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1970-71 Utah Stars Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 57-27, Finished 2nd in ABA Western Division

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) Pace: 108.9 (8th of 11)

Off Rtg: 108.7 (2nd of 11) Def Rtg: 102.2 (2nd of 11) Net Rtg: +6.5 (1st of 11)

Expected W-L: 59-25 (1st of 11)

Arena: Salt Palace

ABA 1971 Playoffs:
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Texas Chaparrals (Series Stats)
Won ABA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Indiana Pacers (Series Stats)
Won ABA Finals (4-3) versus Kentucky Colonels (Series Stats)

ABA Champions

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

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

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Zelmo Beaty	31	76		38.4	8.7	15.7	.555	0.0	0.1	.500	8.7	15.6	.555	.555	5.5	7.0	.791	5.4	10.3	15.7	1.9			2.6	3.9	22.9
2	Red Robbins	26	82		36.5	4.8	11.1	.436	0.1	0.5	.250	4.7	10.5	.446	.442	2.8	3.3	.835	3.7	8.2	11.9	2.2			1.5	2.5	12.6
3	Glen Combs	24	44		36.3	7.0	15.5	.455	0.7	1.8	.383	6.3	13.7	.464	.477	5.3	6.2	.858	0.9	2.7	3.6	3.9			2.8	3.7	20.1
4	Donnie Freeman	26	24		33.4	8.5	17.8	.479	0.0	0.2	.000	8.5	17.7	.483	.479	6.5	7.9	.831	2.8	3.0	5.7	4.9			3.3	3.3	23.6
5	Willie Wise	23	82		32.6	6.0	12.9	.464	0.1	0.2	.294	5.9	12.7	.466	.466	3.8	5.7	.668	3.7	6.1	9.8	2.5			2.2	3.6	15.8
6	Wayne Hightower	31	35		32.4	4.8	12.2	.391	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	12.2	.392	.391	3.8	5.1	.749	2.9	5.3	8.2	3.0			2.4	3.1	13.4
7	Merv Jackson	24	65		29.3	5.4	12.9	.420	0.1	0.3	.350	5.3	12.6	.422	.424	3.0	3.8	.803	1.4	2.6	4.0	3.5			2.2	3.2	13.9
8	Ron Boone	24	44		26.4	6.0	14.5	.414	0.5	1.7	.329	5.5	12.9	.425	.433	3.2	4.0	.785	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.6			2.7	3.8	15.8
9	Jeff Congdon	27	38		25.9	3.1	8.9	.344	0.4	2.0	.187	2.7	6.9	.389	.365	1.2	1.6	.797	0.7	1.6	2.3	4.1			2.5	2.0	7.7
10	George Stone	24	78		22.2	4.8	10.4	.460	0.6	2.0	.318	4.1	8.3	.495	.491	1.6	2.0	.776	1.2	3.4	4.7	1.4			0.9	2.2	11.7
11	Mike Butler	24	71		19.9	3.8	9.1	.420	0.5	1.8	.256	3.4	7.3	.459	.444	2.2	2.4	.911	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.6			1.5	2.0	10.2
12	Dick Nemelka	27	39		12.9	2.1	5.5	.385	0.5	1.6	.323	1.6	3.9	.411	.432	0.8	1.3	.653	0.6	0.9	1.5	1.5			1.1	1.5	5.5
13	Tom Workman	26	17		11.2	2.6	6.1	.423	0.1	0.5	.250	2.5	5.6	.438	.433	1.7	2.2	.784	1.1	1.6	2.7	0.6			1.5	1.9	7.0
14	Rod McDonald	25	29		7.1	1.7	3.8	.459	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.7	3.7	.449	.468	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	0.5	1.7	.294	.325	0.2	0.4	.500	1.0	0.3	1.3	0.4			0.1	0.8	1.5

