The 16th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 11, 1966, at Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati. The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East, and Fred Schaus for the West. Much of the game would focus around the local team's three named All-Stars. Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson had been named the event's MVP in 1964, and Cincinnati's Jerry Lucas had been named MVP in 1965. At game time, the East Division's top three teams, Boston, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, had the three best records in the league, with New York trailing far behind. This led East Coach Red Auerbach to name Cincinnati's Adrian Smith as a reserve and not New York's sharpshooting Dick Barnett, a source of some controversy at the time. The home crowd rallied behind Smith as he emerged as the game's star. It was Smith's only All-Star appearance, and he remains to-date the only one-time NBA All-Star ever named the event's MVP. The overmatched West suffered not just from poor shooting, but also from losing key All-Star Jerry West to an eye injury in the first quarter. The game was nationally televised, with an attendance of 13,653.
1966, star, game, 16th, national, basketball, association, star, game, played, january, 1966, cincinnati, gardens, cincinnati, coaches, were, auerbach, east, fred, schaus, west, much, game, would, focus, around, local, team, three, named, stars, cincinnati, os. The 16th National Basketball Association All Star Game was played on January 11 1966 at Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East and Fred Schaus for the West Much of the game would focus around the local team s three named All Stars Cincinnati s Oscar Robertson had been named the event s MVP in 1964 and Cincinnati s Jerry Lucas had been named MVP in 1965 At game time the East Division s top three teams Boston Philadelphia and Cincinnati had the three best records in the league with New York trailing far behind This led East Coach Red Auerbach to name Cincinnati s Adrian Smith as a reserve and not New York s sharpshooting Dick Barnett a source of some controversy at the time The home crowd rallied behind Smith as he emerged as the game s star It was Smith s only All Star appearance and he remains to date the only one time NBA All Star ever named the event s MVP The overmatched West suffered not just from poor shooting but also from losing key All Star Jerry West to an eye injury in the first quarter The game was nationally televised with an attendance of 13 653 1966 NBA All Star Game1234 TotalEast 33303836 137West 18183226 94DateJanuary 11 1966ArenaCincinnati GardensCityCincinnatiMVPAdrian SmithAttendance13 653NetworkSNIAnnouncersHarry CarayNBA All Star Game lt 1965 1967 gt Contents 1 Eastern Division 2 Western Division 3 Score by Periods 4 ReferencesEastern Division editPlayer Team MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA REB AST PF PTSAdrian Smith CIN 26 9 18 6 6 8 3 5 24Wilt Chamberlain PHI 25 8 11 5 9 9 3 2 21John Havlicek BOS 25 6 16 6 6 6 1 2 18Oscar Robertson CIN 25 6 12 5 6 10 8 0 17Chet Walker PHI 25 3 10 2 3 6 4 2 8Willis Reed NYK 23 7 11 2 2 8 1 3 16Jerry Lucas CIN 23 4 11 2 2 19 0 2 10Hal Greer PHI 23 4 13 1 1 5 1 4 9Bill Russell BOS 23 1 6 0 0 10 2 2 2Sam Jones BOS 22 5 11 2 2 2 5 0 12Totals 240 53 119 31 37 83 28 22 137Western Division editPlayer Team MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA REB AST PF PTSGuy Rodgers SFW 34 4 11 0 0 7 11 4 8Nate Thurmond SFW 33 3 16 1 3 16 1 1 7Eddie Miles DET 28 8 16 1 5 1 0 1 17Bailey Howell BAL 26 3 11 1 2 2 2 4 7Zelmo Beaty STL 24 0 11 10 13 18 1 2 10Don Ohl BAL 23 7 16 2 3 4 2 2 16Rudy LaRusso LAL 22 4 10 3 7 3 2 2 11Dave DeBusschere DET 22 1 14 2 2 6 1 1 4Rick Barry SFW 17 4 10 2 4 2 2 6 10Jerry West LAL 11 1 5 2 2 1 0 2 4Totals 240 35 120 24 41 60 22 25 94Score by Periods editScore by Periods 1 2 3 4 FinalEast 33 30 38 36 137West 18 18 32 26 94Halftime East 63 36 Third Quarter East 101 68 Officials Norm Drucker and John Vanak Attendance 13 653 References editThe Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia Villard Books 1994 p 246 ISBN 0 679 43293 0 basketball reference com 1966 NBA All Star Game Archived from the original on August 3 2008 Retrieved July 12 2008 nbsp This basketball related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to sports in Cincinnati is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1966 NBA All Star Game amp oldid 1215258987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
