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
