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1971-72 Utah Stars Roster and Stats

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Record: 60-24, Finished 1st in ABA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: LaDell Andersen (60-24)

PTS/G: 117.8 (3rd of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 112.0 (4th of 11)
SRS: 5.16 (2nd of 11)
Expected W-L: 56-28 (2nd of 11)

Arena: Salt Palace ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Indiana Pacers
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Dallas Chaparrals

Western Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
44 John Beasley PF 6-9 225 February 5, 1944 4 Texas A&M University
31 Zelmo Beaty C 6-9 225 October 25, 1939 8 Prairie View A&M University
24 Ron Boone SG 6-2 200 September 6, 1946 3 Idaho State University
12 Mike Butler SG 6-2 170 October 22, 1946 3 University of Memphis
40 Glen Combs SG 6-2 185 October 30, 1946 3 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
23 Bobby Fields G 6-3 175 October 20, 1949 R La Salle University
22 Richard Fisher F 6-5 215 October 27, 1948 R Colorado State University
33 Ira Harge C 6-9 225 March 14, 1941 4 University of New Mexico
10 Mervin Jackson PG 6-3 175 August 15, 1946 3 University of Utah
15 Jimmy Jones PG 6-4 188 January 1, 1945 4 Grambling State University
35 Manny Leaks C 6-8 225 November 27, 1945 3 Niagara University
14 Roderick McDonald SF 6-6 205 April 9, 1945 1 Whitworth
21 Red Robbins PF 6-8 190 September 30, 1944 4 University of Tennessee
33 George Stone SF 6-7 195 February 9, 1946 3 Marshall University
42 Willie Wise SF 6-5 210 March 3, 1947 2 Drake 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 20285 3731 7767 .480 171 481 .356 2259 2863 .789 1479 3056 4535 1854 1508 2060 9892 117.8
Lg Rank 8 5 9 2 3 5 1 1 1 1 7 2 4 4 5 9 3 3
Opponent 84 20285 3700 8224 .450 138 510 .271 1874 2472 .758 1628 2756 4384 1909 1360 2257 9412 112.0
Lg Rank 8 6 9 2 8 10 2 3 3 7 10 3 5 9 10 11 4 4

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 56 28 5.71 -0.56 5.16 111.1 105.7 105.3 .491 14.3 34.9 .291 .458 12.7 65.2 .228 Salt Palace
Lg Rank 2 2 2 10 2 1 8 9 2 6 6 1 2 11 8 3

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 32 84 3133 729 1353 .539 0 7 .000 522 630 .829 355 755 1110 125 223 315 1980
2 Willie Wise 24 84 3300 743 1471 .505 6 18 .333 459 633 .725 282 612 894 286 282 299 1951
3 Glen Combs 25 84 2906 483 1109 .436 103 254 .406 319 380 .839 52 163 215 306 191 255 1388
4 Jimmy Jones 27 78 2903 462 903 .512 1 6 .167 282 362 .779 92 285 377 485 270 252 1207
5 Ron Boone 25 84 2040 404 962 .420 13 65 .200 271 341 .795 163 230 393 233 215 274 1092
6 Red Robbins 27 78 2567 379 752 .504 29 71 .408 167 201 .831 216 495 711 124 86 171 954
7 Mervin Jackson 25 52 1136 185 412 .449 5 15 .333 92 109 .844 48 75 123 155 88 150 467
8 John Beasley 27 58 617 90 199 .452 8 23 .348 37 46 .804 70 130 200 26 24 81 225
9 Manny Leaks 26 42 575 92 251 .367 0 0 39 65 .600 83 110 193 25 29 71 223
10 Ira Harge 30 31 455 58 118 .492 0 0 20 27 .741 48 106 154 31 35 76 136
11 Roderick McDonald 26 33 231 34 76 .447 0 2 .000 27 37 .730 32 42 74 18 23 40 95
12 Bobby Fields 22 22 124 22 48 .458 2 7 .286 8 13 .615 16 14 30 20 21 33 54
13 George Stone 25 8 142 21 48 .438 1 4 .250 9 11 .818 7 16 23 4 6 17 52
14 Mike Butler 25 14 97 14 36 .389 3 9 .333 6 7 .857 4 6 10 13 12 18 37
15 Richard Fisher 23 9 59 15 29 .517 0 0 1 1 1.000 11 17 28 3 3 8 31

