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The 1959 NBA All Star Game was the ninth NBA All-Star Game. Legend Starter MVP MIN Minutes played FG Field goals FGA Field goal attempts FT Free throws ...
The 1959 NBA All-Star Game was played in Detroit, Michigan, with the West beating the East 124–108. Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks and Elgin Baylor of the Minneapolis Lakers shared the game's MVP award. The Boston Celtics set the record for the most points scored by a team in regulation, in their 173–139 victory over the Minneapolis ...
Pettit was an NBA All-Star in each of his 11 seasons, was named to the All-NBA First Team ten times, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team once. Pettit still holds the top two NBA All-Star Game rebounding performances with 26 in 1958 and 27 in 1962, and has the second-highest All-Star Game points per game average with 20.4 (behind only Oscar ...
Bob Pettit was named MVP of the NBA All-Star Game four times and holds the All-Star single-game record for rebounds with 27. Kobe Bryant was named All-Star Game MVP four times and had the award named after him posthumously in 2020. LeBron James holds the record for the most All-Star selections of all-time with 21.
The NBA and commissioner Adam Silver were eager to make changes to the All-Star Game after last year's contest wasn't very competitive and finished with a final score of 211-186.
On November 7, 1959, in a game between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia Warriors, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain played the first game of their 10-year professional rivalry. The 1960 NBA All-Star Game was played in Philadelphia, with the East beating the West 125–115. Rookie Wilt Chamberlain of the local Philadelphia Warriors won ...
Along with Wes Unseld, he is one of two players to have won the Rookie of the Year and the MVP awards in the same year, being the only one to add NBA All-Star Game MVP to this list. [7] Rookie of the Year (1959–60) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960) 4× MVP (1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68) 7× All-NBA First Team (1960–62, 1964, 1966–68)
Three players have been named NBA All-Stars after turning 40 years old: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dirk Nowitzki, and LeBron James. Abdul-Jabbar is the only player selected to multiple All-Star Games after turning 40, with two selections. Nathaniel Clifton in 1957 was the oldest player to be selected to his first All-Star Game, at 34 years and 3 ...