1971-72 Utah Stars Schedule and Results

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Record: 60-24, Finished 1st in ABA Western Division

Coach: LaDell Andersen (60-24)

PTS/G: 117.8 (3rd of 11) Opp PTS/G: 112.0 (4th of 11)

SRS: 5.16 (2nd of 11) Pace: 112.1 (6th of 11)

Off Rtg: 104.4 (1st of 11) Def Rtg: 99.3 (4th of 11) Net Rtg: +5.1 (2nd of 11)

Expected W-L: 56-28 (2nd of 11)

Arena: Salt Palace

ABA 1972 Playoffs:
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Dallas Chaparrals (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (3-4) versus Indiana Pacers (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 13, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		135	121	1	0	W 1	4,596
2	Fri, Oct 15, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		116	106	2	0	W 2	4,783
3	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		150	93	3	0	W 3	6,517
4	Thu, Oct 21, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		122	125	3	1	L 1	6,746
5	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		100	111	3	2	L 2	5,734
6	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		99	101	3	3	L 3	4,783		at Greensboro, NC
7	Sun, Oct 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		119	116	4	3	W 1	2,280
8	Tue, Oct 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W		131	116	5	3	W 2	1,534
9	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		104	98	6	3	W 3	4,675
10	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		109	121	6	4	L 1	8,678
11	Tue, Nov 2, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		119	122	6	5	L 2	6,718
12	Thu, Nov 4, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	L		129	135	6	6	L 3	5,916
13	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W	OT	108	107	7	6	W 1	9,479
14	Tue, Nov 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		93	90	8	6	W 2	5,676
15	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		127	110	9	6	W 3	6,736
16	Thu, Nov 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		112	106	10	6	W 4	3,984
17	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	L		116	125	10	7	L 1	7,665
18	Wed, Nov 17, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		113	111	11	7	W 1	10,367
19	Sat, Nov 20, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		103	99	12	7	W 2	7,911
20	Tue, Nov 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		114	112	13	7	W 3	1,838
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		120	113	14	7	W 4	6,118		at Richmond, VA
22	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		124	115	15	7	W 5	7,087		at Greensboro, NC
23	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		111	106	16	7	W 6	5,833
24	Tue, Nov 30, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W		127	114	17	7	W 7	9,067
25	Thu, Dec 2, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		98	93	18	7	W 8	1,419
26	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L	OT	114	117	18	8	L 1	1,122		at Jackson, TN
27	Mon, Dec 6, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		104	100	19	8	W 1	12,292
28	Wed, Dec 8, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		116	97	20	8	W 2	5,037
29	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		110	102	21	8	W 3	5,504		at Logan, UT
30	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		109	82	22	8	W 4	6,655
31	Mon, Dec 13, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		115	124	22	9	L 1	6,106
32	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		136	109	23	9	W 1	5,765
33	Tue, Dec 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W		106	96	24	9	W 2	2,793
34	Thu, Dec 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		112	104	25	9	W 3	4,487
35	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		150	129	26	9	W 4	10,111
36	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		106	102	27	9	W 5	11,028
37	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		103	98	28	9	W 6	6,565
38	Fri, Dec 31, 1971	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W		115	103	29	9	W 7	2,404
39	Sun, Jan 2, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		113	119	29	10	L 1	2,368
40	Tue, Jan 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		114	89	30	10	W 1	3,721
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		123	129	30	11	L 1	11,795
42	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		124	108	31	11	W 1	6,793
43	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		96	107	31	12	L 1	5,733
44	Sun, Jan 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		97	100	31	13	L 2	9,011
45	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		104	110	31	14	L 3	5,061
46	Thu, Jan 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		128	119	32	14	W 1	6,485		at Norfolk, VA
47	Sun, Jan 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		102	110	32	15	L 1	3,474
48	Wed, Jan 19, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		143	118	33	15	W 1	7,067
49	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	L		116	129	33	16	L 1	6,567
50	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		113	119	33	17	L 2	9,906
51	Sun, Jan 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		94	130	33	18	L 3	9,861
52	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W	OT	136	135	34	18	W 1	8,134
53	Thu, Jan 27, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		127	120	35	18	W 2	2,276
54	Mon, Jan 31, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		135	115	36	18	W 3	9,113
55	Wed, Feb 2, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	L		116	122	36	19	L 1	5,116
56	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		121	110	37	19	W 1	11,240
57	Tue, Feb 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		99	102	37	20	L 1	5,611
58	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		154	131	38	20	W 1	1,750		at Uniontown, PA
59	Fri, Feb 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		119	115	39	20	W 2	10,021
60	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		127	116	40	20	W 3	9,611
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Mon, Feb 14, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		134	112	41	20	W 4	7,467
62	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		118	99	42	20	W 5	5,749
63	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		119	114	43	20	W 6	5,983		at Uniondale, NY
64	Mon, Feb 21, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		149	140	44	20	W 7	9,023
65	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		133	116	45	20	W 8	12,201
66	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		117	107	46	20	W 9	12,201
67	Tue, Feb 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		125	115	47	20	W 10	3,386
68	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		98	111	47	21	L 1	8,385
69	Thu, Mar 2, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W	OT	123	121	48	21	W 1	7,189
70	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		136	130	49	21	W 2	8,423
71	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		116	108	50	21	W 3	3,883
72	Wed, Mar 8, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		114	113	51	21	W 4	6,748
73	Fri, Mar 10, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		129	112	52	21	W 5	7,392
74	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W	OT	111	110	53	21	W 6	6,834		at Norfolk, VA
75	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		123	111	54	21	W 7	3,310		at Raleigh, NC
76	Wed, Mar 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		109	108	55	21	W 8	8,117
77	Thu, Mar 16, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		106	116	55	22	L 1	1,677		at Tampa, FL
78	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		110	117	55	23	L 2	3,334
79	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		125	113	56	23	W 1	4,274
80	Tue, Mar 21, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		132	120	57	23	W 2	7,365
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Thu, Mar 23, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		137	117	58	23	W 3	7,137
82	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		125	113	59	23	W 4	12,201
83	Tue, Mar 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		95	98	59	24	L 1	3,078
84	Wed, Mar 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		112	109	60	24	W 1	5,109

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Apr 1, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W	106	96	1	0	W 1	8,783
2	Mon, Apr 3, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W	113	107	2	0	W 2	9,121
3	Wed, Apr 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W	96	89	3	0	W 3	4,076
4	Fri, Apr 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W	103	99	4	0	W 4	3,918
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
5	Sat, Apr 15, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W	108	100	5	0	W 5	9,854
6	Mon, Apr 17, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W	117	109	6	0	W 6	11,780
7	Wed, Apr 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L	111	116	6	1	L 1	7,489
8	Sat, Apr 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L	108	118	6	2	L 2	13,007
9	Mon, Apr 24, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W	139	130	7	2	W 1	12,526
10	Wed, Apr 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L	99	105	7	3	L 1	8,103
11	Mon, May 1, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L	113	117	7	4	L 2	12,724

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