1971–72 Utah Stars season

The 1971–72 Utah Stars season was the second season of the Stars out in the state of Utah and fifth overall in the American Basketball Association when including their previous seasons they played in the nearby state of California when including their time spent as the Anaheim Amigos and Los Angeles Stars. Entering this season, the Stars were the defending champions of the entire ABA after making a successful move from the city of Los Angeles to the state of Utah out in Salt Lake City. The Stars would go 31–11 during the first half of the season, while finishing the second half of the season with a 29–13 record, which included a ten-game winning streak near the end of the season. Their biggest losing streak would be three games long, which happened four different times during the season. They finished third in points scored at 117.8 per game and fourth in points allowed at 112.0 per game. While Utah didn't finish with the best overall record this season (the Kentucky Colonels would actually obtain the best record in ABA history during this same season), they would still easily win the Western Division by over ten games this season. The Stars then swept the Dallas Chaparrals in the Western Division Semifinals, but lost to the Indiana Pacers in seven games in what became their second straight rematch in a row after the Stars lost the 1969 ABA Finals while playing in Los Angeles as the #4 seed there and then beat the Pacers during their first season in Utah, denying them a repeat ABA Finals appearance and a shot at another championship afterward.^[1]