1976 NBA All-Star Game

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| name = 1976 NBA All-Star Game

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| visitor = East

| home = West

| visitor_total = 123

| home_total = 109

| visitor_qtr1 = 28

| visitor_qtr2 = 17

| visitor_qtr3 = 38

| visitor_qtr4 = 40

| home_qtr1 = 23

| home_qtr2 = 27

| home_qtr3 = 30

| home_qtr4 = 29

| date = February 3, 1976

| arena = Spectrum

| city = Philadelphia

| referee = {{unbulleted list

|Paul Mihalak

|Darell Garretson

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| attendance = 17,511

| MVP = Dave Bing

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| halftime =

| network = CBS

| announcers = Brent Musburger and Mendy Rudolph

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| prev_year = 1975

| next_year = 1977

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The 1976 NBA All Star Game was played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, on February 3, 1976. Philadelphia hosted three of the major four league All-Star games in honor of the Bicenntenial.

Dave Bing was the MVP.

It was also the final NBA All-Star Game played on a weekday, being played on a Tuesday, before the NBA switching All-Star games to a Sunday game the following season, as well as the final one before the ABA-NBA merger.

Coaches

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| image1 = Al Attles 1970.JPG

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| footer = Al Attles and Tom Heinsohn were selected as the West and East head coach, respectively.

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Tom Heinsohn, head coach of the Boston Celtics, qualified as the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars. Al Attles, head coach of the Golden State Warriors, qualified as the head coach of the Western All-Stars.

Roster

=Eastern Conference=

cellpadding=5
bgcolor="#dddddd" \|Player, Team	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	BLK	PFS	PTS
bgcolor="#eeeeee"
\| Elvin Hayes, WAS	31	6	14	0	2	10	1	0	5	12
\| Bob McAdoo, BUF	29	10	14	2	4	7	1	0	5	22
\| Dave Bing, WAS	26	7	11	2	2	3	4	0	1	16
\| Dave Cowens, BOS	23	6	13	4	5	16	1	0	3	16
\| John Havlicek, BOS	21	3	10	3	3	2	2	0	0	9
\| Doug Collins, PHI	20	5	10	2	2	6	3	0	3	12
\| George McGinnis, PHI	19	4	9	2	4	7	2	0	2	10
\| Walt Frazier, NY	19	2	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	8
\| Jo Jo White, BOS	16	3	7	0	0	1	1	0	1	6
\| Randy Smith, BUF	15	4	7	0	0	1	3	1	0	8
\| Rudy Tomjanovich, HOU	12	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	2
\| John Drew, ATL	9	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	2
\| Totals	240	52	107	19	26	61	21	1	24	123

=Western Conference=

cellpadding=5
bgcolor="#dddddd" \|Player, Team	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	BLK	PFS	PTS
bgcolor="#eeeeee"
\| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA	36	9	16	4	4	15	3	3	3	22
\| Nate Archibald, KC	30	5	13	3	3	5	7	0	0	13
\| Rick Barry, GS	28	6	15	5	5	4	2	0	5	17
\| Bob Dandridge, MIL	27	5	10	0	0	6	0	0	4	10
\| Fred Brown, SEA	24	7	13	0	0	0	1	0	3	14
\| Scott Wedman, KC	20	4	5	0	0	6	2	0	2	8
\| Brian Winters, MIL	16	1	5	0	0	2	1	0	2	2
\| Jamaal Wilkes, GS	14	3	9	2	2	4	2	0	0	8
\| Norm Van Lier, CHI	14	1	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	3
\| Phil Smith, GS	12	3	7	1	4	1	0	0	1	7
\| Alvan Adams, PHO	11	2	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	4
\| Curtis Rowe, DET	8	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	1
\| Totals	240	46	103	17	22	49	18	4	25	109

Score by periods

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bgcolor="#dddddd" \|Score by periods:	1	2	3	4	Final
\| East	28	17	38	40	123
\| West	23	27	30	29	109

Halftime— West, 50–45
Third Quarter— East, 83–80
Officials: Paul Mihalak and Darell Garretson
Attendance: 17,511

References

{{cite book |title=The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia|publisher=Villard Books|year=1994|page=249|isbn=0-679-43293-0}}
{{cite web |publisher=Basketball Reference|title=1976 NBA All-Star Game|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/NBA_1976.html|access-date=July 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803134848/http://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/NBA_1976.html|archive-date=August 3, 2008|url-status=live}}

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