NBA All-Star Game

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The NBA All-Star Game is the highlight of the NBA All-Star Weekend , which since 1951 usually takes place in the middle of the season in February in a previously selected, ever-changing city. The last All-Star Game so far took place on February 16, 2020 at the United Center in Chicago . The next All-Star Game is scheduled for February 14, 2021 in Indianapolis at Bankers Life Fieldhouse .

In the game, the best players in the league - the All-Stars - compete against each other. For the All-Star Game 2018 in Los Angeles, a new electoral process came into force that decided on the composition of the two teams. For the first time, two pure conference selection teams no longer played against each other. The new mode allows players from the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference to be mixed when building a team . The National Basketball Association (NBA) hopes that this step will make the event more competitive.

First, as in the past, the ten starters (five per conference) will be elected by fans (50% of the votes), the players and media representatives (25% of the votes each). Two guards and three front court players are designated for each conference . After the election, the 30 head coaches of the NBA clubs select a further seven players from each conference (five of them in five positions, two more independent of position), so that a total of 24 players take part in this event. This avoids only popular players being allowed to participate and less popular but possibly better players being excluded. The two players who received the most votes in their respective conference by fan vote are set as captains of the two All-Star teams. In an alternating election process, these captains are then entitled to put together a team from the entire player pool, regardless of position and conference.

The head coaches of the two All-Star teams are the coaches whose team leads the respective conference two weeks before the game. Since neither of the two teams should be supervised by the same coach in two consecutive All-Star Games, the coach of the second-best team in the conference moves up in this case. This rule was introduced in the 1980s when the Los Angeles Lakers came first in the Western Conference almost every year, and is therefore also known as the "Riley Rule" after Pat Riley , then Lakers trainer . If two NBA teams lead the conference with tied points, the coach may coach the all-star team whose last appearance in the all-star game was a long time ago.

Another innovation concerns the financial proceeds from the All-Star Game. For the first time, this will be donated to non-profit organizations. Each team selects an organization that should receive the donation. In 2018, the teams each choose organizations from the greater Los Angeles area.

List of games

The 2010 NBA All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium in front of 108,713 spectators

From 1951 to 2017, 66 All-Star Games were held according to the old mode. The record shows 37 victories for the Eastern Conference and 29 successes for the Western Conference .

The locations of Memphis , Portland , Sacramento , and Oklahoma City are the current "NBA cities" that have not yet hosted an All-Star Game. The Canadian city of Toronto was selected as the location for the 2016 All-Star Game. This was the first time that the All-Star Game took place outside the United States. In 2007, Las Vegas was the first venue chosen that did not have an NBA team in its city.

The 2010 NBA All-Star Game took place on February 14, 2010 in Arlington (in the greater Dallas, Texas area) at Cowboys Stadium , home of the NFL team of the Dallas Cowboys . A new attendance record was set for the game with 108,713 visitors.

In the NBA All-Star Game 2017, u. a. set a new record for total points. East and West scored a total of 374 points (182: 192) in the game. This surpassed the record of 369 points (196: 173) from the previous year.

Anthony Davis ( New Orleans Pelicans ) set the record for a player in an NBA All-Star Game . In the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, he scored a total of 52 points. Previously, Wilt Chamberlain ( Philadelphia Warriors ) was the record holder, who scored 42 points in the 1962 NBA All-Star Game.

