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1970-71 Utah Stars Roster and Stats

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Record: 57-27, Finished 2nd in ABA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Sharman (57-27)

PTS/G: 119.0 (6th of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.9 (3rd of 11)
SRS: 6.59 (1st of 11)
Expected W-L: 59-25 (1st of 11)

Arena: Salt Palace ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Won ABA Finals (4-3) versus Kentucky Colonels
Won ABA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Indiana Pacers
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Texas Chaparrals

ABA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
31 Zelmo Beaty C 6-9 225 October 25, 1939 7 Prairie View A&M University
24 Ron Boone SG 6-2 200 September 6, 1946 2 Idaho State University
12 Mike Butler SG 6-2 170 October 22, 1946 2 University of Memphis
40 Glen Combs SG 6-2 185 October 30, 1946 2 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
23 Jeffrey Congdon PG 6-1 180 October 17, 1943 3 Brigham Young University
20 Donnie Freeman SG 6-3 185 July 18, 1944 3 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
35 Wayne Hightower PF 6-8 192 January 14, 1940 8 University of Kansas
10 Mervin Jackson PG 6-3 175 August 15, 1946 2 University of Utah
14 Roderick McDonald PF 6-6 205 April 9, 1945 R Whitworth
11 Dick Nemelka SG 6-0 175 October 1, 1943 R Brigham Young University
21 Red Robbins PF 6-8 190 September 30, 1944 3 University of Tennessee
54 Sam Smith SF 6-7 230 January 27, 1944 3 Kentucky Wesleyan College
33 George Stone SF 6-7 195 February 9, 1946 2 Marshall University
42 Willie Wise SF 6-5 210 March 3, 1947 1 Drake University
22 Tom Workman F-C 6-7 218 November 14, 1944 3 Seattle University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 84 20260 3787 8409 .450 201 676 .297 2219 2831 .784 1666 3200 4866 1789 1405 2050 9994 119.0
Lg Rank 7 8 6 8 3 3 7 2 5 1 4 1 1 8 1 9 6 6
Opponent 84 20260 3652 8478 .431 181 631 .287 1915 2575 .744 4655 1921 1442 2222 9400 111.9
Lg Rank 7 3 8 1 9 11 3 3 3 3 7 8 11 9 3 3

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 59 25 7.07 -0.48 6.60 .462 12.7 .264 .441 13.0 .226 Salt Palace
Lg Rank 1 1 1 10 1 6 1 3 1 11 4

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Zelmo Beaty 31 76 2915 661 1192 .555 2 4 .500 420 531 .791 407 783 1190 148 196 299 1744
2 Willie Wise 23 82 2676 491 1059 .464 5 17 .294 312 467 .668 307 500 807 204 179 297 1299
3 Red Robbins 26 82 2995 396 908 .436 11 44 .250 227 272 .835 303 673 976 178 127 203 1030
4 George Stone 24 78 1734 372 808 .460 50 157 .318 121 156 .776 94 269 363 106 72 173 915
5 Mervin Jackson 24 65 1902 351 836 .420 7 20 .350 196 244 .803 92 170 262 225 140 207 905
6 Glen Combs 24 44 1599 310 682 .455 31 81 .383 235 274 .858 41 119 160 173 124 162 886
7 Mike Butler 24 71 1414 271 646 .420 32 125 .256 153 168 .911 24 107 131 186 107 142 727
8 Ron Boone 24 44 1163 265 640 .414 24 73 .329 139 177 .785 110 143 253 114 118 165 693
9 Donnie Freeman 26 24 801 205 428 .479 0 4 .000 157 189 .831 66 71 137 117 79 78 567
10 Wayne Hightower 31 35 1135 167 427 .391 0 1 .000 134 179 .749 103 184 287 104 84 107 468
11 Jeffrey Congdon 27 38 983 116 337 .344 14 75 .187 47 59 .797 27 62 89 155 94 76 293
12 Dick Nemelka 27 39 504 82 213 .385 20 62 .323 32 49 .653 24 35 59 57 41 60 216
13 Tom Workman 26 17 190 44 104 .423 2 8 .250 29 37 .784 18 28 46 11 26 32 119
14 Roderick McDonald 25 29 206 50 109 .459 2 2 1.000 15 25 .600 40 53 93 7 17 41 117
15 Sam Smith 27 10 43 6 20 .300 1 3 .333 2 4 .500 10 3 13 4 1 8 15

