1971-72 Utah Stars Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 60-24
Finishing 1st in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 7-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Dallas Chaparrals 4-0
Division Finals - Lost to Indiana Pacers 4-3
Coach: LaDell Andersen (60-24)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

1971-72 Utah Stars Roster
1971-72 Utah Stars Results

The Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 60 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-4.

The Stars scored 9,892 points and allowed 9,412.

LaDell Andersen coached the team. The 1971-72 Utah Stars lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Zelmo Beaty	C	84	3133	1353	729	7	0	630	522	355	755	1110	125	223	315	1980
Willie Wise	F	84	3300	1471	743	18	6	633	459	282	612	894	286	282	299	1951
Glen Combs	G	84	2906	1109	483	254	103	380	319	52	163	215	306	191	255	1388
Jimmy Jones	G-F	78	2903	903	462	6	1	362	282	92	285	377	485	270	252	1207
Ron Boone	G-F	84	2040	962	404	65	13	341	271	163	230	393	233	215	274	1092
Red Robbins	F-C	78	2567	752	379	71	29	201	167	216	495	711	124	86	171	954
Merv Jackson	G	52	1136	412	185	15	5	109	92	48	75	123	155	88	150	467
John Beasley	F-C	58	617	199	90	23	8	46	37	70	130	200	26	24	81	225
Manny Leaks	C-F	42	575	251	92	0	0	65	39	83	110	193	25	29	71	223
Ira Harge	C	31	455	118	58	0	0	27	20	48	106	154	31	35	76	136
Rod McDonald	F	33	231	76	34	2	0	37	27	32	42	74	18	23	40	95
Bobby Fields	G	22	124	48	22	7	2	13	8	16	14	30	20	21	33	54
George Stone	F	8	142	48	21	4	1	11	9	7	16	23	4	6	17	52
Mike Butler	G	14	97	36	14	9	3	7	6	4	6	10	13	12	18	37
Rick Fisher	F	9	59	29	15	0	0	1	1	11	17	28	3	3	8	31
Totals		761	20285	7767	3731	481	171	2863	2259	1479	3056	4535	1854	1508	2060	9892

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Zelmo Beaty	C	84	37.3	53.9	0.0	82.9	4.2	9.0	13.2	1.5	2.7	3.8	23.6
Willie Wise	F	84	39.3	50.5	33.3	72.5	3.4	7.3	10.6	3.4	3.4	3.6	23.2
Glen Combs	G	84	34.6	43.6	40.6	83.9	0.6	1.9	2.6	3.6	2.3	3.0	16.5
Jimmy Jones	G-F	78	37.2	51.2	16.7	77.9	1.2	3.7	4.8	6.2	3.5	3.2	15.5
Ron Boone	G-F	84	24.3	42.0	20.0	79.5	1.9	2.7	4.7	2.8	2.6	3.3	13.0
Red Robbins	F-C	78	32.9	50.4	40.8	83.1	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.6	1.1	2.2	12.2
Merv Jackson	G	52	21.8	44.9	33.3	84.4	0.9	1.4	2.4	3.0	1.7	2.9	9.0
John Beasley	F-C	58	10.6	45.2	34.8	80.4	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.4	0.4	1.4	3.9
Manny Leaks	C-F	42	13.7	36.7		60.0	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.6	0.7	1.7	5.3
Ira Harge	C	31	14.7	49.2		74.1	1.5	3.4	5.0	1.0	1.1	2.5	4.4
Rod McDonald	F	33	7.0	44.7	0.0	73.0	1.0	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.9
Bobby Fields	G	22	5.6	45.8	28.6	61.5	0.7	0.6	1.4	0.9	1.0	1.5	2.5
George Stone	F	8	17.8	43.8	25.0	81.8	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.5	0.8	2.1	6.5
Mike Butler	G	14	6.9	38.9	33.3	85.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.3	2.6
Rick Fisher	F	9	6.6	51.7		100.0	1.2	1.9	3.1	0.3	0.3	0.9	3.4
Averages		761	26.7	48.0	35.6	78.9	1.9	4.0	6.0	2.4	2.0	2.7	13.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Willie Wise	F	11	458	199	112		0	80	54	128	33	38	44	278
Jimmy Jones	G-F	11	435	172	93		0	63	45	44	69	37	40	231
Zelmo Beaty	C	11	443	134	74		0	88	73	154	24	31	43	221
Glen Combs	G	11	317	116	56		8	38	26	20	27	21	37	146
Ron Boone	G-F	11	209	105	50		1	29	25	24	26	24	30	126
Merv Jackson	G	11	267	77	34		0	18	15	26	26	16	40	83
Red Robbins	F-C	9	227	56	20		0	16	13	61	14	5	12	53
John Beasley	F-C	9	168	34	18		1	5	5	52	9	2	21	42
Ira Harge	C	10	106	25	11		0	7	5	40	8	8	23	27
Rod McDonald	F	1	10	4	3		0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6
Totals		95	2640	922	471	0	10	345	261	549	236	182	293	1213

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Willie Wise	F	11	41.6	56.3	67.5	11.6	3.0	3.5	4.0	25.3
Jimmy Jones	G-F	11	39.5	54.1	71.4	4.0	6.3	3.4	3.6	21.0
Zelmo Beaty	C	11	40.3	55.2	83.0	14.0	2.2	2.8	3.9	20.1
Glen Combs	G	11	28.8	48.3	68.4	1.8	2.5	1.9	3.4	13.3
Ron Boone	G-F	11	19.0	47.6	86.2	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.7	11.5
Merv Jackson	G	11	24.3	44.2	83.3	2.4	2.4	1.5	3.6	7.5
Red Robbins	F-C	9	25.2	35.7	81.3	6.8	1.6	0.6	1.3	5.9
John Beasley	F-C	9	18.7	52.9	100.0	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.3	4.7
Ira Harge	C	10	10.6	44.0	71.4	4.0	0.8	0.8	2.3	2.7
Rod McDonald	F	1	10.0	75.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	6.0
Averages		761	27.8	51.1	75.7	5.8	2.5	1.9	3.1	12.8