1988 NBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 Total West 32 22 35 44 133 East 27 33 39 39 138
Date	February 7, 1988
Arena	Chicago Stadium
City	Chicago
MVP	Michael Jordan (East)
National anthem	Al Jarreau
Attendance	18,403
Network	CBS (All-Star Game) TBS (All-Star Saturday)
Announcers	Dick Stockton and Billy Cunningham Bob Neal, Skip Caray, Rick Barry and Steve Jones (All-Star Saturday)
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The 38th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 7, 1988, at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, home of the Chicago Bulls. It was the 38th edition of the game. It was the second NBA All-Star Game to be held in Chicago, after the 1973 game. The East won the game 138-133. Michael Jordan was named the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) after scoring a game-high 40 points.

The Eastern Conference team featured Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins, who had faced each other the preceding night in the Slam Dunk contest, along with Boston Celtics trio Larry Bird, Danny Ainge and Kevin McHale, plus Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks, Maurice Cheeks and Charles Barkley of the Philadelphia 76ers, Moses Malone of the Washington Bullets, Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons, Doc Rivers of the Atlanta Hawks, and Brad Daugherty of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Western Conference team was led by Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers, Clyde Drexler of the Portland Trail Blazers, the Utah Jazz's power forward Karl Malone and the Houston Rockets' center Akeem Olajuwon. Joining them were James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Lakers, Fat Lever and Alex English of the Denver Nuggets, Xavier McDaniel of the Seattle SuperSonics, Alvin Robertson of the San Antonio Spurs and Mark Aguirre and James Donaldson of the Dallas Mavericks. In this game, Abdul-Jabbar would become the all-time leading scorer in NBA All-Star Game history, a distinction he held for 15 years.^[1]

The Eastern Conference was coached by Mike Fratello of the Hawks, and the Western Conference by Pat Riley of the Lakers. Both the Hawks and Lakers led their respective conferences as of January 24.^[2]

The game was telecast by CBS Sports, with Dick Stockton and Billy Cunningham commentating, and Pat O'Brien and Lesley Visser reporting from the sidelines. On radio, ABC Radio broadcast their fourth consecutive All-Star game, with Lakers announcer Chick Hearn working alongside Celtics announcer Johnny Most, and the two trading roles on play-by-play and color analysis. ABC's regular NBA announcer Fred Manfra served as a sideline reporter.

^DNPSteve Johnson was unable to play due to injury. James Donaldson was selected as his replacement.

• Halftime: East, 60–54
• Third quarter: East, 99–89
• Officials: Darell Garretson and Jake O'Donnell
• Attendance: 18,403

• This game featured the East including the likes of Randy Smith, Dave Cowens, Johnny Green, Calvin Murphy, John Havlicek, Gail Goodrich, Jamaal Wilkes, Oscar Robertson, Clifford Ray and Tom Sanders
• On the West side it featured the likes of Rick Barry, Doug Collins, Dave Bing, Jerry Sloan, Zelmo Beaty, Bailey Howell, Tom Hawkins, Nate Thurmond, Dolph Schayes and Norm Van Lier.