# 1987 NBA All-Star Game

The 37th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on February 8, 1987, at Seattle's Kingdome. Seattle SuperSonics power forward Tom Chambers was the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP).
The Eastern Conference team consisted of the Washington Bullets' Moses Malone and Jeff Malone, the Philadelphia 76ers' Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks and Charles Barkley, the Boston Celtics' Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale, the Detroit Pistons' Isiah Thomas and Bill Laimbeer, the Atlanta Hawks' Dominique Wilkins and the Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan.
In addition to game MVP Tom Chambers, the Western Conference team featured the Los Angeles Lakers' Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Golden State Warriors' Sleepy Floyd and Joe Barry Carroll, the Dallas Mavericks' Rolando Blackman and Mark Aguirre, the San Antonio Spurs' Alvin Robertson, the Phoenix Suns' Walter Davis, the Denver Nuggets' Alex English and the Houston Rockets' Akeem Olajuwon. Houston's Ralph Sampson was selected but unable to play due to injury.
The coach of the Eastern team was Boston's K.C. Jones. The coach of the Western team was the Lakers' Pat Riley.

## Rosters

Eastern Conference All-Stars :
| Pos. | Player | Team | Appearance | Votes |
| Starters |||||
| G | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 3rd | 1,141,733 |
| G | Julius Erving | Philadelphia 76ers | 11th | 819,468 |
| F | Dominique Wilkins | Atlanta Hawks | 2nd | 1,029,131 |
| F | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics | 8th | 902,701 |
| C | Moses Malone | Washington Bullets | 10th | 565,491 |
| Reserves |||||
| F | Kevin McHale | Boston Celtics | 3rd | 455,859 |
| G | Isiah Thomas | Detroit Pistons | 6th | 713,173 |
| F | Charles Barkley | Philadelphia 76ers | 1st | 479,176 |
| G | Jeff Malone | Washington Bullets | 2nd | 206,255 |
| C | Bill Laimbeer | Detroit Pistons | 4th | 432,104 |
| C | Robert Parish | Boston Celtics | 7th | 510,471 |
| G | Maurice Cheeks | Philadelphia 76ers | 3rd | 174,512 |
| Head coach: K. C. Jones (Boston Celtics) ||||
Western Conference All-Stars :
| Pos. | Player | Team | Appearance | Votes |
| Starters |||||
| G | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers | 7th | 949,304 |
| G | Alvin Robertson | San Antonio Spurs | 2nd | 457,251 |
| F | James Worthy | Los Angeles Lakers | 2nd | 588,778 |
| F | Ralph Sampson | Houston Rockets | 4th | 611,480 |
| C | Akeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets | 3rd | 792,148 |
| Reserves |||||
| C | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers | 17th | 572,779 |
| G | Rolando Blackman | Dallas Mavericks | 3rd | 307,838 |
| G | Sleepy Floyd | Golden State Warriors | 1st | -- |
| C | Joe Barry Carroll | Golden State Warriors | 1st | -- |
| F | Mark Aguirre | Dallas Mavericks | 2nd | 339,337 |
| G/F | Walter Davis | Phoenix Suns | 6th | -- |
| F | Alex English | Denver Nuggets | 6th | 343,348 |
| F | Tom Chambers | Seattle SuperSonics | 1st | -- |
| Head coach: Pat Riley (Los Angeles Lakers) ||||
* ^DNP Ralph Sampson was unable to play due to injury. Tom Chambers was selected as his replacement.
* ^ST Western Conference head coach Pat Riley chose Tom Chambers to start in place of the injured Sampson.

## Score by periods

| Score by Periods: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final |
| West | 29 | 41 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 154 |
| East | 33 | 32 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 149 |
* Halftime— West, 70–65
* Third Quarter— East, 107–100
* Officials: Jess Kersey and Hue Hollins
* Attendance: 34,275.

## NBA All-Star Legends Game

* This fourth annual event featured the East including Pete Maravich, Dave Cowens, John Havlicek, Sam Jones, Walt Frazier, Paul Silas, Bob Cousy, Johnny Green, Wes Unseld, Harry Gallatin and Oscar Robertson.
* The West squad included Fred Brown, Spencer Haywood, Slick Watts, Jerry Lucas, Geoff Petrie, Terry Dischinger, Nate Thurmond, Tiny Archibald, Zelmo Beaty, and Ed Macauley.