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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	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	Jeffrey 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	Mervin Jackson	PG	6-3	175	August 15, 1946	us	2	Utah
14	Roderick 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	Tennessee
54	Sam Smith	SF	6-7	230	January 27, 1944	us	3	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	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	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	Mervin 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	Jeffrey 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	Roderick 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

Totals

Per 36 Minutes

Per 100 Poss

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
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	Mervin 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	Jeffrey 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	Roderick 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

Adjusted Shooting

Playoffs Totals

Playoffs Per Game

Playoffs 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	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	Mervin 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	Roderick 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

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Playoffs Per 100 Poss

Playoffs Advanced

Playoffs Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Zelmo Beaty	31	18	698	27.2	.602	.000	.420				8.2	7.5			2.4	0.9	3.3	.228
2	Willie Wise	23	17	691	20.1	.557	.007	.428				15.4	13.2			1.5	0.9	2.4	.167
3	Glen Combs	24	18	639	10.2	.485	.115	.316				12.5	13.3			0.3	0.5	0.8	.057
4	Mervin Jackson	24	18	598	16.7	.525	.034	.228				23.3	13.9			0.8	0.6	1.4	.115
5	Ron Boone	24	18	569	17.8	.526	.105	.336				21.3	16.0			0.9	0.6	1.6	.131
6	Red Robbins	26	18	566	17.6	.590	.065	.241				8.8	11.3			1.2	0.7	1.9	.159
7	George Stone	24	18	424	11.0	.456	.134	.196				8.8	8.5			-0.2	0.4	0.2	.028
8	Mike Butler	24	10	77	18.5	.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	Roderick McDonald	25	5	22	34.0	.758	.091	.182				14.9	29.6			0.2	0.0	0.2	.482
11	Sam Smith	27	3	10	12.0	.333	.333	.000				12.9	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.151

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