Legend

1951-2017

year date city venue Team A Team B Result MVP spectator
1951 02nd Mar 1951 Boston ,
Massachusetts 		Boston Garden East All-Stars West All-Stars 111: 94 Ed Macauley ( Boston Celtics ),
20 pts, 6 Rbs. 1 branch.		 010.094
1952 Feb 11, 1952 Boston ,
Massachusetts 		Boston Garden East All-Stars West All-Stars 108: 91 Paul Arizin ( Philadelphia Warriors ),
26 pts, 6 Rbs. 0 branch.		 010,211
1953 Jan. 13, 1953 Fort Wayne ,
Indiana 		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum West All-Stars East All-Stars 079:75 George Mikan ( Minneapolis Lakers ),
22 pts, 16 Rbs. 2 branch.		 010,322
1954 Jan. 21, 1954 New York City ,
New York 		Madison Square Garden East All-Stars West All-Stars 098:93 (OT) Bob Cousy ( Boston Celtics ),
20 pts, 11 Rbs. 4 branches.		 016,487
1955 Jan. 18, 1955 New York City ,
New York 		Madison Square Garden East All-Stars West All-Stars 100: 91 Bill Sharman ( Boston Celtics ),
15 pts, 4 Rbs. 2 branch.		 015,564
1956 Jan. 24, 1956 Rochester ,
New York 		Rochester War Memorial Coliseum West All-Stars East All-Stars 108: 94 Bob Pettit ( St. Louis Hawks ),
20 pts, 24 Rbs. 7 branch.		 008,517
1957 Jan 15, 1957 Boston ,
Massachusetts 		Boston Garden East All-Stars West All-Stars 108: 97 Bob Cousy ( Boston Celtics ),
10 pts, 5 Rbs. 7 branch.		 011,178
1958 Jan. 21, 1958 St. Louis ,
Missouri 		Kiel Auditorium East All-Stars West All-Stars 130: 118 Bob Pettit ( St. Louis Hawks ),
28 pts, 26 Rbs. 1 branch.		 012,854
1959 Jan. 23, 1959 Detroit ,
Michigan 		Detroit Olympia Stadium West All-Stars East All-Stars 124: 108 Bob Pettit ( St. Louis Hawks ),
25 pts, 16 Rbs. 5 branch.
Elgin Baylor ( Minneapolis Lakers ),
24 pts, 11 Rbs. 1 branch.		 010,541
1960 Jan. 22, 1960 Philadelphia ,
Pennsylvania 		Philadelphia Civic Center East All-Stars West All-Stars 125: 115 Wilt Chamberlain ( Philadelphia Warriors ),
23 pts, 25 Rbs. 2 branch.		 010,421
1961 Jan. 17, 1961 Syracuse ,
New York 		War Memorial at Oncenter West All-Stars East All-Stars 153: 131 Oscar Robertson ( Cincinnati Royals ),
23 pts, 9 Rbs. 14 branch.		 008,016
1962 Jan. 16, 1962 St. Louis ,
Missouri 		Kiel Auditorium West All-Stars East All-Stars 150: 130 Bob Pettit ( St. Louis Hawks ),
25 pts, 27 Rbs. 2 branch.		 015,112
1963 Jan. 16, 1963 Los Angeles ,
California 		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena East All-Stars West All-Stars 115: 108 Bill Russell ( Boston Celtics ),
19 pts, 24 Rbs. 5 branch.		 014,838
1964 Jan. 14, 1964 Boston ,
Massachusetts 		Boston Garden East All-Stars West All-Stars 111: 107 Oscar Robertson ( Cincinnati Royals ),
26 pts., 14 Rbs. 8 branch.		 013,464
1965 Jan. 13, 1965 St. Louis ,
Missouri 		Kiel Auditorium East All-Stars West All-Stars 124: 123 Jerry Lucas ( Cincinnati Royals ),
25 pts, 10 Rbs. 1 branch.		 016,713
1966 Jan. 11, 1966 Cincinnati ,
Ohio 		Cincinnati Gardens East All-Stars West All-Stars 137: 94 Adrian Smith ( Cincinnati Royals ),
24 pts, 8 Rbs. 3 branch.		 013,653
1967 Jan. 10, 1967 Daly City ,
California 		Cow Palace West All-Stars East All-Stars 135: 120 Rick Barry ( San Francisco Warriors ),
38 pts, 6 Rbs. 3 branch.		 013,972
1968 Jan. 23, 1968 New York City ,
New York 		Madison Square Garden East All-Stars West All-Stars 144: 124 Hal Greer ( Philadelphia 76ers ),
21 pts, 3 Rbs. 3 branch.		 018,422
1969 Jan. 14, 1969 Baltimore ,
Maryland 		Baltimore Civic Center East All-Stars West All-Stars 123: 112 Oscar Robertson ( Cincinnati Royals ),
24 pts, 6 Rbs. 5 branch.		 012,348
1970 Jan. 20, 1970 Philadelphia ,
Pennsylvania 		Philadelphia Spectrum East All-Stars West All-Stars 142: 135 Willis Reed ( New York Knicks ),
21 pts, 11 Rbs. 0 branch.		 015,244
1971 Jan. 12, 1971 San Diego ,
California 		San Diego Sports Arena West All-Stars East All-Stars 108: 107 Lenny Wilkens ( Seattle SuperSonics ),
21 pts, 1 Rbs. 1 branch.		 014,378
1972 Jan. 18, 1972 Inglewood ,
California 		The Forum West All-Stars East All-Stars 112: 110 Jerry West , ( Los Angeles Lakers ),
