The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East, and Fred Schaus for the West.
At game time, the East Division's top three teams, Boston, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, had the three best records in the league, with New York trailing far behind.
This led East Coach Red Auerbach to name Cincinnati's Adrian Smith as a reserve and not New York's sharpshooting Dick Barnett, a source of some controversy at the time.
The home crowd rallied behind Smith as he emerged as the game's star.
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