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Donnie Freeman 26 24 33.4 8.5 17.8 .479 0.0 0.2 .000 6.5 7.9 .831 2.8 3.0 5.7 4.9 3.3 3.3 23.6
2 Zelmo Beaty 31 76 38.4 8.7 15.7 .555 0.0 0.1 .500 5.5 7.0 .791 5.4 10.3 15.7 1.9 2.6 3.9 22.9
3 Glen Combs 24 44 36.3 7.0 15.5 .455 0.7 1.8 .383 5.3 6.2 .858 0.9 2.7 3.6 3.9 2.8 3.7 20.1
4 Ron Boone 24 44 26.4 6.0 14.5 .414 0.5 1.7 .329 3.2 4.0 .785 2.5 3.3 5.8 2.6 2.7 3.8 15.8
5 Willie Wise 23 82 32.6 6.0 12.9 .464 0.1 0.2 .294 3.8 5.7 .668 3.7 6.1 9.8 2.5 2.2 3.6 15.8
6 Mervin Jackson 24 65 29.3 5.4 12.9 .420 0.1 0.3 .350 3.0 3.8 .803 1.4 2.6 4.0 3.5 2.2 3.2 13.9
7 Wayne Hightower 31 35 32.4 4.8 12.2 .391 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 5.1 .749 2.9 5.3 8.2 3.0 2.4 3.1 13.4
8 Red Robbins 26 82 36.5 4.8 11.1 .436 0.1 0.5 .250 2.8 3.3 .835 3.7 8.2 11.9 2.2 1.5 2.5 12.6
9 George Stone 24 78 22.2 4.8 10.4 .460 0.6 2.0 .318 1.6 2.0 .776 1.2 3.4 4.7 1.4 0.9 2.2 11.7
10 Mike Butler 24 71 19.9 3.8 9.1 .420 0.5 1.8 .256 2.2 2.4 .911 0.3 1.5 1.8 2.6 1.5 2.0 10.2
11 Jeffrey Congdon 27 38 25.9 3.1 8.9 .344 0.4 2.0 .187 1.2 1.6 .797 0.7 1.6 2.3 4.1 2.5 2.0 7.7
12 Tom Workman 26 17 11.2 2.6 6.1 .423 0.1 0.5 .250 1.7 2.2 .784 1.1 1.6 2.7 0.6 1.5 1.9 7.0
13 Dick Nemelka 27 39 12.9 2.1 5.5 .385 0.5 1.6 .323 0.8 1.3 .653 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.5 1.1 1.5 5.5
14 Roderick McDonald 25 29 7.1 1.7 3.8 .459 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.5 0.9 .600 1.4 1.8 3.2 0.2 0.6 1.4 4.0
15 Sam Smith 27 10 4.3 0.6 2.0 .300 0.1 0.3 .333 0.2 0.4 .500 1.0 0.3 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.5

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Donnie Freeman 26 24 801 9.2 19.2 .479 0.0 0.2 .000 7.1 8.5 .831 3.0 3.2 6.2 5.3 3.6 3.5 25.5
2 Tom Workman 26 17 190 8.3 19.7 .423 0.4 1.5 .250 5.5 7.0 .784 3.4 5.3 8.7 2.1 4.9 6.1 22.5
3 Zelmo Beaty 31 76 2915 8.2 14.7 .555 0.0 0.0 .500 5.2 6.6 .791 5.0 9.7 14.7 1.8 2.4 3.7 21.5
4 Ron Boone 24 44 1163 8.2 19.8 .414 0.7 2.3 .329 4.3 5.5 .785 3.4 4.4 7.8 3.5 3.7 5.1 21.5
5 Roderick McDonald 25 29 206 8.7 19.0 .459 0.3 0.3 1.000 2.6 4.4 .600 7.0 9.3 16.3 1.2 3.0 7.2 20.4
6 Glen Combs 24 44 1599 7.0 15.4 .455 0.7 1.8 .383 5.3 6.2 .858 0.9 2.7 3.6 3.9 2.8 3.6 19.9
7 George Stone 24 78 1734 7.7 16.8 .460 1.0 3.3 .318 2.5 3.2 .776 2.0 5.6 7.5 2.2 1.5 3.6 19.0
8 Mike Butler 24 71 1414 6.9 16.4 .420 0.8 3.2 .256 3.9 4.3 .911 0.6 2.7 3.3 4.7 2.7 3.6 18.5
9 Willie Wise 23 82 2676 6.6 14.2 .464 0.1 0.2 .294 4.2 6.3 .668 4.1 6.7 10.9 2.7 2.4 4.0 17.5
10 Mervin Jackson 24 65 1902 6.6 15.8 .420 0.1 0.4 .350 3.7 4.6 .803 1.7 3.2 5.0 4.3 2.6 3.9 17.1
11 Dick Nemelka 27 39 504 5.9 15.2 .385 1.4 4.4 .323 2.3 3.5 .653 1.7 2.5 4.2 4.1 2.9 4.3 15.4
12 Wayne Hightower 31 35 1135 5.3 13.5 .391 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.7 .749 3.3 5.8 9.1 3.3 2.7 3.4 14.8
13 Sam Smith 27 10 43 5.0 16.7 .300 0.8 2.5 .333 1.7 3.3 .500 8.4 2.5 10.9 3.3 0.8 6.7 12.6
14 Red Robbins 26 82 2995 4.8 10.9 .436 0.1 0.5 .250 2.7 3.3 .835 3.6 8.1 11.7 2.1 1.5 2.4 12.4
15 Jeffrey Congdon 27 38 983 4.2 12.3 .344 0.5 2.7 .187 1.7 2.2 .797 1.0 2.3 3.3 5.7 3.4 2.8 10.7