13 pts, 6 Rbs. 5 branch.		 017,214
1973 Jan. 23, 1973 Chicago ,
Illinois 		Chicago Stadium East All-Stars West All-Stars 104: 84 Dave Cowens ( Boston Celtics ),
15 pts, 13 Rbs. 1 branch.		 017,527
1974 Jan. 15, 1974 Seattle ,
Washington 		Seattle Center Coliseum West All-Stars East All-Stars 134: 123 Bob Lanier ( Detroit Pistons ),
24 pts, 10 Rbs. 2 branch.		 014,360
1975 Jan. 14, 1975 Phoenix ,
Arizona 		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum East All-Stars West All-Stars 108: 102 Walt Frazier ( New York Knicks ),
30 pts., 5 pts. 2 branches.		 012,885
1976 0Feb. 3, 1976 Philadelphia ,
Pennsylvania 		Philadelphia Spectrum East All-Stars West All-Stars 123: 109 Dave Bing ( Washington Bullets ),
16 pts, 3 Rbs. 4 branches.		 017,511
1977 Feb 13, 1977 Milwaukee ,
Wisconsin 		MECCA Arena West All-Stars East All-Stars 125: 124 Julius Erving ( Philadelphia 76ers ),
30 pts. 12 Rbs. 3 branch.		 010,938
1978 0Feb. 5, 1978 Atlanta ,
Georgia 		Omni Coliseum East All-Stars West All-Stars 133: 125 Randy Smith ( Buffalo Braves ),
27 pts, 7 Rbs. 6 branch.		 015,491
1979 0Feb. 4, 1979 Pontiac ,
Michigan 		Pontiac Silverdome West All-Stars East All-Stars 134: 129 David Thompson ( Denver Nuggets ),
25 pts, 5 Rbs. 2 branch.		 031,745
1980 0Feb. 3, 1980 Landover ,
Maryland 		Capital Center East All-Stars West All-Stars 144: 136 (OT) George Gervin ( San Antonio Spurs ),
34 pts, 10 Rbs. 3 branch.		 019,035
1981 0Feb. 1, 1981 Richfield ,
Ohio 		Coliseum at Richfield East All-Stars West All-Stars 123: 120 Nate Archibald ( Boston Celtics ),
9 pts, 5 Rbs. 9 branch.		 020,239
1982 Jan. 31, 1982 East Rutherford ,
New Jersey 		Brendan Byrne Arena East All-Stars West All-Stars 120: 118 Larry Bird ( Boston Celtics ),
19 pts, 12 Rbs. 5 branch.		 020,149
1983 Feb 13, 1983 Inglewood ,
California 		The Forum East All-Stars West All-Stars 132: 123 Julius Erving ( Philadelphia 76ers ),
25 pts. 6 Rbs. 3 branch.		 017,505
1984 Jan. 29, 1984 Denver ,
Colorado 		McNichols Sports Arena East All-Stars West All-Stars 154: 145 (OT) Isiah Thomas ( Detroit Pistons ),
21 pts., 5 Rbs., 15 ast.		 017,500
1985 Feb 10, 1985 Indianapolis ,
Indiana 		Hoosier Dome West All-Stars East All-Stars 140: 129 Ralph Sampson ( Houston Rockets ),
24 pts., 10 Rbs., 1 branch.		 043,146
1986 0Feb 9, 1986 Dallas ,
Texas 		Reunion Arena East All-Stars West All-Stars 139: 132 Isiah Thomas ( Detroit Pistons ),
30 pts., 1 Rbs., 10 branches.		 016,573
1987 0Feb. 8, 1987 Seattle ,
Washington 		Kingdome West All-Stars East All-Stars 154: 149 (OT) Tom Chambers ( Seattle SuperSonics ),
34 pts., 4 Rbs., 2 branches.		 034,275
1988 0Feb. 7, 1988 Chicago ,
Illinois 		Chicago Stadium East All-Stars West All-Stars 138: 133 Michael Jordan ( Chicago Bulls ),
40 pts., 8 Rbs., 3 branches.		 018,403
1989 Feb 12, 1989 Houston ,
Texas 		Houston Astrodome West All-Stars East All-Stars 143: 134 Karl Malone ( Utah Jazz ),
28 pts., 9 Rbs., 3 branches.		 044,735
1990 Feb 11, 1990 Miami ,
Florida 		Miami arena East All-Stars West All-Stars 130: 113 Magic Johnson ( Los Angeles Lakers ),
22 pts., 6 Rbs., 4 Ast.		 014,810
1991 Feb 10, 1991 Charlotte ,
North Carolina 		Charlotte Coliseum East All-Stars West All-Stars 116: 114 Charles Barkley ( Philadelphia 76ers ),
17 pts., 22 Rbs., 4 branches.		 023,530
1992 0Feb 9, 1992 Orlando ,
Florida 		Orlando Arena West All-Stars East All-Stars 153: 113 Magic Johnson ( Los Angeles Lakers ),
25 pts., 5 Rbs., 9 Ast.		 014,272
1993 Feb 21, 1993 Salt Lake City ,
Utah 		Delta Center West All-Stars East All-Stars 135: 132 (OT) Karl Malone ( Utah Jazz ),
28 pts., 10 Rbs., 0 ast.
John Stockton ( Utah Jazz ),
9 pts., 6 Rbs., 15 branches.		 019,459
1994 Feb 13, 1994 Minneapolis ,
Minnesota 		Target Center East All-Stars West All-Stars 127: 118 Scottie Pippen ( Chicago Bulls ),
29 pts., 11 Rbs., 2 branches.		 017.096
1995 Feb 12, 1995 Phoenix ,
