The 2024 NBA All-Star Game set the record for the highest combined scoring total at halftime in All-Star Game history.
During the first half, the Eastern Conference scored 104 points while the West scored 89. For comparison, that means the East scored more points in one half than they did in the entire game in four consecutive years between 1953 and 1956.
How does this massive scoring performance between the two teams at the All-Star Game compare to other high marks in league history, though? Of course, the final score (211-186) took the pole position.
After returning to the old format of East vs. West and removing the Elam ending, all records broke. This wasn’t exactly a surprise considering even before 2024, nine of the highest-scoring NBA All-Star Games had occurred within the last 10 seasons.
Here are the updated highest-scoring totals that the NBA has ever seen in an All-Star Game:
1
2024 - Indiana
FINAL: West 186, East 211
TOTAL SCORE: 397
2
2017 - New Orleans
FINAL: West 192, East 182
TOTAL SCORE: 374
3
2016 - Toronto
FINAL: West 196, East 173
TOTAL SCORE: 369
4
2023 - Utah
FINAL: LeBron 175, Giannis 184
TOTAL SCORE: 359
5
2019 - Charlotte
FINAL: LeBron 178, Giannis 164
TOTAL SCORE: 342
6
2022 - Cleveland
FINAL: LeBron 163, Durant 160
TOTAL SCORE: 323
7
2015 - New York
FINAL: West 163, East 158
TOTAL SCORE: 321
8
2021 - Atlanta
FINAL: LeBron 170, Durant 150
TOTAL SCORE: 320
9
2014 - New Orleans
FINAL: West 155, East 163
TOTAL SCORE: 318
10
2020 - Chicago
FINAL: LeBron 157, Giannis 155
TOTAL SCORE: 312
