Exhibition basketball game
The 38th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on February 7, 1988, at Chicago Stadium in Chicago . The East won the game 138-133 and Michael Jordan (who scored a game-high 40 points) was named the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP).
The Eastern Conference team featured Jordan and Dominique Wilkins , who had faced each other the preceding night in the slam dunk contest, along with Boston Celtics trio Larry Bird , Danny Ainge and Kevin McHale , plus Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks , Maurice Cheeks and Charles Barkley of the Philadelphia 76ers , Moses Malone of the Washington Bullets , Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons , Doc Rivers of the Atlanta Hawks , and Brad Daugherty of the Cleveland Cavaliers .
The Western Conference team was led by Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers , Clyde Drexler of the Portland Trail Blazers , the Utah Jazz's power forward Karl Malone and the Houston Rockets' center Akeem Olajuwon . Joining them were James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Lakers, Fat Lever and Alex English of the Denver Nuggets , Xavier McDaniel of the Seattle SuperSonics , Alvin Robertson of the San Antonio Spurs and Mark Aguirre and James Donaldson of the Dallas Mavericks . In this game, Abdul-Jabbar would become the all-time leading scorer in NBA All-Star Game history, a distinction he held for 15 years.[ 1]
The Eastern Conference was coached by Mike Fratello of the Atlanta Hawks , and the Western Conference by Pat Riley of the Lakers.
The game was telecast by CBS Sports , with Dick Stockton and Billy Cunningham commentating, and Pat O'Brien and Lesley Visser reporting from the sidelines. On radio, ABC Radio broadcast their fourth consecutive All-Star game, with Lakers announcer Chick Hearn working alongside Celtics announcer Johnny Most , and the two trading roles on play-by-play and color analysis. ABC's regular NBA announcer Fred Manfra served as a sideline reporter.
^DNP Steve Johnson was unable to play due to injury. James Donaldson was selected as his replacement.
Score by Periods:
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2
3
4
Final
East
27
33
39
39
138
West
32
22
35
44
133
NBA All-Star Legends Classic [ edit ] This game featured the East including the likes of Randy Smith , Dave Cowens , Johnny Green , Calvin Murphy , John Havlicek , Gail Goodrich , Jamaal Wilkes , Oscar Robertson , Clifford Ray and Tom Sanders
On the West side it featured the likes of Rick Barry , Doug Collins , Dave Bing , Jerry Sloan , Zelmo Beaty , Bailey Howell , Tom Hawkins , Nate Thurmond , Dolph Schayes and Norm Van Lier .
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