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Zelmo Beaty 31 76 2915 25.2 .612 .555 17.4 7.2 12.1 20.4 10.1 6.0 16.0 .264
2 Willie Wise 23 82 2676 17.3 .514 .466 12.8 10.1 12.4 19.8 2.7 4.8 7.5 .134
3 Red Robbins 26 82 2995 15.0 .501 .442 13.9 7.4 11.0 14.1 1.5 5.4 6.9 .111
4 Glen Combs 24 44 1599 16.1 .552 .477 4.3 14.6 13.4 21.2 3.3 2.0 5.3 .159
5 George Stone 24 78 1734 17.0 .522 .491 8.9 8.5 7.6 20.0 2.2 2.5 4.6 .128
6 Donnie Freeman 26 24 801 23.4 .555 .479 7.3 21.5 13.4 27.0 2.2 1.3 3.5 .211
7 Mike Butler 24 71 1414 14.1 .505 .444 3.9 17.7 12.9 21.4 1.2 1.9 3.1 .107
8 Mervin Jackson 24 65 1902 13.1 .480 .424 5.9 15.8 12.9 20.9 0.4 2.7 3.1 .079
9 Ron Boone 24 44 1163 15.5 .483 .433 9.3 13.9 14.1 26.3 0.4 1.9 2.3 .093
10 Wayne Hightower 31 35 1135 13.1 .463 .391 10.8 11.6 14.2 19.0 -0.2 1.9 1.7 .072
11 Dick Nemelka 27 39 504 9.8 .460 .432 5.0 14.7 14.9 20.0 -0.1 0.7 0.5 .052
12 Roderick McDonald 25 29 206 18.5 .488 .468 19.2 4.9 12.4 24.4 0.1 0.4 0.5 .121
13 Tom Workman 26 17 190 13.6 .495 .433 10.3 8.2 17.8 28.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 .106
14 Jeffrey Congdon 27 38 983 6.2 .404 .365 3.9 19.3 20.6 17.0 -1.2 1.4 0.2 .011
15 Sam Smith 27 10 43 11.0 .345 .325 12.9 11.7 4.4 19.4 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.067

Playoffs Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Zelmo Beaty 31 18 698 157 293 .536 0 0 104 123 .846 95 168 263 43 28 75 418
2 Willie Wise 23 17 691 139 271 .513 0 2 .000 81 116 .698 57 163 220 82 49 65 359
3 Ron Boone 24 18 569 113 256 .441 9 27 .333 74 86 .860 50 60 110 94 56 71 309
4 Glen Combs 24 18 639 109 269 .405 11 31 .355 68 85 .800 29 45 74 64 47 67 297
5 Mervin Jackson 24 18 598 114 237 .481 3 8 .375 43 54 .796 26 53 79 109 42 47 274
6 Red Robbins 26 18 566 94 170 .553 5 11 .455 29 41 .707 49 134 183 40 24 44 222
7 George Stone 24 18 424 84 209 .402 4 28 .143 35 41 .854 28 76 104 29 21 45 207
8 Mike Butler 24 10 77 19 33 .576 2 8 .250 8 9 .889 2 9 11 6 9 8 48
9 Dick Nemelka 27 9 51 7 21 .333 1 9 .111 4 5 .800 2 7 9 9 4 12 19
10 Roderick McDonald 25 5 22 8 11 .727 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 4 9 13 2 5 3 18
11 Sam Smith 27 3 10 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 4

