1970-71 Utah Stars Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 57-27
Finishing 2nd in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 12-6 Won ABA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Texas Chaparrals 4-0
Division Finals - Defeated Indiana Pacers 4-3
Finals - Defeated Kentucky Colonels 4-3
Coach: Bill Sharman (57-27)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 262,293, Avg. 6,245 in 42 home dates

1970-71 Utah Stars Roster
1970-71 Utah Stars Results

The Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 57 wins and 27 losses, finishing second in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-6.

The Stars tossed in 9,994 points and allowed 9,400. Zelmo Beaty netted a team-leading 1,744 points for Utah and contributed 1,190 rebounds. Merv Jackson dished out 225 assists for the squad.

Bill Sharman coached the team. The 1970-71 Utah Stars won the ABA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Zelmo Beaty	C	76	2915	1192	661	4	2	531	420	407	783	1190	148	196	299	1744
Willie Wise	F	82	2676	1059	491	17	5	467	312	307	500	807	204	179	297	1299
Red Robbins	F-C	82	2995	908	396	44	11	272	227	303	673	976	178	127	203	1030
George Stone	F	78	1734	808	372	157	50	156	121	94	269	363	106	72	173	915
Merv Jackson	G	65	1902	836	351	20	7	244	196	92	170	262	225	14	207	905
Glen Combs	G	44	1599	682	310	81	31	274	235	41	119	160	173	124	162	886
Mike Butler	G	71	1414	646	271	125	32	168	153	24	107	131	186	107	142	727
Ron Boone	G-F	44	1163	640	265	73	24	177	139	110	143	253	114	118	165	693
Donnie Freeman	G	24	801	428	205	4	0	189	157	66	71	137	117	79	78	567
Wayne Hightower	F-C	35	1135	427	167	1	0	179	134	103	184	287	104	84	107	468
Jeff Congdon	G	38	983	337	116	75	14	59	47	27	62	89	155	94	76	293
Dick Nemelka	G	39	504	213	82	62	20	49	32	24	35	59	57	41	60	216
Tom Workman	F-C	17	190	104	44	8	2	37	29	18	28	46	11	26	32	119
Rod McDonald	F	29	206	109	50	2	2	25	15	40	53	93	7	17	41	117
Sam Smith	F	10	43	20	6	3	1	4	2	10	3	13	4	1	8	15
Totals		734	20260	8409	3787	676	201	2831	2219	1666	3200	4866	1789	1279	2050	9994

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Zelmo Beaty	C	76	38.4	55.5	50.0	79.1	5.4	10.3	15.7	1.9	2.6	3.9	22.9
Willie Wise	F	82	32.6	46.4	29.4	66.8	3.7	6.1	9.8	2.5	2.2	3.6	15.8
Red Robbins	F-C	82	36.5	43.6	25.0	83.5	3.7	8.2	11.9	2.2	1.5	2.5	12.6
George Stone	F	78	22.2	46.0	31.8	77.6	1.2	3.4	4.7	1.4	0.9	2.2	11.7
Merv Jackson	G	65	29.3	42.0	35.0	80.3	1.4	2.6	4.0	3.5	0.2	3.2	13.9
Glen Combs	G	44	36.3	45.5	38.3	85.8	0.9	2.7	3.6	3.9	2.8	3.7	20.1
Mike Butler	G	71	19.9	42.0	25.6	91.1	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.6	1.5	2.0	10.2
Ron Boone	G-F	44	26.4	41.4	32.9	78.5	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.6	2.7	3.8	15.8
Donnie Freeman	G	24	33.4	47.9	0.0	83.1	2.8	3.0	5.7	4.9	3.3	3.3	23.6
Wayne Hightower	F-C	35	32.4	39.1	0.0	74.9	2.9	5.3	8.2	3.0	2.4	3.1	13.4
Jeff Congdon	G	38	25.9	34.4	18.7	79.7	0.7	1.6	2.3	4.1	2.5	2.0	7.7
Dick Nemelka	G	39	12.9	38.5	32.3	65.3	0.6	0.9	1.5	1.5	1.1	1.5	5.5
Tom Workman	F-C	17	11.2	42.3	25.0	78.4	1.1	1.6	2.7	0.6	1.5	1.9	7.0
Rod McDonald	F	29	7.1	45.9	100.0	60.0	1.4	1.8	3.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	4.0
Sam Smith	F	10	4.3	30.0	33.3	50.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5
Averages		734	27.6	45.0	29.7	78.4	2.3	4.4	6.6	2.4	1.7	2.8	13.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Zelmo Beaty	C	18	698	293	157		0	123	104	95	168	263	43	28	75	418
Willie Wise	F	17	691	271	139		0	116	81	57	163	220	82	49	65	359
Ron Boone	G-F	18	569	256	113		9	86	74	50	60	110	94	56	71	309
Glen Combs	G	18	639	269	109		11	85	68	29	45	74	64	47	67	297
Merv Jackson	G	18	598	237	114		3	54	43	26	53	79	109	42	47	274
Red Robbins	F-C	18	566	170	94		5	41	29	49	134	183	40	24	44	222
George Stone	F	18	424	209	84		4	41	35	28	76	104	29	21	45	207
Mike Butler	G	10	77	33	19		2	9	8	2	9	11	6	9	8	48
Dick Nemelka	G	9	51	21	7		1	5	4	2	7	9	9	4	12	19
Rod McDonald	F	5	22	11	8		1	2	1	4	9	13	2	5	3	18
Sam Smith	F	3	10	6	2		0	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	1	4
Totals		152	4345	1776	846	0	36	562	447	344	725	1069	479	285	438	2175

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Zelmo Beaty	C	18	38.8	53.6	84.6	5.3	9.3	14.6	2.4	1.6	4.2	23.2
Willie Wise	F	17	40.6	51.3	69.8	3.4	9.6	12.9	4.8	2.9	3.8	21.1
Ron Boone	G-F	18	31.6	44.1	86.0	2.8	3.3	6.1	5.2	3.1	3.9	17.2
Glen Combs	G	18	35.5	40.5	80.0	1.6	2.5	4.1	3.6	2.6	3.7	16.5
Merv Jackson	G	18	33.2	48.1	79.6	1.4	2.9	4.4	6.1	2.3	2.6	15.2
Red Robbins	F-C	18	31.4	55.3	70.7	2.7	7.4	10.2	2.2	1.3	2.4	12.3
George Stone	F	18	23.6	40.2	85.4	1.6	4.2	5.8	1.6	1.2	2.5	11.5
Mike Butler	G	10	7.7	57.6	88.9	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.9	0.8	4.8
Dick Nemelka	G	9	5.7	33.3	80.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.1
Rod McDonald	F	5	4.4	72.7	50.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	1.0	0.6	3.6
Sam Smith	F	3	3.3	33.3		0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3
Averages		734	28.6	47.6	79.5	2.3	4.8	7.0	3.2	1.9	2.9	14.3