1959 NBA All-Star Game
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| Date | Friday, January 23, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Olympia Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Detroit | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Elgin Baylor and Bob Pettit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,541 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 NBA All Star Game was the ninth NBA All-Star Game. It was held on January 23, 1959, at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, home of the Detroit Pistons.
The coaches were the Boston Celtics' Red Auerbach for the East and the St. Louis Hawks' Ed Macauley for the West, as both teams had led their respective divisions prior to the game. The West won the game 124–108. Elgin Baylor and Bob Pettit were named the Most Valuable Players, marking the first time in league history that two players shared the award in the same game.