1971-1972 Utah Stars: 60-24 .714
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 32-9 (5103 points scored, 4726 allowed) Road record: 26-14 (4411 points scored, 4336 allowed) Other sites: 2-1 (378 points scored, 350 allowed) Head Coach: LaDell Andersen 9892 points scored (3rd of 11 teams), 9412 points allowed (4th) ABA Averages: 113.5 points/game (9538.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School John Beasley 6'9 225 27 Texas A&M Zelmo Beaty 6'9 225 32 Prairie View A&M Ron Boone 6'2 200 25 Idaho State Mike Butler 6'2 170 25 Memphis Glen Combs 6'2 185 25 Virginia Tech Bobby Fields 6'2 175 22 La Salle Rick Fisher 6'5 215 23 Colorado State Ira Harge 6'9 225 30 New Mexico Merv Jackson 6'3 175 25 Utah Jimmy Jones 6'4 188 26 Grambling State Manny Leaks 6'8 225 26 Niagara Rod McDonald 6'6 205 26 Whitworth Red Robbins 6'8 190 27 Tennessee George Stone 6'7 195 25 Marshall Willie Wise 6'5 210 24 Drake Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Zelmo Beaty 84 3133 729 1353 0 7 522 630 355 755 1110 125 223 315 1980 23.6 F Willie Wise 84 3300 743 1471 6 18 459 633 282 612 894 286 282 299 1951 23.2 G Glen Combs 84 2906 483 1109 103 254 319 380 52 163 215 306 191 255 1388 16.5 G Jimmy Jones 78 2903 462 903 1 6 282 362 92 285 377 485 270 252 1207 15.5 G Ron Boone 84 2040 404 962 13 65 271 341 163 230 393 233 215 274 1092 13.0 F Red Robbins 78 2567 379 752 29 71 167 201 216 495 711 124 86 171 954 12.2 G Merv Jackson 52 1136 185 412 5 15 92 109 48 75 123 155 88 150 467 9.0 F John Beasley 58 617 90 199 8 23 37 46 70 130 200 26 24 81 225 3.9 C Manny Leaks 42 575 92 251 0 0 39 65 83 110 193 25 29 71 223 5.3 C Ira Harge 31 455 58 118 0 0 20 27 48 106 154 31 35 76 136 4.4 F Rod McDonald 33 231 34 76 0 2 27 37 32 42 74 18 23 40 95 2.9 G Bobby Fields 22 124 22 48 2 7 8 13 16 14 30 20 21 33 54 2.5 F George Stone 8 142 21 48 1 4 9 11 7 16 23 4 6 17 52 6.5 G Mike Butler 14 97 14 36 3 9 6 7 4 6 10 13 12 18 37 2.6 F Rick Fisher 9 59 15 29 0 0 1 1 11 17 28 3 3 8 31 3.4
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 04/01/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 106-96 04/03/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 113-107 04/05/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals W 96-89 04/07/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals W 103-99 -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 04/15/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 108-100 04/17/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 117-109 04/19/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 111-116 04/22/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 108-118 04/24/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 139-130 04/26/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 99-105 05/01/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 113-117 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Willie Wise 11 458 112 199 0 1 54 80 128 33 38 44 278 25.3 G Jimmy Jones 11 435 93 172 0 0 45 63 44 69 37 40 231 21.0 C Zelmo Beaty 11 443 74 134 0 0 73 88 154 24 31 43 221 20.1 G Glen Combs 11 317 56 116 8 22 26 38 20 27 21 37 146 13.3 G Ron Boone 11 209 50 105 1 5 25 29 24 26 24 30 126 11.5 G Merv Jackson 11 267 34 77 0 0 15 18 26 26 16 40 83 7.5 F Red Robbins 9 227 20 56 0 6 13 16 61 14 5 12 53 5.9 F John Beasley 9 168 18 34 1 6 5 5 52 9 2 21 42 4.7 C Ira Harge 10 106 11 25 0 0 5 7 40 8 8 23 27 2.7 F Rod McDonald 1 10 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 6.