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Willie Wise	23	17		40.6	8.2	15.9	.513	0.0	0.1	.000	8.2	15.8	.517	.513	4.8	6.8	.698	3.4	9.6	12.9	4.8			2.9	3.8	21.1
2	Zelmo Beaty	31	18		38.8	8.7	16.3	.536	0.0	0.0		8.7	16.3	.536	.536	5.8	6.8	.846	5.3	9.3	14.6	2.4			1.6	4.2	23.2
3	Glen Combs	24	18		35.5	6.1	14.9	.405	0.6	1.7	.355	5.4	13.2	.412	.426	3.8	4.7	.800	1.6	2.5	4.1	3.6			2.6	3.7	16.5
4	Merv Jackson	24	18		33.2	6.3	13.2	.481	0.2	0.4	.375	6.2	12.7	.485	.487	2.4	3.0	.796	1.4	2.9	4.4	6.1			2.3	2.6	15.2
5	Ron Boone	24	18		31.6	6.3	14.2	.441	0.5	1.5	.333	5.8	12.7	.454	.459	4.1	4.8	.860	2.8	3.3	6.1	5.2			3.1	3.9	17.2
6	Red Robbins	26	18		31.4	5.2	9.4	.553	0.3	0.6	.455	4.9	8.8	.560	.568	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	4.4	10.1	.442	.411	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	1.7	2.5	.680	.606	0.8	0.9	.889	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.6			0.9	0.8	4.8
9	Dick Nemelka	27	9		5.7	0.8	2.3	.333	0.1	1.0	.111	0.7	1.3	.500	.357	0.4	0.6	.800	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.0			0.4	1.3	2.1
10	Rod McDonald	25	5		4.4	1.6	2.2	.727	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.4	2.0	.700	.773	0.2	0.4	.500	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4			1.0	0.6	3.6
11	Sam Smith	27	3		3.3	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	1.3	.500	.333	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3			0.0	0.3	1.3

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Red Robbins	26	82		2995	396	908	.436	11	44	.250	385	864	.446	.442	227	272	.835	303	673	976	178			127	203	1030
2	Zelmo Beaty	31	76		2915	661	1192	.555	2	4	.500	659	1188	.555	.555	420	531	.791	407	783	1190	148			196	299	1744
3	Willie Wise	23	82		2676	491	1059	.464	5	17	.294	486	1042	.466	.466	312	467	.668	307	500	807	204			179	297	1299
4	Merv Jackson	24	65		1902	351	836	.420	7	20	.350	344	816	.422	.424	196	244	.803	92	170	262	225			140	207	905
5	George Stone	24	78		1734	372	808	.460	50	157	.318	322	651	.495	.491	121	156	.776	94	269	363	106			72	173	915
6	Glen Combs	24	44		1599	310	682	.455	31	81	.383	279	601	.464	.477	235	274	.858	41	119	160	173			124	162	886
7	Mike Butler	24	71		1414	271	646	.420	32	125	.256	239	521	.459	.444	153	168	.911	24	107	131	186			107	142	727
8	Ron Boone	24	44		1163	265	640	.414	24	73	.329	241	567	.425	.433	139	177	.785	110	143	253	114			118	165	693
9	Wayne Hightower	31	35		1135	167	427	.391	0	1	.000	167	426	.392	.391	134	179	.749	103	184	287	104			84	107	468
10	Jeff Congdon	27	38		983	116	337	.344	14	75	.187	102	262	.389	.365	47	59	.797	27	62	89	155			94	76	293
11	Donnie Freeman	26	24		801	205	428	.479	0	4	.000	205	424	.483	.479	157	189	.831	66	71	137	117			79	78	567
12	Dick Nemelka	27	39		504	82	213	.385	20	62	.323	62	151	.411	.432	32	49	.653	24	35	59	57			41	60	216
13	Rod McDonald	25	29		206	50	109	.459	2	2	1.000	48	107	.449	.468	15	25	.600	40	53	93	7			17	41	117
14	Tom Workman	26	17		190	44	104	.423	2	8	.250	42	96	.438	.433	29	37	.784	18	28	46	11			26	32	119
15	Sam Smith	27	10		43	6	20	.300	1	3	.333	5	17	.294	.325	2	4	.500	10	3	13	4			1	8	15
			84		20260	3787	8409	.450	201	676	.297	3586	7733	.464	.462	2219	2831	.784	1666	3200	4866	1789			1405	2050	9994

