1970–71_Texas_Chaparrals_season

1970–71 Texas Chaparrals season

1970–71 Texas Chaparrals season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 1970–71 Texas Chaparrals season was the fourth season of the Chaparrals in the American Basketball Association. In order to try to attract more fans, the Chaparrals adopted the Texas moniker, even playing games in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Tarrant County Coliseum along with Lubbock, Texas, at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. This practice was scrapped after the season, along with the moniker, as the team name was reverted before the next season. For the fourth straight year, the Chaps made the playoffs, but for the third straight year in a row they bowed out in the Division Semifinals, once again to Utah.

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Roster

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Transactions

Trades

January 6, 1971[1] To Texas Chaparrals
Levern Tart
Ed Johnson		 To New York Nets
Manny Leaks
January 6, 1971[2] To Texas Chaparrals
Donnie Freeman
Wayne Hightower		 To Utah Stars
Ron Boone
Glen Combs

Final standings

Western Division

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Playoffs

The Rockets and Chaparrals were tied for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Western Division, so the two teams played in a one game playoff, with the Chaps winning 115–109.

Western Division Semifinals[3]

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1April 2Utah115–1250–14,375
2April 3Utah107–1370–26,061
3April 4Texas101–1130–34,674
4April 6Texas107–1280–43,666

Awards and honors

1971 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 23, 1971)

References

  1. [1]
    "Chaps Trade Manny Leaks". Newspapers.com. January 7, 1971. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Stars, Chaps Make Swap". Newspapers.com. January 8, 1971. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Remember the ABA: 1970-71 Regular Season Standings and Playoff Results". Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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