1979 NBA All-Star Game

{{Short description|Exhibition basketball game}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NBA All-Star Game

| name = 1979 NBA All-Star Game

| image =

| visitor = West

| home = East

| visitor_total = 134

| home_total = 129

| visitor_qtr1 = 36

| visitor_qtr2 = 44

| visitor_qtr3 = 24

| visitor_qtr4 = 30

| home_qtr1 = 27

| home_qtr2 = 31

| home_qtr3 = 40

| home_qtr4 = 31

| date = February 4, 1979

| arena = Pontiac Silverdome

| city = Pontiac

| referee = {{unbulleted list

|John Vanak

|Jack Madden

|Hugh Evans

}}

| attendance = 31,745

| MVP = David Thompson

| anthem =

| halftime =

| network = CBS

| announcers = Brent Musburger, Steve Jones and John Havlicek

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| west_body =

| west_shorts =

| east_pattern_b =

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| prev_year = 1978

| next_year = 1980

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The 1979 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 4, 1979, at the Pontiac Silverdome in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac, Michigan.

This was the first All-Star Game where no members from Boston Celtics or New York Knicks had been selected as All-Stars.

In addition, this was the first All-Star game held in a football or baseball dome as opposed to a traditional basketball arena; the Detroit Pistons were playing at the Pontiac Silverdome at that time.

The Western All-Stars defeated the Eastern All-Stars, 134–129. The MVP of the game was David Thompson, who scored 25 points. The game was officiated by John Vanak, Jack Madden, and Hugh Evans.