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1955 NBA All-Star Game

Basketball game

Field	Value
name	1955 NBA All-Star Game
visitor	East
home	West
visitor_total	100
home_total	91
visitor_qtr1	21
visitor_qtr2	28
visitor_qtr3	21
visitor_qtr4	30
home_qtr1	21
home_qtr2	29
home_qtr3	21
home_qtr4	20
date	Tuesday, January 18, 1955
arena	Madison Square Garden
city	New York City
referee	Phil Fox and Joe Serafin
attendance	15,564
MVP	Bill Sharman
prev_year	[1954](1954-nba-all-star-game)
next_year	[1956](1956-nba-all-star-game)

The 1955 NBA All Star Game was the fifth NBA All-Star Game. Bill Sharman was named the game's MVP after scoring ten of his fifteen points in the fourth quarter, while his teammate Bob Cousy led all scorers with 20 points.

Legend

FG
REB

Roster

Pos.	Player	Team	No. of selections
G	Bob Cousy	Boston Celtics	5th
F/C	Harry Gallatin	New York Knickerbockers	5th
C/F	Ed Macauley	Boston Celtics	5th
F/C	Dolph Schayes	Syracuse Nationals	5th
G	Paul Seymour	Syracuse Nationals	3rd
F	Paul Arizin	Philadelphia Warriors	3rd
G	Carl Braun	New York Knickerbockers	3rd
C	Neil Johnston	Philadelphia Warriors	3rd
G/F	Dick McGuire	New York Knickerbockers	4th
G	Bill Sharman	Boston Celtics	3rd
Head coach: Al Cervi (Syracuse Nationals)

Pos.	Player	Team	No. of selections
F/C	Larry Foust	Fort Wayne Pistons	5th
G	Andy Phillip	Fort Wayne Pistons	5th
F	Jim Pollard	Minneapolis Lakers	4th
G	Bobby Wanzer	Rochester Royals	4th
F/G	George Yardley	Fort Wayne Pistons	1st
F/C	Jack Coleman	Rochester Royals	1st
G	Slater Martin	Minneapolis Lakers	3rd
F/C	Vern Mikkelsen	Minneapolis Lakers	4th
F/C	Bob Pettit	Milwaukee Hawks	1st
C	Arnie Risen	Rochester Royals	4th
G/F	Frank Selvy	Milwaukee Hawks	1st
Head coach:Charles Eckman (Fort Wayne Pistons)

Eastern Division

Head Coach: Al Cervi, Syracuse Nationals

Player	Team	MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	PF	PTS
	New York Knicks	36	4	7	5	5	14	3	2	13
	Boston Celtics	35	7	14	6	7	9	5	1	20
	Syracuse Nationals	29	6	12	3	3	13	1	4	15
	Boston Celtics	27	1	5	4	5	4	2	1	6
	Syracuse Nationals	16	3	8	2	2	3	1	1	8
	New York Knicks	25	1	2	1	2	3	6	1	3
	Philadelphia Warriors	23	4	9	1	2	2	2	5	9
	Boston Celtics	18	5	10	5	5	4	2	4	15
	New York Knicks	16	4	6	0	0	2	2	2	8
	Philadelphia Warriors	15	1	7	1	1	6	1	0	3
Totals		240	36	80	28	32	60	25	21	100

Western Division

Head Coach: Charley Eckman, Fort Wayne Pistons

Player	Team	MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	PF	PTS
	Fort Wayne Pistons	28	3	4	0	0	3	6	3	6
	Minneapolis Lakers	27	7	19	3	3	4	0	1	17
	Rochester Royals	26	3	7	2	2	3	2	4	8
	Fort Wayne Pistons	24	3	10	1	1	7	1	1	7
	Fort Wayne Pistons	22	4	11	3	4	4	2	2	11
	Milwaukee Hawks	27	3	14	2	4	9	2	0	8
	Minneapolis Lakers	25	7	15	2	3	9	1	5	16
	Minneapolis Lakers	23	2	5	1	2	2	5	3	5
	Milwaukee Hawks	19	2	7	3	4	3	1	4	7
	Rochester Royals	19	2	8	2	3	6	1	0	6
	Rochester Royals	Did not play due to injury
Totals		240	36	100	19	26	50	21	23	91

References

(1994). "The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia". Villard Books.

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