1979 NBA All-Star Game
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| Date | February 4, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Pontiac Silverdome | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Pontiac | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | David Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 31,745 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger, Steve Jones and John Havlicek | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 4, 1979, at the Pontiac Silverdome in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac, Michigan.
This was the first All-Star Game where no members from Boston Celtics or New York Knicks had been selected as All-Stars.
In addition, this was the first All-Star game held in a football or baseball dome as opposed to a traditional basketball arena; the Detroit Pistons were playing at the Pontiac Silverdome at that time.
The Western All-Stars defeated the Eastern All-Stars, 134–129. The MVP of the game was David Thompson, who scored 25 points. The game was officiated by John Vanak, Jack Madden, and Hugh Evans.