1968 ABA All-Star Game

Exhibition basketball game August 2023 The first American Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 9, 1968, at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, before an audience of 10,872. Jim Pollard (Minnesota Muskies) coached the Eastern Conference team, while Babe McCarthy (New Orleans Buccaneers) coached the West. Mel Daniels helped take the East team to victory by leading all players with 22 points and 15 rebounds, but Larry Brown of the losing West squad was named MVP. Joe Belmont and Ron Feiereisel officiated the game. Score by Periods: 1234Final West 29 30 32 29 120 East 30 31 31 34 126 Western Conference Player, Team MINFGMFGA3PM3PAFTMFTAREBASTPTS Doug Moe, NOB 29 7 13 0 1 3 5 7 5 17 Larry Jones, DNR 28 6 10 0 0 2 3 13 2 14 Levern Tart, OAK 27 4 12 0 0 5 5 3 3 13 Cliff Hagan, DLC 24 4 11 0 0 2 2 0 5 10 John Beasley, DLC 24 4 9 0 0 1 1 4 0 9 Larry Brown, NOB 22 7 9 2 2 1 1 3 5 17 Art Becker, HSM 19 5 13 0 0 1 1 5 0 11 Jimmy Jones, NOB 19 4 9 0 0 2 4 1 3 10 Red Robbins, NOB 18 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 Ben Warley, ANA 17 2 7 0 3 4 4 1 3 8 Larry Bunce, ANA 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 DeWitt Menyard, HSM 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 Bob Verga, DLC (military service) Totals 240 48 104 2 6 22 28 43 26 120 Eastern Conference Player, Team MINFGMFGA3PM3PAFTMFTAREBASTPTS Mel Daniels, MNM 29 9 18 0 0 4 11 15 0 22 Louie Dampier, KEN 29 8 18 0 1 2 2 3 3 18 Roger Brown, IND 27 5 15 0 1 2 2 4 2 12 Connie Hawkins, PTP 26 3 6 0 0 1 3 9 2 7 Donnie Freeman, MNM 24 8 13 0 0 4 6 4 2 20 Darel Carrier, KEN 21 3 10 0 3 2 2 2 1 8 Les Hunter, MNM 21 2 7 0 0 3 5 8 1 7 Bob Netolicky, IND 19 4 8 0 0 4 4 11 1 12 Freddie Lewis, IND 18 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 Tony Jackson, NJA 12 2 6 0 3 0 0 2 1 4 Randolph Mahaffey, KEN 7 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 Chico Vaughn, PTP 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 240 50 114 2 10 24 41 62 16 126 Halftime — East, 61–59 Third Quarter — East, 92–91 References Erving Julius Stern David Sachare Alex The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia 1994 Villard Books New York 0679432930 258 2nd Revised 1968 ABA All-Star Game https://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/ABA_1968.html Basketball-Reference.com 30 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20080709024030/http://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/ABA_1968.html 9 July 2008 Sports External links ABA All Star Game at RemembertheABA.com All-Star ABA All-star game ABA All-star game