1983 NBA All-Star Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
East	42	27	34	29	132
West	31	33	26	33	123

Date

February 13, 1983

Arena

The Forum

City

Inglewood, California

MVP

Julius Erving

National anthem

Marvin Gaye

Referees

Hugh Evans and Jess Kersey

Attendance

17,505

Network

CBS

Announcers

Dick Stockton, Bill Russell, Pat O'Brien

NBA All-Star Game

< 1982

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The 33rd National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on February 13, 1983 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference, 132–123. The Most Valuable Player was Julius Erving. Billy Cunningham coached the Eastern Conference team. Pat Riley coached the Western Conference team. Both would be the coaches at the following summer's NBA Finals.

Marvin Gaye sang a soulful, drum machine-accompanied version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the game. This rendition gained newfound fame in 2008 when Nike used it in a video promoting the United States men's national basketball team. The colors were by the Edwards Air Force Base color guard, carrying the American, California and Air Force flags.

1 Rosters
2 Eastern Conference
3 Western Conference
4 References

Rosters

**Eastern Conference All-Stars**
Pos.	Player	Team	Appearance
Coach
HC	Billy Cunningham	Philadelphia 76ers
Starters
PG	Isiah Thomas	Detroit Pistons	2nd
SG	Maurice Cheeks	Philadelphia 76ers
SF	Larry Bird	Boston Celtics	4th
PF	Julius Erving	Philadelphia 76ers
C	Moses Malone	Philadelphia 76ers
Reserves
SF/SG	Marques Johnson	Milwaukee Bucks
C/PF	Bill Laimbeer	Detroit Pistons
PG	Sidney Moncrief	Milwaukee Bucks
C	Robert Parish	Boston Celtics
SG	Reggie Theus	Chicago Bulls
PG	Andrew Toney	Philadelphia 76ers
C	Buck Williams	New Jersey Nets

**Western Conference All-Stars**
Pos.	Player	Team	Appearance
Coach
HC	Pat Riley	Los Angeles Lakers	2nd
Starters
PG	Magic Johnson	Los Angeles Lakers	3rd
SG	David Thompson	Seattle SuperSonics
SF	Alex English	Denver Nuggets
PF	Maurice Lucas	Phoenix Suns
C	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Los Angeles Lakers
Reserves
SF/SG	George Gervin	San Antonio Spurs
C	Artis Gilmore	San Antonio Spurs
SF/SG	Jim Paxson	Portland Trail Blazers
C/PF	Jack Sikma	Seattle SuperSonics
SF	Kiki Vandeweghe	Denver Nuggets
PG	Gus Williams	Seattle SuperSonics
SF/SG	Jamaal Wilkes	Los Angeles Lakers

Eastern Conference

Player, Team	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	BLK	PFS	PTS
Isiah Thomas, DET	29	9	14	0	0	1	1	4	7	0	0	19
Larry Bird, BOS	29	7	14	0	1	0	0	13	7	0	4	14
Julius Erving, PHI	28	11	19	0	0	3	3	6	3	2	1	25
Sidney Moncrief, MIL	28	8	14	0	0	4	5	5	4	1	1	20
Moses Malone, PHI	24	3	8	0	0	4	6	8	3	1	1	10
Marques Johnson, MIL	20	3	10	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	7
Buck Williams, NJN	19	3	4	0	0	2	4	7	1	0	3	8
Robert Parish, BOS	18	5	6	0	0	3	4	3	0	1	2	13
Andrew Toney, PHI	18	4	5	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	8
Maurice Cheeks, PHI	18	3	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6
Reggie Theus, CHI	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Laimbeer, DET	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Totals	240	57	108	0	2	18	25	52	36	6	15	132

Western Conference

Player, Team	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	BLK	PFS	PTS
Magic Johnson, LAL	33	7	16	0	1	3	4	5	16	0	2	17
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LAL	32	9	12	0	0	2	3	6	5	4	1	20
Maurice Lucas, PHO	27	3	8	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	1	6
Alex English, DEN	23	7	14	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	2	14
Jim Paxson, POR	17	5	7	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	11
David Thompson, SEA	17	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	10
Jack Sikma, SEA	17	4	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	8
Artis Gilmore, SAS	16	2	4	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	4	5
Jamaal Wilkes, LAL	15	4	6	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	10
Gus Williams, SEA	15	3	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	6
George Gervin, SAS	14	3	8	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	3	9
Kiki Vandeweghe, DEN	14	3	4	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	7
Totals	240	55	101	1	2	12	19	37	37	7	18	123

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Color commentators	John Andariese Rick Barry Hubie Brown Elgin Baylor James Brown Quinn Buckner Doug Collins Billy Cunningham Terry Dischinger Len Elmore Keith Erickson John Havlicek Tom Heinsohn Rod Hundley Gus Johnson Steve Jones Sonny Jurgensen Stu Lantz Kevin Loughery Pete Maravich Jon McGlocklin Dick Motta Jeff Mullins Billy Packer Bill Raftery Cal Ramsey Oscar Robertson Mendy Rudolph Bill Russell Cazzie Russell Larry Steele Lenny Wilkens

Sideline reporters	Charlsie Cantey Jane Chastain Irv Cross Jim Gray Sonny Hill Andrea Joyce Pat O'Brien Lesley Visser

NBA Finals

All-Star Game

Music

"Last Night" (1975–1976)
Two Points (1977–1978)
"Chase" (1978–1979)
"Alive Again" (1979-1981)
"Whatever We Imagine" (1986)
"Back in the High Life Again" (1987)
"The Famous Final Scene" (1988)
"Sweet Freedom" (1989)
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" (1989)
"Theme from The Last Waltz" (1990)

Lore

Rivalries	Celtics–Lakers Lakers–Pistons

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