1959 NBA All-Star Game

The 1959 NBA All Star Game was the ninth NBA All-Star Game.

1959 NBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 Total West 27 34 30 33 124 East 31 21 32 24 108
Date	Friday, January 23, 1959
Arena	Olympia Stadium
City	Detroit
MVP	Elgin Baylor and Bob Pettit
Attendance	10,541
Network	NBC
Announcers	Curt Gowdy
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Legend
	Starter		MVP	MIN	Minutes played
FG	Field goals	FGA	Field goal attempts	FT	Free throws	FTA	Free throw attempts
REB	Rebounds	AST	Assists	PF	Personal fouls	PTS	Points

Roster

Western All-Stars

Pos.	Player	Team	No. of selections
Starters
F	Elgin Baylor	Minneapolis Lakers	1st
F	Cliff Hagan	St. Louis Hawks	2nd
G	Slater Martin	St. Louis Hawks	7th
F/C	Bob Pettit	St. Louis Hawks	5th
G	Gene Shue	Detroit Pistons	2nd
Reserves
F/C	Larry Foust	Minneapolis Lakers	8th
G	Dick Garmaker	Minneapolis Lakers	3rd
G	Dick McGuire	Detroit Pistons	7th
F/G	Jack Twyman	Cincinnati Royals	3rd
F/G	George Yardley	Detroit Pistons	5th
Head coach: Ed Macauley (St. Louis Hawks)

Eastern All-Stars

Pos.	Player	Team	No. of selections
Starters
F	Paul Arizin	Philadelphia Warriors	7th
G	Bob Cousy	Boston Celtics	9th
C	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	2nd
F	Kenny Sears	New York Knicks	2nd
G	Bill Sharman	Boston Celtics	7th
Reserves
G	Larry Costello	Syracuse Nationals	2nd
G	Richie Guerin	New York Knicks	2nd
C	Red Kerr	Syracuse Nationals	2nd
F/C	Woody Sauldsberry	Philadelphia Warriors	1st
F/C	Dolph Schayes	Syracuse Nationals	9th
Head coach:Red Auerbach (Boston Celtics)

Western Division

Head Coach: Ed Macauley, St. Louis Hawks

Player	Team	MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Pettit	St. Louis Hawks	34	8	21	9	9	16	5	1	25
Elgin Baylor	Minneapolis Lakers	32	10	20	4	5	11	1	3	24
Gene Shue	Detroit Pistons	31	6	11	1	2	4	3	4	13
Cliff Hagan	St. Louis Hawks	22	6	12	3	3	8	3	5	15
Slater Martin	St. Louis Hawks	22	2	6	1	2	6	1	2	5
Dick McGuire	Detroit Pistons	24	2	7	1	2	3	3	2	5
Jack Twyman	Cincinnati Royals	23	8	12	2	4	8	3	4	18
Dick Garmaker	Minneapolis Lakers	19	2	6	1	1	2	1	2	5
George Yardley	Detroit Pistons	17	2	8	2	2	4	0	3	6
Larry Foust	Minneapolis Lakers	16	3	9	2	2	9	0	3	8
Totals		240	49	112	26	32	71	20	29	124

Eastern Division

Head Coach: Red Auerbach, Boston Celtics

Player	Team	MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Cousy	Boston Celtics	32	4	8	5	6	5	4	0	13
Paul Arizin	Philadelphia Warriors	30	4	15	8	9	8	0	2	16
Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	27	3	10	1	1	9	1	4	7
Kenny Sears	New York Knicks	26	5	9	5	5	8	1	4	15
Bill Sharman	Boston Celtics	24	3	12	5	6	2	0	1	11
Dolph Schayes	Syracuse Nationals	22	3	11	7	8	13	1	6	13
Richie Guerin	New York Knicks	22	1	7	3	5	3	3	1	5
Red Kerr	Syracuse Nationals	21	3	14	1	2	9	2	0	7
Woody Sauldsberry	Philadelphia Warriors	18	5	11	4	4	2	3	2	14
Larry Costello	Syracuse Nationals	18	3	8	1	1	3	3	1	7
Totals		240	34	105	40	47	62	18	21	108

References

• The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 243. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
• basketball-reference.com. "1959 NBA All-Star Game". Archived from the original on June 24, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.