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| Date | February 3, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Spectrum | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Dave Bing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 17,511 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger and Mendy Rudolph | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 NBA All Star Game was played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, on February 3, 1976. Philadelphia hosted three of the major four league All-Star games in honor of the Bicenntenial.
Dave Bing was the MVP.
It was also the final NBA All-Star Game played on a weekday, before switching to a Sunday game the following season, as well as the final one before the ABA-NBA merger.
Tom Heinsohn, head coach of the Boston Celtics, qualified as the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars. Al Attles, head coach of the Golden State Warriors, qualified as the head coach of the Western All-Stars.
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Elvin Hayes, WAS | 31 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| Bob McAdoo, BUF | 29 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| Dave Bing, WAS | 26 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Dave Cowens, BOS | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| John Havlicek, BOS | 21 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Doug Collins, PHI | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| George McGinnis, PHI | 19 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Walt Frazier, NY | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jo Jo White, BOS | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Randy Smith, BUF | 15 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich, HOU | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| John Drew, ATL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 240 | 52 | 107 | 19 | 26 | 61 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 123 |
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA | 36 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| Nate Archibald, KC | 30 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Rick Barry, GS | 28 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| Bob Dandridge, MIL | 27 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Fred Brown, SEA | 24 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Scott Wedman, KC | 20 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Brian Winters, MIL | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jamaal Wilkes, GS | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Norm Van Lier, CHI | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Phil Smith, GS | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Alvan Adams, PHO | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Curtis Rowe, DET | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 240 | 46 | 103 | 17 | 22 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 109 |
| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| East | 28 | 17 | 38 | 40 | 123 |
| West | 23 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 109 |
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