1970–71 Utah Stars season: Difference between revisions

| logoteam = Utah =Stars

| coach = [[Bill Sharman]]

| arena = [[Salt Palace (arena)|Salt Palace]]

| playoffs = '''Won ABA Championship'''

The '''[[1970–71 ABA season|1970–71]] [[Utah Stars]] season''' was the first season for the Stars in Utah. After [[1967–68 Anaheim Amigos season|one season]] in [[Anaheim Amigos|Anaheim]] and [[1968–69 Los Angeles Stars season|two]] [[1969–70 Los Angeles Stars season|seasons]] in [[Los Angeles Stars|Los Angeles]], the team moved to Utah in June 1970. The Stars finished second in the Western Division and won their [[1971 ABA Playoffs|first and only ABA title]]. In the Semifinals, the Stars swept the [[Dallas Chaparrals|Texas Chaparrals]] in four games. In the Division Finals, they beat the [[Indiana Pacers]] in seven games (including Game 7 in Indiana) to advance to the ABA Finals. In seven games, they beat the [[Kentucky Colonels]], into sevengive gamesthe state of Utah its first pro championship.

*'''10 [[Mervin Jackson]] (Pointpoint Guardguard, University of Utah)'''

*'''11 [[Dick Nemelka]] (Shootingshooting Guardguard, Brigham Young University)'''

*'''12 [[Mike Butler (basketball)|Mike Butler]] (Shootingshooting Guardguard, University of Memphis)'''

*'''14 [[Roderick McDonald (basketball)|Roderick McDonald]] (Powerpower Forwardforward, Whitworth)'''

*20 [[Donnie Freeman (basketball, born 1944)|Donnie Freeman]] (Shootingshooting Guardguard, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana–Champaign)

*'''21 [[Red Robbins]] (Powerpower Forwardforward, University of Tennessee)'''

*22 [[Tom Workman (basketball)|Tom Workman]] (Forwardforward/Centercenter, Seattle University)

*23 [[Jeffrey Congdon]] (Pointpoint Guardguard, Brigham Young University)

*'''*24 [[Ron Boone]] (Shootingshooting Guardguard, Idaho State University)'''

*'''31 [[Zelmo Beaty]] (Centercenter, Prairie View A&M University)'''

*'''33 [[George Stone (basketball)|George Stone]] (Smallsmall Forwardforward, Marshall University)'''

*35 [[Wayne Hightower]] (Powerpower Forwardforward, University of Kansas)

*'''40 [[Glen Combs]] (Shootingshooting Guardguard, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)'''

*'''42 [[Willie Wise]] (Smallsmall Forwardforward, Drake University)'''

*'''54 [[Sam Smith (basketball, born 1944)|Sam Smith]] (Smallsmall Forwardforward, Kentucky Wesleyan College)'''

'''Bold''' indicates the playersplayer was on the final roster prior to the playoffs.

'''Western Division Semifinals'''<ref name="remembertheaba.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.remembertheaba.com/PlayoffPages/1971Playoffs.html |title=Remember the ABA: 1970-71 Regular Season Standings and Playoff Results |accessdate=2016-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611213734/http://www.remembertheaba.com/PlayoffPages/1971Playoffs.html |archivedate=2015-06-11 }}</ref>

| 1 || April 2 || Utah || 125-115125–115 || 1–0 || 4,375

| 2 || April 3|| Utah || 137-107137–107 || 2–0 || 6,061

| 3 || April 4|| Texas || 113-101113–101 || 2–03–0|| 4,674

| 4 || April 6|| Texas || 128-107128–107 || 4–0 || 3,666

| 1 ||April 12 || Indiana || 120-118120–118 || 1–0 || 7,734

| 2 || April 14|| Indiana || 107-120107–120 || 1–1 || 9,458

| 3 || April 17|| Utah || 121-107121–107 || 2–1 || 12,711

| 4 || April 20|| Utah || 126-99126–99 || 3–1 || 12,761

| 5 || April 22|| Indiana || 109-127109–127 || 3–2 || 8,279

| 6 || April 24|| Utah || 102-105102–105 || 3–3 || 13,208

| 7 || April 28|| Indiana || 108-101108–101 || 4-34–3 || 11,202

| 1 || May 3|| Utah || 136-117136–117 || 1–0 || 12,051

| 2 || May 5|| Utah || 138-125138–125 || 2-02–0 || 13,208

| 3 || May 7|| Kentucky || 110-116110–116 || 2-12–1 || 12,337

| 4 || April 8|| Kentucky || 125-129125–129 (OT) || 2-22–2 || 9,863

| 5 || May 12|| Utah || 137-127137–127 || 3–2 || 13,260

| 6 || May 15|| Kentucky || 102-105102–105 || 3–3 || 11,793

| 7 || May 18|| Utah || 131-121131–121 || 4-34–3 || 13,260

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