The 1968 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played at Madison Square Garden in New York City, January 23, 1968.
- Coaches: East: Alex Hannum, West: Bill Sharman.
- Officials: Mendy Rudolph and Don Murphy
- MVP: Hal Greer
- Attendance: 18,422
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| Date | January 23, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Madison Square Garden | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | New York City | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Hal Greer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 18,422 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Schenkel and Jack Twyman | ||||||||||||||||||
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Teams
Western Division
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
| Jerry West, LAL | 32 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| Zelmo Beaty, STL | 30 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Elgin Baylor, LAL | 27 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| Lenny Wilkens, STL | 22 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Bill Bridges, STL | 21 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| Walt Hazzard, SEA | 20 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Rudy LaRusso, SFW | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bob Boozer, CHI | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Clyde Lee, SFW | 18 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Archie Clark, LAL | 15 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Don Kojis, SDR | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim King, SFW | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Nate Thurmond, SFW (injured) | |||||||||
| Totals | 240 | 47 | 110 | 30 | 42 | 61 | 23 | 29 | 124 |
Eastern Division
| Player, Team | MIN | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
| Willis Reed, NYK | 25 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Wilt Chamberlain, PHI | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Bill Russell, BOS | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| John Havlicek, BOS | 22 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| Oscar Robertson, CIN | 22 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| Dick Barnett, NYK | 22 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Jerry Lucas, CIN | 21 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| Dave Bing, DET | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Hal Greer, PHI | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| Gus Johnson, BAL | 16 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Sam Jones, BOS | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Dave DeBusschere, DET | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 240 | 58 | 99 | 28 | 42 | 53 | 40 | 27 | 144 |
Score by periods
| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| West | 25 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 124 |
| East | 37 | 27 | 37 | 43 | 144 |
References
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 246. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- basketball-reference.com. "1968 NBA All-Star Game". Archived from the original on August 2, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.