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 32 84 37.3 8.7 16.1 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 6.2 7.5 .829 4.2 9.0 13.2 1.5 2.7 3.8 23.6
2 Willie Wise 24 84 39.3 8.8 17.5 .505 0.1 0.2 .333 5.5 7.5 .725 3.4 7.3 10.6 3.4 3.4 3.6 23.2
3 Glen Combs 25 84 34.6 5.8 13.2 .436 1.2 3.0 .406 3.8 4.5 .839 0.6 1.9 2.6 3.6 2.3 3.0 16.5
4 Jimmy Jones 27 78 37.2 5.9 11.6 .512 0.0 0.1 .167 3.6 4.6 .779 1.2 3.7 4.8 6.2 3.5 3.2 15.5
5 Ron Boone 25 84 24.3 4.8 11.5 .420 0.2 0.8 .200 3.2 4.1 .795 1.9 2.7 4.7 2.8 2.6 3.3 13.0
6 Red Robbins 27 78 32.9 4.9 9.6 .504 0.4 0.9 .408 2.1 2.6 .831 2.8 6.3 9.1 1.6 1.1 2.2 12.2
7 Mervin Jackson 25 52 21.8 3.6 7.9 .449 0.1 0.3 .333 1.8 2.1 .844 0.9 1.4 2.4 3.0 1.7 2.9 9.0
8 George Stone 25 8 17.8 2.6 6.0 .438 0.1 0.5 .250 1.1 1.4 .818 0.9 2.0 2.9 0.5 0.8 2.1 6.5
9 Manny Leaks 26 42 13.7 2.2 6.0 .367 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.5 .600 2.0 2.6 4.6 0.6 0.7 1.7 5.3
10 Ira Harge 30 31 14.7 1.9 3.8 .492 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9 .741 1.5 3.4 5.0 1.0 1.1 2.5 4.4
11 John Beasley 27 58 10.6 1.6 3.4 .452 0.1 0.4 .348 0.6 0.8 .804 1.2 2.2 3.4 0.4 0.4 1.4 3.9
12 Richard Fisher 23 9 6.6 1.7 3.2 .517 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.000 1.2 1.9 3.1 0.3 0.3 0.9 3.4
13 Roderick McDonald 26 33 7.0 1.0 2.3 .447 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.1 .730 1.0 1.3 2.2 0.5 0.7 1.2 2.9
14 Mike Butler 25 14 6.9 1.0 2.6 .389 0.2 0.6 .333 0.4 0.5 .857 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.3 2.6
15 Bobby Fields 22 22 5.6 1.0 2.2 .458 0.1 0.3 .286 0.4 0.6 .615 0.7 0.6 1.4 0.9 1.0 1.5 2.5

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 Zelmo Beaty 32 84 3133 8.4 15.5 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 6.0 7.2 .829 4.1 8.7 12.8 1.4 2.6 3.6 22.8
2 Willie Wise 24 84 3300 8.1 16.0 .505 0.1 0.2 .333 5.0 6.9 .725 3.1 6.7 9.8 3.1 3.1 3.3 21.3
3 Ron Boone 25 84 2040 7.1 17.0 .420 0.2 1.1 .200 4.8 6.0 .795 2.9 4.1 6.9 4.1 3.8 4.8 19.3
4 Richard Fisher 23 9 59 9.2 17.7 .517 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.000 6.7 10.4 17.1 1.8 1.8 4.9 18.9
5 Glen Combs 25 84 2906 6.0 13.7 .436 1.3 3.1 .406 4.0 4.7 .839 0.6 2.0 2.7 3.8 2.4 3.2 17.2
6 Bobby Fields 22 22 124 6.4 13.9 .458 0.6 2.0 .286 2.3 3.8 .615 4.6 4.1 8.7 5.8 6.1 9.6 15.7
7 Jimmy Jones 27 78 2903 5.7 11.2 .512 0.0 0.1 .167 3.5 4.5 .779 1.1 3.5 4.7 6.0 3.3 3.1 15.0
8 Roderick McDonald 26 33 231 5.3 11.8 .447 0.0 0.3 .000 4.2 5.8 .730 5.0 6.5 11.5 2.8 3.6 6.2 14.8
9 Mervin Jackson 25 52 1136 5.9 13.1 .449 0.2 0.5 .333 2.9 3.5 .844 1.5 2.4 3.9 4.9 2.8 4.8 14.8
10 Manny Leaks 26 42 575 5.8 15.7 .367 0.0 0.0 2.4 4.1 .600 5.2 6.9 12.1 1.6 1.8 4.4 14.0
11 Mike Butler 25 14 97 5.2 13.4 .389 1.1 3.3 .333 2.2 2.6 .857 1.5 2.2 3.7 4.8 4.5 6.7 13.7
12 Red Robbins 27 78 2567 5.3 10.5 .504 0.4 1.0 .408 2.3 2.8 .831 3.0 6.9 10.0 1.7 1.2 2.4 13.4
13 George Stone 25 8 142 5.3 12.2 .438 0.3 1.0 .250 2.3 2.8 .818 1.8 4.1 5.8 1.0 1.5 4.3 13.2
14 John Beasley 27 58 617 5.3 11.6 .452 0.5 1.3 .348 2.2 2.7 .804 4.1 7.6 11.7 1.5 1.4 4.7 13.1
15 Ira Harge 30 31 455 4.6 9.3 .492 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.1 .741 3.8 8.4 12.2 2.5 2.8 6.0 10.8

