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Exhibition basketball game
The 11th Annual NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on January 17, 1961, at the Onondaga County War Memorial Coliseum in Syracuse, New York , home of the Syracuse Nationals . To date, this was the only NBA All-Star Game to be held in Syracuse, as the Nationals would relocate to Philadelphia and rebrand as the Philadelphia 76ers in 1963.
The coaches were the Boston Celtics ' Red Auerbach for the East and the St. Louis Hawks ' Paul Seymour for the West, as both teams had led their respective divisions prior to the game. The West won the game 153–131, becoming the highest-scoring All-Star game at that time, surpassing the record of 248 set in 1958 . This record was held until 1984 wherein the All-Stars combined for 299 points. Oscar Robertson was named the Most Valuable Player after logging 23 points and 14 assists.
Player, Team MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA REB AST PF PTS
Wilt Chamberlain , PHW38
2
8
8
15
18
5
1
12
Bob Cousy , BOS33
2
11
0
0
3
8
6
4
Bill Russell , BOS28
9
15
6
8
11
1
2
24
Dolph Schayes , SYR27
7
15
7
7
6
3
4
21
Tom Gola , PHW25
6
13
2
4
5
3
2
14
Tom Heinsohn , BOS19
2
16
0
0
6
1
4
4
Hal Greer , SYR18
7
11
0
0
6
2
2
14
Paul Arizin , PHW17
6
12
5
6
2
1
4
17
Willie Naulls , NYK16
4
6
0
1
6
2
2
8
Richie Guerin , NYK15
3
8
5
6
0
2
2
11
Larry Costello , SYR5
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
Totals
240
49
117
33
47
63
28
31
131
Player, Team MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA REB AST PF PTS
Oscar Robertson , CIN34
8
13
7
9
9
14
5
23
Bob Pettit , STL32
13
22
3
7
9
0
2
29
Clyde Lovellette , STL31
10
19
1
1
10
3
4
21
Elgin Baylor , LAL27
3
11
9
10
10
4
5
15
Jerry West , LAL25
2
8
5
6
2
4
3
9
Gene Shue , DET23
6
10
3
4
3
6
1
15
Walter Dukes , DET17
3
6
2
2
4
1
4
8
Bailey Howell , DET16
5
10
3
4
3
3
4
13
Hot Rod Hundley , LAL14
6
10
2
2
0
2
1
14
Cliff Hagan , STL13
0
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
Wayne Embry , CIN8
2
4
0
0
3
0
0
4
Totals
240
58
115
37
47
55
37
30
153
Score by periods: 1 2 3 4 Final
East
19
43
35
34
131
West
47
37
31
38
153
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