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1956 NBA All-Star Game

Exhibition basketball game

Field	Value
name	1956 NBA All-Star Game
visitor	West
home	East
visitor_total	108
home_total	94
visitor_qtr1	17
visitor_qtr2	26
visitor_qtr3	41
visitor_qtr4	24
home_qtr1	24
home_qtr2	16
home_qtr3	24
home_qtr4	30
date	Tuesday, January 24, 1956
arena	Rochester War Memorial Coliseum
city	Rochester
referee	Arnie Heft and Lou Eisenstein
attendance	8,517
MVP	Bob Pettit
network	WPIX
announcers	Bud Palmer, Jimmy Powers and Kevin Kennedy
prev_year	[1955](1955-nba-all-star-game)
next_year	[1957](1957-nba-all-star-game)

The 1956 NBA All Star Game was the sixth NBA All-Star Game.

Legend

FG
REB

Roster

Pos.	Player	Team	No. of selections
F/C	Larry Foust	Fort Wayne Pistons	6th
F/C	Mel Hutchins	Fort Wayne Pistons	3rd
G	Slater Martin	Minneapolis Lakers	4th
G	Bobby Wanzer	Rochester Royals	5th
F/G	George Yardley	Fort Wayne Pistons	2nd
G	Bob Harrison	St. Louis Hawks	1st
C	Clyde Lovellette	Minneapolis Lakers	1st
F/C	Vern Mikkelsen	Minneapolis Lakers	5th
F/C	Bob Pettit	St. Louis Hawks	2nd
F/C	Maurice Stokes	Rochester Royals	1st
Head coach: Charles Eckman (Fort Wayne Pistons)

Pos.	Player	Team	No. of selections
F	Paul Arizin	Philadelphia Warriors	4th
G	Bob Cousy	Boston Celtics	6th
C	Neil Johnston	Philadelphia Warriors	4th
G	Dick McGuire	New York Knickerbockers	5th
F/C	Dolph Schayes	Syracuse Nationals	6th
G	Carl Braun	New York Knickerbockers	4th
F/C	Harry Gallatin	New York Knickerbockers	6th
G	Jack George	Philadelphia Warriors	1st
C	Red Kerr	Syracuse Nationals	1st
F/C	Ed Macauley	Boston Celtics	6th
G	Bill Sharman	Boston Celtics	4th
Head coach:George Senesky (Philadelphia Warriors)

Western Division

Head Coach: Charley Eckman, Fort Wayne Pistons

Player	Team	MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	PF	PTS
	Minneapolis Lakers	29	3	7	3	3	1	7	5	9
	Fort Wayne Pistons	27	5	11	1	2	4	0	0	11
	Rochester Royals	25	4	8	5	6	5	2	4	13
	Fort Wayne Pistons	20	3	9	3	4	4	0	1	9
	Fort Wayne Pistons	19	3	7	2	3	6	1	1	8
	St. Louis Hawks	31	7	17	6	7	24	7	4	20
	St. Louis Hawks	25	2	7	1	2	0	1	4	5
	Minneapolis Lakers	22	5	13	6	7	9	2	4	16
	Rochester Royals	20	4	11	2	5	16	2	5	10
	Minneapolis Lakers	20	3	10	1	3	10	0	4	7
Totals		240	39	100	30	42	79	22	32	108

Eastern Division

Head Coach: George Senesky, Philadelphia Warriors

Player	Team	MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	PF	PTS
	New York Knicks	29	2	9	2	5	0	3	1	6
	Philadelphia Warriors	28	5	13	3	5	7	1	6	13
	Philadelphia Warriors	25	5	9	7	11	10	1	3	17
	Syracuse Nationals	25	4	8	6	10	4	2	2	14
	Boston Celtics	24	2	8	3	4	7	2	6	7
	New York Knicks	30	5	12	6	7	5	2	4	16
	Boston Celtics	24	2	8	3	4	7	2	6	7
	Philadelphia Warriors	21	2	7	2	2	3	2	1	6
	Boston Celtics	20	1	9	2	4	2	3	3	4
	Syracuse Nationals	16	2	4	0	1	8	0	2	4
	New York Knicks	Did not play due to injury
Totals		240	30	87	34	53	53	18	34	94

References

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