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 32 84 3133 24.6 .607 .539 10.9 20.9 16.1 5.8 12.0 22.8 11.6 3.5 15.1 .232
2 Willie Wise 24 84 3300 20.7 .558 .507 8.2 16.1 12.3 12.5 13.9 23.7 7.7 3.5 11.2 .164
3 Jimmy Jones 27 78 2903 14.7 .568 .512 3.0 8.5 5.9 22.0 20.3 17.7 5.5 2.8 8.3 .138
4 Red Robbins 27 78 2567 16.3 .568 .523 8.1 16.7 12.6 6.3 9.3 13.9 4.2 2.5 6.7 .125
5 Glen Combs 25 84 2906 13.7 .544 .482 1.7 4.9 3.4 14.0 13.0 19.4 4.7 2.0 6.7 .111
6 Ron Boone 25 84 2040 14.3 .491 .427 7.7 9.8 8.8 15.8 16.2 25.1 0.8 2.0 2.8 .066
7 Mervin Jackson 25 52 1136 11.7 .508 .455 4.0 5.7 4.9 18.0 16.1 18.6 0.8 1.0 1.8 .075
8 John Beasley 27 58 617 14.5 .513 .472 10.9 18.2 14.7 5.4 9.9 15.2 0.4 0.7 1.1 .084
9 Ira Harge 30 31 455 11.3 .524 .492 10.1 20.2 15.4 8.6 21.2 14.0 0.3 0.5 0.9 .091
10 Roderick McDonald 26 33 231 13.4 .515 .447 13.3 15.7 14.6 10.1 20.0 19.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 .095
11 Richard Fisher 23 9 59 23.0 .526 .517 17.9 25.0 21.6 7.6 9.2 21.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 .131
12 Bobby Fields 22 22 124 9.2 .503 .479 12.4 9.8 11.0 21.7 28.1 23.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 .089
13 Mike Butler 25 14 97 6.0 .473 .431 4.0 5.4 4.7 17.3 23.5 20.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 .037
14 George Stone 25 8 142 9.6 .492 .448 4.7 9.8 7.4 3.6 10.2 16.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 .045
15 Manny Leaks 26 42 575 11.6 .399 .367 13.8 16.6 15.3 5.7 9.4 20.7 -1.2 0.6 -0.6 -0.051

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 Willie Wise 24 11 458 112 199 .563 0 1 .000 54 80 .675 128 33 38 44 278
2 Jimmy Jones 27 11 435 93 172 .541 0 0 45 63 .714 44 69 37 40 231
3 Zelmo Beaty 32 11 443 74 134 .552 0 0 73 88 .830 154 24 31 43 221
4 Glen Combs 25 11 317 56 116 .483 8 22 .364 26 38 .684 20 27 21 37 146
5 Ron Boone 25 11 209 50 105 .476 1 5 .200 25 29 .862 24 26 24 30 126
6 Mervin Jackson 25 11 267 34 77 .442 0 0 15 18 .833 26 26 16 40 83
7 Red Robbins 27 9 227 20 56 .357 0 6 .000 13 16 .813 61 14 5 12 53
8 John Beasley 27 9 168 18 34 .529 1 6 .167 5 5 1.000 52 9 2 21 42
9 Ira Harge 30 10 106 11 25 .440 0 0 5 7 .714 40 8 8 23 27
10 Roderick McDonald 26 1 10 3 4 .750 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 3 6