Arizona 		America West Arena West All-Stars East All-Stars 139: 112 Mitch Richmond ( Sacramento Kings ),
23 pts., 4 Rbs., 2 branches.		 018,755
1996 Feb 11, 1996 San Antonio ,
Texas 		Alamodome East All-Stars West All-Stars 129: 118 Michael Jordan ( Chicago Bulls ),
20 pts., 4 Rbs., 1 branch.		 036,037
1997 0Feb 9, 1997 Cleveland ,
Ohio 		Gund arena East All-Stars West All-Stars 132: 120 Glen Rice ( Charlotte Hornets ),
26 pts., 1 Rbs., 1 branch.		 020,562
1998 0Feb 8, 1998 New York City ,
New York 		Madison Square Garden East All-Stars West All-Stars 135: 114 Michael Jordan ( Chicago Bulls ),
23 pts., 6 Rbs., 8 Ast.		 018,323
1999 Feb 14, 1999 Philadelphia ,
Pennsylvania 		First Union Center The game did not take place due to a lockout
2000 Feb 13, 2000 Oakland ,
California 		The Arena in Oakland West All-Stars East All-Stars 137: 126 Shaquille O'Neal ( Los Angeles Lakers ),
22 pts., 9 Rbs., 3 branches.
Tim Duncan ( San Antonio Spurs ),
24 pts., 14 Rbs., 4 branches.		 018,325
2001 Feb 11, 2001 Washington, DC MCI Center East All-Stars West All-Stars 111: 110 Allen Iverson ( Philadelphia 76ers ),
25 pts., 2 Rbs., 5 branches.		 020,674
2002 Feb 10, 2002 Philadelphia ,
Pennsylvania 		First Union Center West All-Stars East All-Stars 135: 120 Kobe Bryant ( Los Angeles Lakers ),
31 pts., 5 Rbs., 5 Ast.		 019,581
2003 0Feb 9, 2003 Atlanta ,
Georgia 		Philips Arena West All-Stars East All-Stars 155: 145 (2OT) Kevin Garnett ( Minnesota Timberwolves ),
37 pts, 9 rbs., 3 branches.		 020,325
2004 Feb 15, 2004 Los Angeles ,
California 		Staples Center West All-Stars East All-Stars 136: 132 Shaquille O'Neal ( Los Angeles Lakers ),
24 pts., 11 Rbs., 1 branch.		 019,662
2005 Feb 20, 2005 Denver ,
Colorado 		Pepsi Center East All-Stars West All-Stars 125: 115 Allen Iverson ( Philadelphia 76ers ),
15 pts., 4 Rbs., 10 ast.		 018,227
2006 Feb 19, 2006 Houston ,
Texas 		Toyota Center East All-Stars West All-Stars 122: 120 LeBron James ( Cleveland Cavaliers ),
29 pts., 6 Rbs., 2 branches.		 018,652
2007 Feb. 18, 2007 Las Vegas ,
Nevada 		Thomas & Mack Center West All-Stars East All-Stars 153: 132 Kobe Bryant ( Los Angeles Lakers ),
31 pts., 5 Rbs., 6 Ast.		 015,694
2008 Feb 17, 2008 New Orleans ,
Louisiana 		New Orleans Arena East All-Stars West All-Stars 134: 128 LeBron James ( Cleveland Cavaliers ),
27 pts., 8 Rbs., 9 ast.		 016,271
2009 Feb 15, 2009 Phoenix ,
Arizona 		US Airways Center West All-Stars East All-Stars 146: 119 Kobe Bryant ( Los Angeles Lakers ),
27 pts., 4 Rbs., 4 Ast.
Shaquille O'Neal ( Phoenix Suns ),
17 pts., 5 Rbs., 3 branches.		 016,382
2010 Feb 14, 2010 Arlington ,
Texas 		Cowboys Stadium East All-Stars West All-Stars 141: 139 Dwyane Wade ( Miami Heat ),
28 pts., 6 Rbs., 11 ast.		 108.713
2011 Feb. 20, 2011 Los Angeles ,
California 		Staples Center West All-Stars East All-Stars 148: 143 Kobe Bryant ( Los Angeles Lakers ),
37 pts., 14 Rbs., 3 ast.		 017.163
2012 Feb. 26, 2012 Orlando ,
Florida 		Amway Center West All-Stars East All-Stars 152: 149 Kevin Durant ( Oklahoma City Thunder ),
36 pts., 7 Rbs., 3 branches.		 017,125
2013 Feb. 17, 2013 Houston ,
Texas 		Toyota Center West All-Stars East All-Stars 143: 138 Chris Paul ( Los Angeles Clippers ),
20 pts., 0 Rbs., 15 ast.		 016.101
2014 Feb 16, 2014 New Orleans ,
Louisiana 		Smoothie King Center East All-Stars West All-Stars 163: 155 Kyrie Irving ( Cleveland Cavaliers ),
31 pts., 5 Rbs., 14 branches.		 014,727
2015 Feb 15, 2015 New York City ,
New York 		Madison Square Garden West All-Stars East All-Stars 163: 158 Russell Westbrook ( Oklahoma City Thunder ),
41 pts, 5 rbs., 1 branch.		 017.198
2016 Feb 14, 2016 Toronto ,
Ontario 		Air Canada Center West All-Stars East All-Stars 196: 173 Russell Westbrook ( Oklahoma City Thunder ),
31 pts., 8 Rbs., 5 ast.		 018,298
2017 19th Feb 2017 New Orleans ,
Louisiana 		Smoothie King Center West All-Stars East All-Stars 192: 182 Anthony Davis ( New Orleans Pelicans ),
52 pts, 10 rbs., 0 ast.		 015,701

