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. Zelmo Beaty netted a team-leading 1,980 points for Utah, while Willie Wise averaged 19 or more per game, too. Zelmo Beaty contributed 1,110 rebounds. Jimmy Jones dished out 485 assists for the squad.

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