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 Willie Wise 24 11 41.6 10.2 18.1 .563 0.0 0.1 .000 4.9 7.3 .675 11.6 3.0 3.5 4.0 25.3
2 Jimmy Jones 27 11 39.5 8.5 15.6 .541 0.0 0.0 4.1 5.7 .714 4.0 6.3 3.4 3.6 21.0
3 Zelmo Beaty 32 11 40.3 6.7 12.2 .552 0.0 0.0 6.6 8.0 .830 14.0 2.2 2.8 3.9 20.1
4 Glen Combs 25 11 28.8 5.1 10.5 .483 0.7 2.0 .364 2.4 3.5 .684 1.8 2.5 1.9 3.4 13.3
5 Ron Boone 25 11 19.0 4.5 9.5 .476 0.1 0.5 .200 2.3 2.6 .862 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.7 11.5
6 Mervin Jackson 25 11 24.3 3.1 7.0 .442 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.6 .833 2.4 2.4 1.5 3.6 7.5
7 Roderick McDonald 26 1 10.0 3.0 4.0 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 6.0
8 Red Robbins 27 9 25.2 2.2 6.2 .357 0.0 0.7 .000 1.4 1.8 .813 6.8 1.6 0.6 1.3 5.9
9 John Beasley 27 9 18.7 2.0 3.8 .529 0.1 0.7 .167 0.6 0.6 1.000 5.8 1.0 0.2 2.3 4.7
10 Ira Harge 30 10 10.6 1.1 2.5 .440 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 .714 4.0 0.8 0.8 2.3 2.7

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 Willie Wise 24 11 458 8.8 15.6 .563 0.0 0.1 .000 4.2 6.3 .675 10.1 2.6 3.0 3.5 21.9
2 Ron Boone 25 11 209 8.6 18.1 .476 0.2 0.9 .200 4.3 5.0 .862 4.1 4.5 4.1 5.2 21.7
3 Roderick McDonald 26 1 10 10.8 14.4 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8 21.6
4 Jimmy Jones 27 11 435 7.7 14.2 .541 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.2 .714 3.6 5.7 3.1 3.3 19.1
5 Zelmo Beaty 32 11 443 6.0 10.9 .552 0.0 0.0 5.9 7.2 .830 12.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 18.0
6 Glen Combs 25 11 317 6.4 13.2 .483 0.9 2.5 .364 3.0 4.3 .684 2.3 3.1 2.4 4.2 16.6
7 Mervin Jackson 25 11 267 4.6 10.4 .442 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.4 .833 3.5 3.5 2.2 5.4 11.2
8 Ira Harge 30 10 106 3.7 8.5 .440 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.4 .714 13.6 2.7 2.7 7.8 9.2
9 John Beasley 27 9 168 3.9 7.3 .529 0.2 1.3 .167 1.1 1.1 1.000 11.1 1.9 0.4 4.5 9.0
10 Red Robbins 27 9 227 3.2 8.9 .357 0.0 1.0 .000 2.1 2.5 .813 9.7 2.2 0.8 1.9 8.4

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 32 11 443 21.8 .640 .552 16.9 7.5 15.2 19.3 1.6 0.2 1.7 .187
2 Willie Wise 24 11 458 22.5 .594 .563 13.6 11.1 14.0 25.0 1.5 0.2 1.6 .173
3 Jimmy Jones 27 11 435 18.6 .578 .541 4.9 23.4 15.6 22.9 1.1 0.1 1.2 .137
4 Glen Combs 25 11 317 12.3 .550 .517 3.1 11.9 13.7 20.4 0.5 0.1 0.6 .088
5 Ron Boone 25 11 209 15.8 .535 .481 5.6 19.1 16.9 28.5 0.4 0.1 0.4 .095
6 John Beasley 27 9 168 13.8 .580 .544 15.0 6.8 5.2 9.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 .076
7 Mervin Jackson 25 11 267 7.6 .489 .442 4.7 12.7 15.9 15.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 .018
8 Roderick McDonald 26 1 10 15.7 .676 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 .236
9 Ira Harge 30 10 106 9.3 .481 .440 18.3 9.6 22.2 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .021
10 Red Robbins 27 9 227 10.7 .420 .357 13.0 7.7 7.3 12.6 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.030