Dick|McGuire}}

|align=center|New York Knicks

|align=center|24

|align=center|2

|align=center|5

|align=center|0

|align=center|0

|align=center|4

|align=center|2

|align=center|1

|align=center|4

{{sortname|Bill|Sharman}}

|align=center|Boston Celtics

|align=center|30

|align=center|6

|align=center|9

|align=center|2

|align=center|4

|align=center|2

|align=center|3

|align=center|3

|align=center|14

{{sortname|Carl|Braun|Carl Braun (basketball)}}

|align=center|New York Knicks

|align=center|29

|align=center|4

|align=center|8

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center|4

|align=center|2

|align=center|3

|align=center|9

{{sortname|Harry|Gallatin}}

|align=center|New York Knicks

|align=center|28

|align=center|0

|align=center|2

|align=center|5

|align=center|6

|align=center|18

|align=center|3

|align=center|0

|align=center|5

{{sortname|Neil|Johnston}}

|align=center|Philadelphia Warriors

|align=center|20

|align=center|2

|align=center|9

|align=center|2

|align=center|4

|align=center|7

|align=center|2

|align=center|1

|align=center|6

{{sortname|Paul|Seymour|Paul Seymour (basketball)}}

|align=center|Syracuse Nationals

|align=center|19

|align=center|2

|align=center|6

|align=center|4

|align=center|4

|align=center|1

|align=center|3

|align=center|2

|align=center|8

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|align=center|Totals

|align=center|

|align=center|265

|align=center|31

|align=center|76

|align=center|36

|align=center|44

|align=center|71

|align=center|24

|align=center|18

|align=center|98

Western Division

Head Coach: John Kundla, Minneapolis Lakers

class="wikitable sortable"
Player

! Team

! MIN

! FG

! FGA

! FT

! FTA

! REB

! AST

! PF

! PTS

bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Jim|Pollard}}

|align=center|Minneapolis Lakers

|align=center|41

|align=center|10

|align=center|22

|align=center|3

|align=center|5

|align=center|3

|align=center|3

|align=center|3

|align=center|23

bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Bobby|Wanzer}}

|align=center|Rochester Royals

|align=center|36

|align=center|5

|align=center|13

|align=center|2

|align=center|3

|align=center|2

|align=center|6

|align=center|6

|align=center|12

bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|George|Mikan}}

|align=center|Minneapolis Lakers

|align=center|31

|align=center|6

|align=center|18

|align=center|6

|align=center|8

|align=center|9

|align=center|1

|align=center|5

|align=center|18

bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Mel|Hutchins}}

|align=center|Milwaukee Hawks

|align=center|31

|align=center|1

|align=center|8

|align=center|1

|align=center|2

|align=center|4

|align=center|2

|align=center|5

|align=center|3

bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Slater|Martin}}

|align=center|Minneapolis Lakers

|align=center|23

|align=center|1

|align=center|5

|align=center|0

|align=center|0

|align=center|0

|align=center|3

|align=center|3

|align=center|2

{{sortname|Bob|Davies}}

|align=center|Rochester Royals

|align=center|31

|align=center|8

|align=center|16

|align=center|2

|align=center|3

|align=center|5

|align=center|5

|align=center|4

|align=center|18

{{sortname|Larry|Foust}}

|align=center|Fort Wayne Pistons

|align=center|27

|align=center|1

|align=center|9

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center|15

|align=center|0

|align=center|1

|align=center|3

{{sortname|Arnie|Risen}}

|align=center|Rochester Royals

|align=center|20

|align=center|4

|align=center|10

|align=center|0

|align=center|1

|align=center|7

|align=center|0

|align=center|5

|align=center|8

{{sortname|Andy|Phillip}}

|align=center|Fort Wayne Pistons

|align=center|19

|align=center|1

|align=center|4

|align=center|0

|align=center|1

|align=center|3

|align=center|3

|align=center|1

|align=center|2

{{sortname|Don|Sunderlage}}

|align=center|Milwaukee Hawks

|align=center|6

|align=center|1

|align=center|2

|align=center|2

|align=center|2

|align=center|0

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center|4

{{sortname|Jack|Molinas}}{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Jack Molinas was suspended and ultimately banned from the NBA for life after 32 games into his playing career for betting on games while playing college basketball at Columbia University.}}

|align=center|Fort Wayne Pistons

|colspan=9 align=center|suspended – replaced by Andy Phillip

class="sortbottom"

|align=center|Totals

|align=center|

|align=center|265

|align=center|38

|align=center|107

|align=center|17

|align=center|26

|align=center|48

|align=center|24

|align=center|34

|align=center|93

;Notes

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References

;General

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  • {{Cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/1954-all-star-game-recap/index.html|title=1954 All-Star Game recap|date=August 17, 2011|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|accessdate=February 13, 2012}}
  • {{Cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/boxscore_1954.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030416050500/http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/boxscore_1954.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2003|title=1954 All-Star Game Boxscore|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|accessdate=February 13, 2012}}
  • {{Cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/recap_1954.html|title=1954 All-Star Game: East 98, West 93|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|accessdate=February 13, 2012}}
  • {{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/NBA_1954.html|title=1954 NBA All-Star Game|work=basketball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=February 13, 2012}}

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;Specific

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110924001719/http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/index/index.html NBA All-Star Game History]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120413192040/http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/allstargame_recaps.html NBA.com: All-Star Game: Year-by-Year Results]

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