1964 NBA All-Star Game
{{Short description|Basketball game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NBA All-Star Game
| name = 1964 NBA All-Star Game
| image =
| home = East
| visitor = West
| home_qtr1 = 25
| home_qtr2 = 34
| home_qtr3 = 27
| home_qtr4 = 25
| home_total = 111
| visitor_qtr1 = 22
| visitor_qtr2 = 27
| visitor_qtr3 = 28
| visitor_qtr4 = 30
| visitor_total = 107
| date = January 14, 1964
| arena = Boston Garden
| city = Boston
| referee = Sid Borgia and Mendy Rudolph
| attendance = 13,464
| odds =
| coin_toss =
| MVP = Oscar Robertson
| anthem =
| halftime =
| network = SNI
| announcers = Marty Glickman and Carl Braun (first half)
Buddy Blattner and Ed Macauley (second half)
| rating =
| share =
| prev_year = 1963
| next_year = 1965
}}
The 14th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 14, 1964, at Boston Garden in Boston. The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East, and Fred Schaus for the West.
Eastern Division
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|Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
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| | Oscar Robertson, CIN | 42 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| | Bill Russell, BOS | 42 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| | Jerry Lucas, CIN | 36 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| | Sam Jones, BOS | 27 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| | Wayne Embry, CIN | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| | Tom Heinsohn, BOS | 21 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| | Hal Greer, PHI | 20 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| | Len Chappell, NYK | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| | Chet Walker, PHI | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| | Tom Gola, NYK | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | Totals | 240 | 46 | 108 | 19 | 27 | 61 | 21 | 27 | 111 |
Western Division
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|Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
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| | Jerry West, LAL | 42 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| | Wilt Chamberlain, SFW | 37 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| | Bob Pettit, STL | 36 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| | Elgin Baylor, LAL | 29 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| | Walt Bellamy, BAL | 23 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| | Guy Rodgers, SFW | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| | Don Ohl, DET | 18 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| | Lenny Wilkens, STL | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | Terry Dischinger, BAL | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| | Bailey Howell, DET | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | Totals | 240 | 37 | 102 | 33 | 46 | 64 | 16 | 22 | 107 |
Score by periods
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|Score by periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| | East | 25 | 34 | 27 | 25 | 111 |
| | West | 22 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 107 |
- Halftime— East, 59–49
- Third Quarter— East, 86–77
- Officials: Sid Borgia and Mendy Rudolph
- Attendance: 13,464.
Historical significance
The game was notable for the threat of a strike by the players, who refused to play just before the game unless the owners agreed to recognize the players' union. The owners agreed primarily because it was the first All-Star Game to be televised and if it were not played due to strike it would have been embarrassing at a time when the NBA was still attempting to gain national exposure. The NBA did not have a national TV contract at the time, but ABC agreed to televise the All-Star game and consider a contract for continuing coverage. They made it clear that if the All-Star Game was not played, ABC would drop its interest completely. This led directly to many rights and freedoms not previously extended to professional basketball players.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/20/sports/nba-union-hints-at-strike.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=N.B.A. Union Hints at Strike|first=Sam|last=Goldaper|date=January 20, 1988|accessdate=April 20, 2010}}
References
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- {{cite book |title=The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia|publisher=Villard Books|year=1994|page=245|isbn=0-679-43293-0}}
- {{cite web |publisher=Basketball Reference|title=1964 NBA All-Star Game|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/NBA_1964.html|accessdate=July 12, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706155320/http://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/NBA_1964.html|archivedate=July 6, 2008|url-status=live}}
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