1966 NBA All-Star Game

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1966 NBA All-Star Game
1234Total
East 33303836137
West 1818322694
DateJanuary 11, 1966
Arena Cincinnati Gardens
City Cincinnati
MVP Adrian Smith
Attendance13,653
Network SNI
Announcers Harry Caray
NBA All-Star Game
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The 16th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 11, 1966, at Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati. The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East, and Fred Schaus for the West. Much of the game would focus around the local team's three named All-Stars. Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson had been named the event's MVP in 1964, and Cincinnati's Jerry Lucas had been named MVP in 1965. At game time, the East Division's top three teams, Boston, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, had the three best records in the league, with New York trailing far behind. This led East Coach Red Auerbach to name Cincinnati's Adrian Smith as a reserve and not New York's sharpshooting Dick Barnett, a source of some controversy at the time. The home crowd rallied behind Smith as he emerged as the game's star. It was Smith's only All-Star appearance, and he remains to-date the only one-time NBA All-Star ever named the event's MVP. The overmatched West suffered not just from poor shooting, but also from losing key All-Star Jerry West to an eye injury in the first quarter. The game was nationally televised, with an attendance of 13,653.

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Eastern Division

Player, TeamMINFGMFGAFTMFTAREBASTPFPTS
Adrian Smith, CIN269186683524
Wilt Chamberlain, PHI258115993221
John Havlicek, BOS256166661218
Oscar Robertson, CIN2561256108017
Chet Walker, PHI25310236428
Willis Reed, NYK237112281316
Jerry Lucas, CIN2341122190210
Hal Greer, PHI23413115149
Bill Russell, BOS23160010222
Sam Jones, BOS225112225012
Totals240531193137832822137

Western Division

Player, TeamMINFGMFGAFTMFTAREBASTPFPTS
Guy Rodgers, SFW344110071148
Nate Thurmond, SFW333161316117
Eddie Miles, DET288161510117
Bailey Howell, BAL26311122247
Zelmo Beaty, STL240111013181210
Don Ohl, BAL237162342216
Rudy LaRusso, LAL224103732211
Dave DeBusschere, DET22114226114
Rick Barry, SFW174102422610
Jerry West, LAL1115221024
Totals24035120244160222594

Score by periods

Score by periods:1234Final
East33303836137
West1818322694

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