Coaches
Tom Heinsohn, head coach of the Boston Celtics, qualified as the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars. Larry Costello, head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, qualified as the head coach of the Western All-Stars.
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| Date | January 15, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Seattle Center Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Seattle | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bob Lanier | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 14,360 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Pat Summerall, Rod Hundley and Elgin Baylor | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1974 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on January 15, 1974, at the Seattle Center Coliseum in Seattle. The MVP of the game was Bob Lanier, who scored 24 points.
Coaches: East: Tom Heinsohn, West: Larry Costello.
Tom Heinsohn, head coach of the Boston Celtics, qualified as the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars. Larry Costello, head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, qualified as the head coach of the Western All-Stars.
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Elvin Hayes, CAP | 35 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Walt Frazier, NYK | 28 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Dave Cowens, BOS | 26 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Dave DeBusschere, NYK | 24 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Pete Maravich, ATL | 22 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Jo Jo White, BOS | 22 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| John Havlicek, BOS | 18 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Lou Hudson, ATL | 17 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich, HOU | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob McAdoo, BUF | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Phil Chenier, CAP | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Austin Carr, CLE | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 240 | 51 | 113 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 123 |
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Spencer Haywood, SEA | 33 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| Bob Lanier, DET | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Gail Goodrich, LAL | 26 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Geoff Petrie, POR | 26 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sidney Wicks, POR | 24 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, MIL | 23 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Rick Barry, GSW | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Charlie Scott, PHO | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dave Bing, DET | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Chet Walker, CHI | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Norm Van Lier, CHI | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Thurmond, GSW | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jerry West, LAL (injured) | ||||||||||
| Totals | 240 | 56 | 104 | 22 | 27 | 53 | 36 | 7 | 23 | 134 |
| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| East | 29 | 18 | 38 | 38 | 123 |
| West | 39 | 27 | 35 | 33 | 134 |
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