1972 ABA All-Star Game

The 1972 American Basketball Association All-Star Game, the league's fifth,{{citation needed|date = March 2024}} was played to a win by the East, 142–115, on January 29, 1972, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky; it was played before a crowd of 15,738, with Joe Mullaney of the Kentucky Colonels coaching the East, and LaDell Andersen of the Utah Stars coaching the West.{{cite web | author = Basketball-Reference.com Staff | date = March 7, 2024 | title = 1972 ABA All-Star Game / East 142, West 115 | work = Basketball-Reference.com | url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/ABA_1972.html | accessdate = 7 March 2024 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231211121319/https://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/ABA_1972.html| archive-date= 2023-12-11 | url-status= live}} See information contained in the "More game info" dropdown.

Dan Issel of the Kentucky Colonels was named MVP. Jim McDaniels scored 18 of his 24 points in the East's 45-point fourth quarter.{{cite book | author = Sachare, Alex | date = 1994 | title = The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia | location = New York, NY | publisher = Villard Books | isbn = 0679432930 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=erVxQgAACAAJ | access-date = 7 March 2024}} Note, no source to date presents text content allowing verification.{{rp|240,259}}{{verify source|date = March 2024}}

Scoring

At halftime, the West led, 66–65; at end of the third quarter, the East led, 97–89.{{citation needed|date = March 2024}} The East had a 45-point fourth quarter, leading to the final score of East 142, West 115.{{rp|240,259}}{{verify source|date = March 2024}}

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bgcolor="#dddddd" \|Score by Periods:	1	2	3	4	Final
\| West	31	35	23	26	115
\| East	36	29	32	45	142

Statistics

=Western Conference=

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bgcolor="#dddddd" \|Player, Team{{verify source\|date = March 2024}}	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	PTS
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\| Willie Wise, UTS	33	5	8	0	0	5	7	9	3	15
\| Zelmo Beaty, UTS	27	7	11	0	0	1	1	7	0	15
\| Mel Daniels, IND	26	8	14	0	0	5	8	9	1	21
\| Roger Brown, IND	25	2	7	0	2	0	1	6	2	4
\| Donnie Freeman, DLC	21	3	8	0	0	7	8	5	2	13
\| Ralph Simpson, DNR	20	6	14	0	1	0	1	1	0	12
\| Steve Jones, DLC	19	3	7	1	1	2	2	2	3	9
\| Freddie Lewis, IND	18	7	13	1	2	3	4	1	1	18
\| Glen Combs, UTS	18	1	8	0	3	0	0	0	3	2
\| Wendell Ladner, CAR	14	2	5	0	2	0	0	6	1	4
\| Wil Jones, MMP	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2
\| Art Becker, DNR	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
\| Totals	240	45	100	2	11	23	32	49	17	115

=Eastern Conference=

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bgcolor="#dddddd" \|Player, Team{{verify source\|date = March 2024}}	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	PTS
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\| Artis Gilmore, KEN	27	4	5	0	0	6	10	10	2	14
\| Rick Barry, NYN	26	2	10	0	0	0	1	12	8	4
\| Julius Erving, VIR	25	9	15	0	0	2	2	6	3	20
\| Dan Issel, KEN	23	9	13	0	0	3	4	9	5	21
\| Charlie Scott, VIR	23	9	21	0	1	2	3	4	3	20
\| John Brisker, PTC	21	3	10	0	1	2	3	5	3	8
\| Jim McDaniels, CAR	20	11	15	0	0	2	3	11	1	24
\| Bill Melchionni, NYN	18	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	2	5
\| George Thompson, PTC	17	5	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	10
\| Warren Jabali, FLO	17	2	8	0	1	0	0	9	1	4
\| Mack Calvin, FLO	14	4	7	0	0	2	0	2	4	10
\| Louie Dampier, KEN	9	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	3	2
\| Totals	240	61	121	0	7	20	29	71	37	142