The 1971 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1970-1971 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion Utah Stars defeating the Eastern Division champion Kentucky Colonels, four games to three in the ABA Finals. For the league that began in 1999, see American Basketball Association (2000-). The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a professional basketball league founded in 1967, and eventually merged, in part, with the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Utah Stars was an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. // The Anaheim Amigos, based in Anaheim, California, began play in the fall of 1967, in the Anaheim Convention Center. ... Kentucky Colonels Logo This article is about a professional basketball team. ...

Trivia

There was a one game playoff for fourth place in the Western Division because the Texas Chaparrals and Denver Rockets had tied with regular season records of 30-54. The game was played on April 1 and the Chaparrals won 115-109. Texas Chaparrals were member of the American Basketball Association during the 1970-71 season. ... The Denver Nuggets are a National Basketball Association team based in Denver, Colorado. ...

This was the first season in ABA history in which the team with the best regular season record did not win the ABA championship. The Indiana Pacers had the league's best record during this season at 58-26 (.690), putting them one game ahead of the eventual league champion Utah Stars in the Western Division. The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Utah Stars was an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. // The Anaheim Amigos, based in Anaheim, California, began play in the fall of 1967, in the Anaheim Convention Center. ...

This was the first season in ABA history in which neither regular season division champion made it to the ABA finals. The second place Utah Stars represented the West while the Kentucky Colonels, second place in the East behind the Carolina Cougars, met them in the finals. Kentucky Colonels Logo This article is about a professional basketball team. ... Carolina Cougars was a basketball franchise in the former American Basketball Association that existed from late 1969 through 1974. ...

13,260 fans attended Game Seven of the ABA championship series between the Utah Stars and Kentucky Colonels at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 18, 1971. After the Stars won 131-121 the fans stormed the floor and mobbed the court for twenty minutes. Willie Wise and Zelmo Beaty rode off the floor carried upon the shoulders of Utah fans.^[1] The Salt Palace was an indoor arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Willie M. Wise (born March 3, 1947 in San Francisco, California) is an American former professional basketball player. ... Zelmo Big Z Beaty (born October 25, 1939 in Woodville, Texas) is a former American basketball player. ...

Zelmo Beaty was named Most Valuable Player of the ABA finals.

External Links

• Basketball-Reference.com's 1971 ABA Playoffs page