1953 NBA All-Star Game
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| Date | Tuesday, January 13, 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | MVP George Mikan | | |||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,322 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 NBA All-Star Game was an
All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
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Roster
The players for the All-Star Game were chosen by sports writers in several cities. They were not allowed to select players from their own cities. Players were selected without regard to position. Ten players from each Division were selected to represent the
Rochester Royals, were represented by three players each on the roster. The starters were chosen by each team's head coach. Minneapolis Lakers head coach John Kundla returned to coach the Western All-Stars for the third straight year. New York Knickerbockers head coach Joe Lapchick
was named as the Eastern All-Stars head coach for the second time.
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Game
The West defeated the East by 4 points. The game was a tight contest with plenty of lead changes in the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, West's
Syracuse Nationals' Dolph Schayes recorded 13 rebounds. Despite losing the game, the East had more balanced scoring with four players scoring in double-figures while the West only had Mikan and Larry Foust scoring in double-figures. Both teams did not shoot well, the East had 37.9 field goal percentage, while the West only managed to make 35.4 percent of its shots. The combined 154 points scored is the lowest total points scored in an All-Star Game.[3]
Box score
January 13, 1953
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| Eastern All-Stars 75, Western All-Stars 79 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 14–15, 21–22, 20–22 | ||
| 3 each | Pts: George Mikan 22 Rebs: George Mikan 16 Asts: Andy Phillip 8 | |
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| Pos | Position | Min | Minutes played | FGM | Field goals made | FGA | Field goal attempted | FTM | Free throws made
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| FTA | Free throw attempted | Reb | Rebounds | Ast | Assists | PF | Personal fouls | Pts | Points
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References
- General
- "1953 All-Star Game recap". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. August 17, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- "1953 All-Star Game Boxscore". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- "1953 All-Star Game: West 79, East 75". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on December 2, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- "1953 NBA All-Star Game". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- Specific
- ^ "Don Barksdale, 69, One of First Blacks To Play in N.B.A." The New York Times. March 11, 1993. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ "West Nips East, 79–74, In All-Star Cage Tilt". Milwaukee Sentinel. January 14, 1953. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ Schuhmann, John (February 11, 2010). "These numbers get the All-Star treatment". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
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