1951 NBA All-Star Game

[1] Although most people, including Podoloff, were pessimistic about the idea, Brown remained confident that it would be a success.

Boston Celtics' Ed Macauley was named as the first NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award.

Vince Boryla, Ed Macauley, Dick McGuire and Dolph Schayes were unanimous selections to the Eastern team.

Frank Brian, Ralph Beard, Bob Davies, Alex Groza, George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen and Fred Schaus were unanimous selections to the Western team.

[4] Two players, Ken Murray and Arnie Risen, were named as alternates for the Eastern and Western team respectively.

[5] The alternates would be invited to the team if any of the twenty players selected failed to take part in the game.

a Ken Murray was a member of Eastern Division's Baltimore Bullets when the team was announced.

Two other players from the East, Joe Fulks and reserve Paul Arizin, scored at least 19 and 15 points respectively as their team had 46.2 field goal percentage.