NBA ALL STAR VOTING RESULTS 1978 – ATLANTA
Randy Smith Walter Davis Bob Lanier John Havlicek Pete Maravich was injured .Since 1975, the NBA All-Star selections have been left to the fans who vote to determine the starting five for each team. NBA coaches complete the rosters.
Until 1974, the starters per team and three bench players were chosen by sport writers and sport casters.
Until 1973, each NBA team had to be represented with at least 1 player and a maximum of 3 players.
S=Starter R=Reserve
WEST
GUARDS TM VOTES
David Thompson DEN S 321,454
Paul Westphal PHO S 264,006
Lionel Hollins POR R 179,713
Norm Van Lier
CHI
172,482
Brian Taylor
DEN
145,172
Dave Twardzik
POR
116,107
Ron Lee
PHO
97,625
Brian Winters MIL R 64,522
Quinn Buckner
MIL
59,361
Lucius Allen
KC
53,537
FORWARDS TM VOTES
Maurice Lucas POR S 307,461
Rick Barry GS S 228,413
Bobby Jones DEN R 214,430
Mickey Johnson
CHI
192,369
Bob Gross
POR
167,425
Scott May
CHI
161,589
Gar Heard
PHO
105,065
Jamaal Wilkes
LAL
76,613
Adrian Dantley
LAL
72,990
Mike Bantom
IND
46,337
CENTERS TM VOTES
Bill Walton POR S 286,995
Artis Gilmore CHI R 180,882
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
LAL
169,477
Dan Issel
DEN
167,626
Alvan Adams
PHO
123,963
EAST
GUARDS TM VOTES
Pete Maravich
NO
309,987
George Gervin SA S 201,108
Doug Collins PHI R 216,085
Walt Frazier
CLE
201,121
Billy Knight
BUF
78,091
Jo Jo White
BOS
74,864
Earl Monroe
NY
74,776
Austin Carr
CLE
65,608
John Lucas
HOU
64,442
Nate Archibald
BUF
59,825
FORWARDS TM VOTES
Julius Erving PHI S 396,503
Larry Kenon SA S 229,322
George McGinnis
PHI
146,256
Moses Malone HOU R 141,734
John Havlicek BOS S 100,650
Campy Russell
CLE
97,325
Truck Robinson NO R 77,349
Elvin Hayes WAS R 76,936
Rudy Tomjanovich
HOU
69,723
Jim Brewer
CLE
54,691
CENTERS TM VOTES
Dave Cowens BOS S 222,109
Bob McAdoo NY R 214,834
Billy Paultz
SA
198,017
Mitch Kupchak
WAS
77,365
Caldwell Jones
PHI
62,128
