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| Date | January 17, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Onondaga County War Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Syracuse | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Oscar Robertson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 8,016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 11th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 17, 1961, in Syracuse, New York. The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East, and Paul Seymour for the West.
Eastern Division
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
| Wilt Chamberlain, PHW | 38 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| Bob Cousy, BOS | 33 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Bill Russell, BOS | 28 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Dolph Schayes, SYR | 27 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| Tom Gola, PHW | 25 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Tom Heinsohn, BOS | 19 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Hal Greer, SYR | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Paul Arizin, PHW | 17 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| Willie Naulls, NYK | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Richie Guerin, NYK | 15 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Larry Costello, SYR | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 240 | 49 | 117 | 33 | 47 | 63 | 28 | 31 | 131 |
Western Division
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
| Oscar Robertson, CIN | 34 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 23 |
| Bob Pettit, STL | 32 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| Clyde Lovellette, STL | 31 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| Elgin Baylor, LAL | 27 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| Jerry West, LAL | 25 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Gene Shue, DET | 23 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| Walter Dukes, DET | 17 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Bailey Howell, DET | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Hot Rod Hundley, LAL | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Cliff Hagan, STL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wayne Embry, CIN | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 240 | 58 | 115 | 37 | 47 | 55 | 37 | 30 | 153 |
Score by Periods
| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| East | 19 | 43 | 35 | 34 | 131 |
| West | 47 | 37 | 31 | 38 | 153 |
- Halftime— West, 84–62
- Third Quarter— West, 115–97
- Officials: Norm Drucker and Richie Powers
- Attendance: 8,016.
References
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 244. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- "1961 NBA All-Star Game". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
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