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Zelmo Beaty	31	18		698	157	293	.536	0	0		157	293	.536	.536	104	123	.846	95	168	263	43			28	75	418
2	Willie Wise	23	17		691	139	271	.513	0	2	.000	139	269	.517	.513	81	116	.698	57	163	220	82			49	65	359
3	Glen Combs	24	18		639	109	269	.405	11	31	.355	98	238	.412	.426	68	85	.800	29	45	74	64			47	67	297
4	Merv Jackson	24	18		598	114	237	.481	3	8	.375	111	229	.485	.487	43	54	.796	26	53	79	109			42	47	274
5	Ron Boone	24	18		569	113	256	.441	9	27	.333	104	229	.454	.459	74	86	.860	50	60	110	94			56	71	309
6	Red Robbins	26	18		566	94	170	.553	5	11	.455	89	159	.560	.568	29	41	.707	49	134	183	40			24	44	222
7	George Stone	24	18		424	84	209	.402	4	28	.143	80	181	.442	.411	35	41	.854	28	76	104	29			21	45	207
8	Mike Butler	24	10		77	19	33	.576	2	8	.250	17	25	.680	.606	8	9	.889	2	9	11	6			9	8	48
9	Dick Nemelka	27	9		51	7	21	.333	1	9	.111	6	12	.500	.357	4	5	.800	2	7	9	9			4	12	19
10	Rod McDonald	25	5		22	8	11	.727	1	1	1.000	7	10	.700	.773	1	2	.500	4	9	13	2			5	3	18
11	Sam Smith	27	3		10	2	6	.333	0	2	.000	2	4	.500	.333	0	0		2	1	3	1			0	1	4

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Red Robbins	26	82	2995	15.0	.501	.048	.300			13.9	7.4			11.0	14.1		1.5	5.4	6.9	.111
2	Zelmo Beaty	31	76	2915	25.2	.612	.003	.445			17.4	7.2			12.1	20.4		10.1	6.0	16.0	.264
3	Willie Wise	23	82	2676	17.3	.514	.016	.441			12.8	10.1			12.4	19.8		2.7	4.8	7.5	.134
4	Merv Jackson	24	65	1902	13.1	.480	.024	.292			5.9	15.8			12.9	20.9		0.4	2.7	3.1	.079
5	George Stone	24	78	1734	17.0	.522	.194	.193			8.9	8.5			7.6	20.0		2.2	2.5	4.6	.128
6	Glen Combs	24	44	1599	16.1	.552	.119	.402			4.3	14.6			13.4	21.2		3.3	2.0	5.3	.159
7	Mike Butler	24	71	1414	14.1	.505	.193	.260			3.9	17.7			12.9	21.4		1.2	1.9	3.1	.107
8	Ron Boone	24	44	1163	15.5	.483	.114	.277			9.3	13.9			14.1	26.3		0.4	1.9	2.3	.093
9	Wayne Hightower	31	35	1135	13.1	.463	.002	.419			10.8	11.6			14.2	19.0		-0.2	1.9	1.7	.072
10	Jeff Congdon	27	38	983	6.2	.404	.223	.175			3.9	19.3			20.6	17.0		-1.2	1.4	0.2	.011
11	Donnie Freeman	26	24	801	23.4	.555	.009	.442			7.3	21.5			13.4	27.0		2.2	1.3	3.5	.211
12	Dick Nemelka	27	39	504	9.8	.460	.291	.230			5.0	14.7			14.9	20.0		-0.1	0.7	0.5	.052
13	Rod McDonald	25	29	206	18.5	.488	.018	.229			19.2	4.9			12.4	24.4		0.1	0.4	0.5	.121
14	Tom Workman	26	17	190	13.6	.495	.077	.356			10.3	8.2			17.8	28.2		0.1	0.3	0.4	.106
15	Sam Smith	27	10	43	11.0	.345	.150	.200			12.9	11.7			4.4	19.4		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.067

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Zelmo Beaty	31	18	698	26.7	.602	.000	.420				8.2			7.5			2.4	0.9	3.3	.228
2	Willie Wise	23	17	691	19.8	.557	.007	.428				15.4			13.2			1.5	0.9	2.4	.167
3	Glen Combs	24	18	639	10.0	.485	.115	.316				12.5			13.3			0.3	0.5	0.8	.057
4	Merv Jackson	24	18	598	16.4	.525	.034	.228				23.3			13.9			0.8	0.6	1.4	.115
5	Ron Boone	24	18	569	17.5	.526	.105	.336				21.3			16.0			0.9	0.6	1.6	.131
6	Red Robbins	26	18	566	17.3	.590	.065	.241				8.8			11.3			1.2	0.7	1.9	.159
7	George Stone	24	18	424	10.8	.456	.134	.196				8.8			8.5			-0.2	0.4	0.2	.028
8	Mike Butler	24	10	77	18.1	.649	.242	.273				10.7			19.6			0.4	0.1	0.4	.257
9	Dick Nemelka	27	9	51	3.5	.409	.429	.238				21.1			14.7			-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.012
10	Rod McDonald	25	5	22	33.3	.758	.091	.182				14.9			29.6			0.2	0.0	0.2	.482
11	Sam Smith	27	3	10	11.8	.333	.333	.000				12.9			0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.151

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