THE 1982 NBA ALL STAR GAME

1982 NBA All Star Game, 31/01/1982

MVP: Larry Bird 

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English-language broadcast. Some segments of the first quarter are missing. Dick Stockton and Bill Russell work the game for CBS, with Celtics broadcaster Johnny Most providing voiceovers in some segments.

Final stats for Bird in this game: 19 pts., 12 rbs., 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 block.

Game played at the Meadowlands, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Players for each squad:

East:
Julius 'Dr. J' Erving
Larry Bird
'Tiny' Archibald
Sidney Moncrief
Buck Williams (in his 'rookie' season)
Robert Parish
Micheal Ray Richardson
Isaiah Thomas (in his 'rookie' season)
Artis Gilmore
Kelly Tripucka (in his 'rookie' season)
Bobby Jones
Bob Lanier
Coach: Bill Fitch

West:
Earvin 'Magic' Johnson
George Gervin
Gus Williams
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Adrian Dantley
Jack Sikma
Moses Malone
Lonnie Shelton
Norm Nixon
Dennis Johnson
Bernard King
Alex English
Coach: Pat Riley

Some notes / highlights:

- Kareem had to play this game without his customary goggles.
@12:22 Dick Stockton talks about the crowd's soft response to Magic Johnson's entrance into the game (Magic was still being blamed for his previous coach Paul Westhead's removal from the Lakers)
@16:03 Magic throws a no-look pass to Bernard King
@Bird goes to the free throw line, and misses both free throws
@32:19 Bird to Archibald to Dr. J
@41:39 Isaiah shoots his second free throw 'airball' of the game
@1:09:21 Great dunk by Robert Parish, who certainly played an MVP-type game