Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Rick Barry NBA All star game MVP 1967

The 1967 NBA All-Star Game was the 17th All-Star Game played January 10, 1967 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. The coaches wereRed Auerbach, Boston Celtics (Eastern Conference) and Fred Schaus, Los Angeles Lakers (Western Conference). The Western Conference All-Stars defeated the Eastern Conference All-Stars, 135-120. The game featured the ejection of Red Auerbach, (who retired at the end of the previous season) head coach of the Eastern Conference, who became the only coach to be ejected in an All-Star Game.

Here is the box score of the all star game. Rick Barry scored  38 points in the Western Conference win.

Eastern Conference

Player, Team	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	PF	PTS
Bailey Howell, BOS	14	1	4	2	2	2	1	1	4
Willis Reed, NY	17	2	6	0	0	9	1	0	4
Wilt Chamberlain, PHI	39	6	7	2	5	22	4	1	14
Oscar Robertson, CIN	34	9	20	8	10	2	5	4	26
Hal Greer, PHI	31	5	16	7	8	4	1	5	17
John Havlicek, BOS	17	7	14	0	0	2	1	1	14
Don Ohl, BAL	22	5	13	7	7	1	2	3	17
Bill Russell, BOS	22	1	2	0	0	5	5	2	2
Chet Walker, PHI	22	6	9	3	4	4	2	2	15
Jerry Lucas, CIN	22	3	5	1	1	7	2	3	7
Totals	240	45	96	30	37	58	24	22	120

Western Conference

Player, Team	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	PF	PTS
Rick Barry, SF	34	16	27	6	8	6	3	5	38
Elgin Baylor, LA	20	8	14	4	4	5	5	2	20
Nate Thurmond, SF	42	7	16	2	4	18	0	1	16
Guy Rodgers, CHI	28	0	4	1	1	2	8	3	1
Jerry West, LA	30	6	11	4	4	3	6	3	16
Darrall Imhoff, LA	6	0	7	0	0	7	1	1	0
Jerry Sloan, CHI	22	4	9	0	0	4	4	5	8
Dave DeBusschere, DET	25	11	17	0	0	6	0	1	22
Bill Bridges, STL	17	4	5	0	2	3	3	1	8
Lenny Wilkens, STL	16	2	6	2	3	2	6	2	6
Totals	240	58	116	19	26	56	36	24	135