Playoffs Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Zelmo Beaty 31 18 38.8 8.7 16.3 .536 0.0 0.0 5.8 6.8 .846 5.3 9.3 14.6 2.4 1.6 4.2 23.2
2 Willie Wise 23 17 40.6 8.2 15.9 .513 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.8 .698 3.4 9.6 12.9 4.8 2.9 3.8 21.1
3 Ron Boone 24 18 31.6 6.3 14.2 .441 0.5 1.5 .333 4.1 4.8 .860 2.8 3.3 6.1 5.2 3.1 3.9 17.2
4 Glen Combs 24 18 35.5 6.1 14.9 .405 0.6 1.7 .355 3.8 4.7 .800 1.6 2.5 4.1 3.6 2.6 3.7 16.5
5 Mervin Jackson 24 18 33.2 6.3 13.2 .481 0.2 0.4 .375 2.4 3.0 .796 1.4 2.9 4.4 6.1 2.3 2.6 15.2
6 Red Robbins 26 18 31.4 5.2 9.4 .553 0.3 0.6 .455 1.6 2.3 .707 2.7 7.4 10.2 2.2 1.3 2.4 12.3
7 George Stone 24 18 23.6 4.7 11.6 .402 0.2 1.6 .143 1.9 2.3 .854 1.6 4.2 5.8 1.6 1.2 2.5 11.5
8 Mike Butler 24 10 7.7 1.9 3.3 .576 0.2 0.8 .250 0.8 0.9 .889 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.8 4.8
9 Roderick McDonald 25 5 4.4 1.6 2.2 .727 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.2 0.4 .500 0.8 1.8 2.6 0.4 1.0 0.6 3.6
10 Dick Nemelka 27 9 5.7 0.8 2.3 .333 0.1 1.0 .111 0.4 0.6 .800 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.4 1.3 2.1
11 Sam Smith 27 3 3.3 0.7 2.0 .333 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Roderick McDonald 25 5 22 13.1 18.0 .727 1.6 1.6 1.000 1.6 3.3 .500 6.5 14.7 21.3 3.3 8.2 4.9 29.5
2 Mike Butler 24 10 77 8.9 15.4 .576 0.9 3.7 .250 3.7 4.2 .889 0.9 4.2 5.1 2.8 4.2 3.7 22.4
3 Zelmo Beaty 31 18 698 8.1 15.1 .536 0.0 0.0 5.4 6.3 .846 4.9 8.7 13.6 2.2 1.4 3.9 21.6
4 Ron Boone 24 18 569 7.1 16.2 .441 0.6 1.7 .333 4.7 5.4 .860 3.2 3.8 7.0 5.9 3.5 4.5 19.6
5 Willie Wise 23 17 691 7.2 14.1 .513 0.0 0.1 .000 4.2 6.0 .698 3.0 8.5 11.5 4.3 2.6 3.4 18.7
6 George Stone 24 18 424 7.1 17.7 .402 0.3 2.4 .143 3.0 3.5 .854 2.4 6.5 8.8 2.5 1.8 3.8 17.6
7 Glen Combs 24 18 639 6.1 15.2 .405 0.6 1.7 .355 3.8 4.8 .800 1.6 2.5 4.2 3.6 2.6 3.8 16.7
8 Mervin Jackson 24 18 598 6.9 14.3 .481 0.2 0.5 .375 2.6 3.3 .796 1.6 3.2 4.8 6.6 2.5 2.8 16.5
9 Sam Smith 27 3 10 7.2 21.6 .333 0.0 7.2 .000 0.0 0.0 7.2 3.6 10.8 3.6 0.0 3.6 14.4
10 Red Robbins 26 18 566 6.0 10.8 .553 0.3 0.7 .455 1.8 2.6 .707 3.1 8.5 11.6 2.5 1.5 2.8 14.1
11 Dick Nemelka 27 9 51 4.9 14.8 .333 0.7 6.4 .111 2.8 3.5 .800 1.4 4.9 6.4 6.4 2.8 8.5 13.4

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Zelmo Beaty 31 18 698 27.2 .602 .536 8.2 7.5 2.4 0.9 3.3 .228
2 Willie Wise 23 17 691 20.1 .557 .513 15.4 13.2 1.5 0.9 2.4 .167
3 Red Robbins 26 18 566 17.6 .590 .568 8.8 11.3 1.2 0.7 1.9 .159
4 Ron Boone 24 18 569 17.8 .526 .459 21.3 16.0 0.9 0.6 1.6 .131
5 Mervin Jackson 24 18 598 16.7 .525 .487 23.3 13.9 0.8 0.6 1.4 .115
6 Glen Combs 24 18 639 10.2 .485 .426 12.5 13.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 .057
7 Mike Butler 24 10 77 18.5 .649 .606 10.7 19.6 0.4 0.1 0.4 .257
8 George Stone 24 18 424 11.0 .456 .411 8.8 8.5 -0.2 0.4 0.2 .028
9 Roderick McDonald 25 5 22 34.0 .758 .773 14.9 29.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 .482
10 Dick Nemelka 27 9 51 3.5 .409 .357 21.1 14.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.012
11 Sam Smith 27 3 10 12.0 .333 .333 12.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.151