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| Date | February 5, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Omni Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Atlanta | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Randy Smith | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,491 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger and Keith Erickson | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 5, 1978, at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta. The MVP of the game was Randy Smith, who scored 27 points. The game was officiated by Jake O'Donnell and Jim Capers.
Billy Cunningham, head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, qualified as the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars. Jack Ramsay, head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, qualified as the head coach of the Western All-Stars.
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| David Thompson, DEN | 35 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| Maurice Lucas, POR | 33 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Bill Walton, POR | 31 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Rick Barry, GSW | 30 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| Paul Westphal, PHO | 24 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Lionel Hollins, POR | 23 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Bobby Jones, DEN | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Walter Davis, PHO | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Brian Winters, MIL | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Artis Gilmore, CHI | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Bob Lanier, DET | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 240 | 51 | 102 | 23 | 32 | 45 | 36 | 6 | 29 | 125 |
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | BLK | PFS | PTS |
| Randy Smith, BUF | 29 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
| Dave Cowens, BOS | 28 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| Julius Erving, PHI | 27 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Doug Collins, PHI | 27 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Truck Robinson, NOJ | 24 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| John Havlicek, BOS | 22 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Larry Kenon, SAS | 20 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Bob McAdoo, NYK | 20 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| George Gervin, SAS | 18 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Moses Malone, HOU | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Elvin Hayes, WSB | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Pete Maravich, NOJ (injured) | ||||||||||
| Totals | 240 | 53 | 108 | 27 | 38 | 61 | 26 | 2 | 27 | 133 |
| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| West | 39 | 27 | 34 | 25 | 125 |
| East | 28 | 29 | 35 | 41 | 133 |
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