Since 2018 (new mode)

For the All-Star Game 2018, the league changed the mode of the game. The Western Conference no longer competes against the Eastern Conference. In the new mode, fans choose two team captains who take turns choosing players for two mixed teams in the style of a pick-up game.

For the All-Star Game 2020, the NBA introduced a new game mode at the end of January of that year in order to increase the competitive nature and keep the tension over the entire season. The first three quarters of 12 minutes each start at 0-0 and are played out individually. The game clock is switched off in the last quarter. A number of points is calculated from the points previously achieved. 24 (Bryant's jersey number) are added to this number in honor of Kobe Bryant . This gives the target number of points. The team that reaches this number of points first wins the All-Star Game. The two teams play for charities in the venue. The winner of a quarter of 100,000 US dollars for an organization of their choice. If a quarter ends in a draw, the sum is also distributed in the next quarter. The winning team will receive US $ 200,000 for a good cause.

year date city venue Team A Team B Result MVP spectator
2018 Feb. 18, 2018 Los Angeles ,
California 		Staples Center Team LeBron Team Stephen 148: 145 LeBron James ( Cleveland Cavaliers ),
29 pts., 10 Rbs., 8 ast.		 017.801
2019 17th Feb 2019 Charlotte ,
North Carolina 		Spectrum Center Team LeBron Team Giannis 178: 164 Kevin Durant ( Golden State Warriors ),
31 pts., 7 Rbs., 2 branches.		 016,215
2020 Feb 16, 2020 Chicago ,
Illinois 		United Center Team LeBron Team Giannis 157: 155 Kawhi Leonard ( Los Angeles Clippers )
30 pts., 7 Rbs., 4 ast.		 017,808
2021 Feb 14, 2021 Indianapolis ,
Indiana 		Bankers Life Fieldhouse -: - 0
2022 Feb 20, 2022 Cleveland ,
Ohio 		Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse -: - 0
2023 Feb 19, 2023 Salt Lake City ,
Utah 		Vivint Smart Home Arena -: - 0

Web links

Commons : NBA All-Star Game  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ basketball-reference.com: Boxscore NBA All-Star Game 2010 (English)
  2. ↑ basketball-reference.com: NBA All-Star Game 1962 (English)
  3. ↑ spiegel.de: New mode for all-star game of the NBA: "East versus West" is mothballed. Article dated October 4, 2017
  4. ^ New NBA All-Star Game format makes every quarter count for Chicago charities. In: nba.com. NBA , January 30, 2020, accessed February 17, 2020 .