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Basketball Digest, March, 2001

1. The first All-Star Game, in 1951, was nearly called off several times for fear the game would flop. Who insisted it be played?

2. Name the four men who have coached a winning All-Star squad and been the MVP of an All-Star Game? Hints: one coach was named All-Star Game MVP while player-coaching in the NBA, and another won as a coach in the NBA and a player in the ABA.

3. Dominique Wilkins, Michael Jordan, and Harold Miner don't have much in common. Can you name the one All-Star accolade they all share?

4. Teammates share all interesting All-Star distinction. One is the only player to tally more than 100 career assists in All-Star play, and the other is the only player to score more than 100 career field goals in All-Star play. Who are they?

5. How many of the first nine All-Star Shootouts did Larry gird, Craig Hodges, or Mark Price not win?

6. Four players have career averages of 20-plus points in All-Star play. Name them.

7. If Gary Payton converts his next two free throws in All-Star play, he'll become the game's all-time free-throw percentage leaden Who will he pass in becoming No. 1?

8. Only two players have fouled out of All-Star Games twice. Who are they?

9. Who's the active career field-goal shooting percentage leader in All-Star play?

10. What were the two unprecedented things about the 1954 All-Star Game in New York?

Quick Quiz Answers

1. Then-Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown. 2. Bill Sharman was the MVP of the 1955 All-Star Game and coached the winning West squad in 1972. Larry Bird was the MVP of the 1982 All-Slat Game and coached the winning East team in 1998. Seattle player-coach Lenny Wilkens won the All-Star Game MVP in 1971 and coached the winning West squad in 1979. Larry Brown was the MVP of the first ABA All-Star Game in 1968 and coached the winning West in 1977. 3. They each have won two Slam Dunk Contests. 4. Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar s. One (1989, Dale Ellis) Es. Michael Jordan (21.3), Oscar Robertson (20.5), Bob Pettit (20.4), and Julius Erving (20.1). 7. Clyde Drexler converted 12-of-12 free throws in his All-Star career; with two wore, Payton will be 13-for-13. 8. Rick Barry and Bob Cousy. 9. Anfernee Hardaway (20-for-32, .625). 10. It was the first game to use a 24-second clock and the first to go into overtime. Photo: Brown has coached wins in the NBA ABA All-Star Games, as well as an NCAA national championship.