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1976 ABA All-Star Game

Exhibition basketball game

Field	Value
name	1976 ABA All-Star Game
visitor	*Denver*
home	ABA All-Stars
visitor_total	144
home_total	138
visitor_per1	32
visitor_per2	23
visitor_per3	37
visitor_per4	52
home_per1	31
home_per2	25
home_per3	41
home_per4	41
date	January 27, 1976
arena	McNichols Sports Arena
city	Denver, Colorado
referee	{{unbulleted list
attendance	17,798
MVP	David Thompson
previous	[1975](1975-aba-all-star-game)
next	none

|Norm Drucker |Ed Middleton The 1976 ABA All Star Game was the ninth and final American Basketball Association All-Star Game, played at McNichols Arena in Denver, Colorado, on January 27, 1976. This time, the league abandoned the usual East vs. West format it used from the 1967–68 season onward and instead had the league's first-place team at the All Star break face off against a team of ABA All Stars. The change was decided given the league's reduction from ten to seven teams and from two divisions to only one. By the time the ABA entered the All-Star break, the Denver Nuggets were in first place within the entire league,

The 12 All-Stars originally selected included the Nuggets' David Thompson, Bobby Jones, and Ralph Simpson. Coaches replaced them on the all-star squad with Maurice Lucas of Kentucky, Larry Kenon of the San Antonio Spurs, and Don Buse of the Indiana Pacers.

Pre-game entertainment was provided by Glen Campbell and Charlie Rich.

Halftime of the All Star Game saw the first-ever Slam Dunk Contest, which was won by Julius Erving of the New York Nets (who took off from the free throw line for one of his dunks) over Denver's Thompson, Artis Gilmore of Kentucky, and both George Gervin and Larry Kenon of San Antonio. The National Basketball Association later adopted the Slam Dunk Contest as part of its All-Star Game events starting in 1984 (also hosted by the Denver Nuggets). Denver's 52 fourth quarter points was a record for an ABA All-Star Game and capped a 144–138 comeback win. It was the highest-scoring game in ABA All-Star history. Thompson was named the MVP.

This was the final ABA All Star Game, due to the ABA–NBA merger in June 1976.

All-Stars

Denver Nuggets

Score by period

Halftime — All-Stars, 56–55
Third Quarter — All-Stars, 97–92
Officials: Norm Drucker and Ed Middleton
Attendance: 17,798

References

(1989). "The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia". Villar Books.
(January 20, 1976). "Erving, Gilmore head ABA's All-Star team". Fort Collins Coloradoan.
which was convenient for the ABA and secretly what they were hoping for as the Nuggets had also been selected to host the game at the [[McNichols Arena]] back when the ABA was projected to have ten competitive teams in two divisions yet again. [[Kevin Loughery]] of the [[New York Nets]] coached the All-Stars while [[Larry Brown (basketball). Larry Brown]] led the [[Denver Nuggets]]. This was the second year in a row that Loughery and Brown coached against each other in the ABA All-Star Game. (The Nuggets went on to finish the regular season in first place at 60-24 (.714), but after beating the [[Kentucky Colonels]] 4 games to 3 in the [[1976 ABA Playoffs. ABA Semifinals]] the Nuggets lost in the [[1976 ABA Finals]] to the [[New York Nets]], 4 games to 2.)[http://www.remembertheaba.com/PlayoffPages/1976Playoffs.html Remember the ABA: 1975-76 Regular Season Standings and Playoff Results] {{webarchive. link. (2010-11-29)
[http://www.remembertheaba.com/ABAAllStarGames/AllStar.html Remember the ABA: American Basketball Association All-Star Games] {{webarchive. link. (December 21, 2008)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8avS95Hs8A&list=PLy1DU4ZsrZT-b6hHraxW_Cnt5_0M6G1An#t=1457 Dr. J dunks]
[http://www.nba.com/allstar2005/dunkcontest_76.html The One That Started It All]

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