1983 NBA All-Star Game

1983 NBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 Total East 42 27 34 29 132 West 31 33 26 33 123
Date	February 13, 1983
Arena	The Forum
City	Inglewood, California
MVP	Julius Erving
National anthem	Marvin Gaye
Referees	Hugh Evans and Jess Kersey
Attendance	17,505
Network	CBS
Announcers	Dick Stockton, Bill Russell, Pat O'Brien
NBA All-Star Game
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The 33rd National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on February 13, 1983 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference, 132–123. The Most Valuable Player was Julius Erving. Billy Cunningham coached the Eastern Conference team. Pat Riley coached the Western Conference team. Both would be the coaches at the following summer's NBA Finals.

Marvin Gaye sang a soulful, drum machine-accompanied version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the game. This rendition gained newfound fame in 2008 when Nike used it in a video promoting the United States men's national basketball team. The colors were by the Edwards Air Force Base color guard, carrying the American, California and Air Force flags.

Rosters

Eastern Conference All-Stars Pos. Player Team Appearance Coach HC Billy Cunningham Philadelphia 76ers Starters PG Isiah Thomas Detroit Pistons 2nd SG Maurice Cheeks Philadelphia 76ers SF Larry Bird Boston Celtics 4th PF Julius Erving Philadelphia 76ers C Moses Malone Philadelphia 76ers Reserves SF/SG Marques Johnson Milwaukee Bucks C/PF Bill Laimbeer Detroit Pistons PG Sidney Moncrief Milwaukee Bucks C Robert Parish Boston Celtics SG Reggie Theus Chicago Bulls PG Andrew Toney Philadelphia 76ers C Buck Williams New Jersey Nets

Western Conference All-Stars Pos. Player Team Appearance Coach HC Pat Riley Los Angeles Lakers 2nd Starters PG Magic Johnson Los Angeles Lakers 3rd SG David Thompson Seattle SuperSonics SF Alex English Denver Nuggets PF Maurice Lucas Phoenix Suns C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Los Angeles Lakers Reserves SF/SG George Gervin San Antonio Spurs C Artis Gilmore San Antonio Spurs SF/SG Jim Paxson Portland Trail Blazers C/PF Jack Sikma Seattle SuperSonics SF Kiki Vandeweghe Denver Nuggets PG Gus Williams Seattle SuperSonics SF/SG Jamaal Wilkes Los Angeles Lakers

Eastern Conference

Player, Team	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	BLK	PFS	PTS
Isiah Thomas, DET	29	9	14	0	0	1	1	4	7	0	0	19
Larry Bird, BOS	29	7	14	0	1	0	0	13	7	0	4	14
Julius Erving, PHI	28	11	19	0	0	3	3	6	3	2	1	25
Sidney Moncrief, MIL	28	8	14	0	0	4	5	5	4	1	1	20
Moses Malone, PHI	24	3	8	0	0	4	6	8	3	1	1	10
Marques Johnson, MIL	20	3	10	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	7
Buck Williams, NJN	19	3	4	0	0	2	4	7	1	0	3	8
Robert Parish, BOS	18	5	6	0	0	3	4	3	0	1	2	13
Andrew Toney, PHI	18	4	5	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	8
Maurice Cheeks, PHI	18	3	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6
Reggie Theus, CHI	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Laimbeer, DET	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Totals	240	57	108	0	2	18	25	52	36	6	15	132

Western Conference

Player, Team	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	BLK	PFS	PTS
Magic Johnson, LAL	33	7	16	0	1	3	4	5	16	0	2	17
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LAL	32	9	12	0	0	2	3	6	5	4	1	20
Maurice Lucas, PHO	27	3	8	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	1	6
Alex English, DEN	23	7	14	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	2	14
Jim Paxson, POR	17	5	7	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	11
David Thompson, SEA	17	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	10
Jack Sikma, SEA	17	4	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	8
Artis Gilmore, SAS	16	2	4	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	4	5
Jamaal Wilkes, LAL	15	4	6	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	10
Gus Williams, SEA	15	3	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	6
George Gervin, SAS	14	3	8	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	3	9
Kiki Vandeweghe, DEN	14	3	4	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	7
Totals	240	55	101	1	2	12	19	37	37	7	18	123

References

• The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 252. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
• basketball-reference.com. "1983 NBA All-Star Game". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-19.