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{{Short description|Exhibition basketball game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox NBA All-Star Game
| name            = 1981 NBA All-Star Game
| image           = 
| visitor         = '''[[Eastern Conference (NBA)|East]]'''
| home            = [[Western Conference (NBA)|West]]
| visitor_total   = 123
| home_total      = 120
| visitor_qtr1    = 23
| visitor_qtr2    = 39
| visitor_qtr3    = 36
| visitor_qtr4    = 26
| home_qtr1       = 27
| home_qtr2       = 31
| home_qtr3       = 30
| home_qtr4       = 32
| date            = February 1, 1981
| arena           = [[Richfield Coliseum]]
| city            = [[Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio|Richfield]]
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| attendance      = 20,239
| MVP             = [[Nate Archibald]]
| anthem          = 
| halftime        = 
| network         = [[NBA on CBS|CBS]]
| announcers      = [[Gary Bender]] (Play by Play) <br> [[Bill Russell]] and [[Rick Barry]] (Color)<br>[[Hot Rod Hundley]] (Sideline)  
| west_pattern_b  =
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| prev_year       = [[1980 NBA All-Star Game|1980]]
| next_year       = [[1982 NBA All-Star Game|1982]]
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The '''1981 NBA All-Star Game''' was an [[exhibition game|exhibition]] [[basketball]] game which was played February 1, 1981, at the [[Richfield Coliseum]] in [[Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio|Richfield, Ohio]]. This was the 31st edition of the [[National Basketball Association]] [[NBA All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] and was played during the [[1980–81 NBA season]]. Coaches: [[Billy Cunningham]], Philadelphia 76ers (Eastern Conference) and [[John MacLeod (basketball)|John MacLeod]], Phoenix Suns (Western Conference); MVP: [[Nate Archibald]], Boston (25 minutes, 9 points and 9 assists).

Injury replacements: Eastern Conference — Cleveland forward [[Mike Mitchell (NBA)|Mike Mitchell]] for Atlanta forward [[Dan Roundfield]] (right calf); Western Conference — none.

==Team rosters==

===Western Conference===
 {| cellpadding=5
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|'''Player, Team'''|| '''MIN'''||'''FGM'''||'''FGA'''||'''FTM'''||'''FTA'''||	'''REB'''||'''AST'''||'''PTS'''
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| [[Walter Davis (basketball)|Walter Davis]], PHO || 22 || 5 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 7 || 1 || 12
|-
|| [[Adrian Dantley]], UTA || 21 || 3 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 8
|-
|| [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], LA || 23 || 6 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 15
|-
|| [[Paul Westphal]], SEA || 25 || 8 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 19
|-
|| [[George Gervin]], SA || 24 || 5 || 9 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 11
|-
|| [[Jamaal Wilkes]], LA || 25 || 6 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 8 || 3 || 15
|-
|| [[Moses Malone]], HOU || 22 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 3 || 8
|-
|| [[Truck Robinson]], PHO || 21 || 3 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 6
|-
|| [[Jack Sikma]], SEA || 21 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 4 || 6
|-
|| [[Dennis Johnson]], PHO || 24 || 5 || 8 || 9 || 10 || 2 || 1 || 19
|-
|| [[Otis Birdsong]], KC || 12 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 46 || 90 || 28 || 33 || 51 || 22 || 120
|-
|}

===Eastern Conference===
 {| cellpadding=5
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|'''Player, Team'''|| '''MIN'''||'''FGM'''||'''FGA'''||'''FTM'''||'''FTA'''||	'''REB'''||'''AST'''||'''PTS'''
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| [[Larry Bird]], BOS || 18 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 2
|-
|| [[Julius Erving]], PHI || 29 || 6 || 15 || 6 || 7 || 3 || 2 || 18
|-
|| [[Artis Gilmore]], CHI || 19 || 5 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 2 || 11
|-
|| [[Edward "Fast Eddie" Johnson Jr.|Eddie Johnson]], ATL || 28 || 7 || 12 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 16
|-
|| [[Reggie Theus]], CHI || 19 || 4 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 8
|-
|| [[Nate Archibald]], BOS || 25 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 9 || 9
|-
|| [[Robert Parish]], BOS || 25 || 5 || 18 || 6 || 6 || 10 || 2 || 16
|-
|| [[Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)|Bobby Jones]], PHI || 16 || 5 || 11 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 11
|-
|| [[Marques Johnson]], MIL || 19 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 7
|-
|| [[Micheal Ray Richardson]], NY || 24 || 5 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 3 || 11
|-
|| [[Mike Mitchell (NBA)|Mike Mitchell]], CLE || 15 || 6 || 12 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 14
|-
|| [[Dan Roundfield]], ATL (injured)
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 49 || 103 || 25 || 32 || 48 || 30 || 123
|-
|}

==Score by periods==
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|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|'''Score by periods:'''|| '''1'''||'''2'''||'''3'''||'''4'''||'''Final'''
|-
|| Western Conference || 27 || 31 || 30 || 32 || 120
|-
|| Eastern Conference || 23 || 38 || 36 || 26 || 123
|-
|}

*Halftime— East, 61–58
*Third Quarter— East, 97–88
*Officials: [[Paul Mihalak]] and [[Darell Garretson]].
*Attendance: 20,239.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071215151128/http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/boxscore_1981.html 1981 NBA All Star Game Box Score]
* [http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/recap_1981.html 1981 NBA All Star Game Recap]

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