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1971 vs Denver Rockets W 135-121 1-0 10/15/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 116-106 2-0 10/19/1971 vs Carolina Cougars W 150-93 3-0 10/21/1971 vs Indiana Pacers L 122-125 3-1 10/22/1971 at New York Nets L 100-111 3-2 10/23/1971 at Carolina Cougars L 99-101 3-3 10/24/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 119-116 4-3 10/26/1971 at Dallas Chaparrals W 131-116 5-3 10/27/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 104-98 6-3 10/29/1971 vs Indiana Pacers L 109-121 6-4 11/02/1971 vs Virginia Squires L 119-122 6-5 11/04/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors L 129-135 6-6 11/06/1971 at Indiana Pacers W 108-107 7-6 11/09/1971 at Memphis Pros W 93-90 8-6 11/10/1971 vs New York Nets W 127-110 9-6 11/11/1971 at Denver Rockets W 112-106 10-6 11/13/1971 vs Memphis Pros L 116-125 10-7 11/17/1971 vs Indiana Pacers W 113-111 11-7 11/20/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 103-99 12-7 11/23/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 114-112 13-7 11/24/1971 at Virginia Squires W 120-113 14-7 11/26/1971 at Carolina Cougars W 124-115 15-7 11/27/1971 at Kentucky Colonels W 111-106 16-7 11/30/1971 vs The Floridians W 127-114 17-7 12/02/1971 at The Floridians W 98-93 18-7 12/03/1971 at Memphis Pros L 114-117 18-8 12/06/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels W 104-100 19-8 12/08/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 116-97 20-8 12/10/1971 vs Denver Rockets W 110-102 21-8 12/11/1971 vs New York Nets W 109-82 22-8 12/13/1971 vs Carolina Cougars L 115-124 22-9 12/17/1971 vs Denver Rockets W 136-109 23-9 12/21/1971 at Dallas Chaparrals W 106-96 24-9 12/23/1971 at Memphis Pros W 112-104 25-9 12/25/1971 vs Indiana Pacers W 150-129 26-9 12/29/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 106-102 27-9 12/30/1971 at Denver Rockets W 103-98 28-9 12/31/1971 at Dallas Chaparrals W 115-103 29-9 01/02/1972 at The Floridians L 113-119 29-10 01/04/1972 at Memphis Pros W 114-89 30-10 01/05/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 123-129 30-11 01/07/1972 vs The Floridians W 124-108 31-11 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 96-107 31-12 01/09/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 97-100 31-13 01/11/1972 at New York Nets L 104-110 31-14 01/13/1972 at Virginia Squires W 128-119 32-14 01/16/1972 at Denver Rockets L 102-110 32-15 01/19/1972 vs Memphis Pros W 143-118 33-15 01/21/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 116-129 33-16 01/22/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 113-119 33-17 01/23/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 94-130 33-18 01/25/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 136-135 34-18 01/27/1972 vs Memphis Pros W 127-120 35-18 01/31/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 135-115 36-18 02/02/1972 vs Denver Rockets L 116-122 36-19 02/04/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 121-110 37-19 02/08/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 99-102 37-20 02/09/1972 at Pittsburgh Condors W 154-131 38-20 02/11/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 119-115 39-20 02/12/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 127-116 40-20 02/14/1972 vs The Floridians W 134-112 41-20 02/15/1972 at Memphis Pros W 118-99 42-20 02/16/1972 at New York Nets W 119-114 43-20 02/21/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 149-140 44-20 02/23/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 133-116 45-20 02/25/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 117-107 46-20 02/29/1972 at Memphis Pros W 125-115 47-20 03/01/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 98-111 47-21 03/02/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 123-121 48-21 03/04/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 136-130 49-21 03/07/1972 at Denver Rockets W 116-108 50-21 03/08/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 114-113 51-21 03/10/1972 vs Memphis Pros W 129-112 52-21 03/11/1972 at Virginia Squires W 111-110 53-21 03/12/1972 at Carolina Cougars W 123-111 54-21 03/15/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 109-108 55-21 03/16/1972 at The Floridians L 106-116 55-22 03/18/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 110-117 55-23 03/19/1972 at Denver Rockets W 125-113 56-23 03/21/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 132-120 57-23 03/23/1972 vs Memphis Pros W 137-117 58-23 03/25/1972 vs New York Nets W 125-113 59-23 03/28/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 95-98 59-24 03/29/1972 at Denver Rockets W 112-109 60-24 |