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1970–71 ABA season

Field	Value
title	1970–71 ABA season
league	American Basketball Association
sport	Basketball
duration	October 14, 1970 – May 18, 1971
no_of_games	84
no_of_teams	11
season	Regular season
top_seed	Indiana Pacers
MVP	Mel Daniels (Indiana)
MVP_link	ABA MVP
top_scorer	Dan Issel (Kentucky)
finals	Finals
finals_link	1971 ABA Playoffs
finals_champ	Utah Stars
finals_runner-up	Kentucky Colonels
seasonslist	List of ABA seasons
seasonslistnames	ABA
prevseason_link	1969–70 ABA season
prevseason_year	1969–70
nextseason_link	1971–72 ABA season
nextseason_year	1971–72

| conf1_runner-up = | conf2_runner-up = | finals_runner-up = Kentucky Colonels

The 1970–71 ABA season was the fourth season of the American Basketball Association.

Notable franchise moves from the previous season included:

The Washington Caps moved to Norfolk, Virginia, became the Virginia Squires and switched divisions with the Indiana Pacers.
The Miami Floridians became more of a regional franchise and were renamed simply The Floridians.
The Los Angeles Stars moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, and became the Utah Stars.
The Dallas Chaparrals became a regional franchise and were renamed the Texas Chaparrals.
The New Orleans Buccaneers moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and became the Memphis Pros.

Other notable events included the jumping of last season's Most Valuable Player Spencer Haywood from the Denver Rockets to the NBA Seattle SuperSonics after playing just one season with them, which inflamed ABA management amid rumblings of failed talks to merge with the NBA.

The Utah Stars, led by Zelmo Beaty and Willie Wise, won the ABA championship, defeating the Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3, in the ABA Finals.

Teams

Division		Team
Carolina Cougars	Greensboro, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina	Greensboro Coliseum
Charlotte Coliseum
Dorton Arena
Kentucky Colonels	Louisville, Kentucky	Freedom Hall
New York Nets	West Hempstead, New York	Island Garden
Pittsburgh Condors	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Civic Arena
The Floridians	Miami Beach, Florida
Tampa, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
West Palm Beach, Florida	Miami Beach Convention Center
Curtis Hixon Hall
Bayfront Arena
Jacksonville Coliseum
West Palm Beach Auditorium
Virginia Squires	Norfolk, Virginia
Hampton, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Salem, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse
Hampton Coliseum
Richmond Arena
Salem Civic Center
Roanoke Civic Center
Denver Rockets	Denver, Colorado	Denver Auditorium Arena
Indiana Pacers	Indianapolis, Indiana	Indiana State Fair Coliseum
Memphis Pros	Memphis, Tennessee	Mid-South Coliseum
Texas Chaparrals	University Park, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Lubbock, Texas	Moody Coliseum
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Tarrant County Coliseum
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Utah Stars	Salt Lake City, Utah	Salt Palace

Map of teams

Final standings

Eastern Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
[Virginia Squires](1970-71-virginia-squires-season) *	55	29	.655	—
[Kentucky Colonels](1970-71-kentucky-colonels-season) *	44	40	.524	11.0
[New York Nets](1970-71-new-york-nets-season) *	40	44	.476	15.0
[The Floridians](1970-71-the-floridians-season) *	37	47	.440	18.0
[Pittsburgh Condors](1970-71-pittsburgh-condors-season)	36	48	.429	19.0
[Carolina Cougars](1970-71-carolina-cougars-season)	34	50	.405	21.0

Western Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
[Indiana Pacers](1970-71-indiana-pacers-season) *	58	26	.690	—
[Utah Stars](1970-71-utah-stars-season) *	57	27	.679	1.0
[Memphis Pros](1970-71-memphis-pros-season) *	41	43	.488	17.0
[Texas Chaparrals](1970-71-texas-chaparrals-season) *	30	54	.357	28.0
[Denver Rockets](1970-71-denver-rockets-season) *	30	54	.357	28.0

Asterisk (*) denotes playoff team (the Rockets and the Chaparrals played a one-game playoff to settle the tie for the final playoff spot, which the Chaparrals won)

Bold – ABA champions

Playoffs

Awards and honors

ABA Most Valuable Player Award: Mel Daniels, Indiana Pacers (2nd time)
Rookie of the Year: Charlie Scott, Virginia Squires & Dan Issel, Kentucky Colonels
Coach of the Year: Al Bianchi, Virginia Squires
Playoffs MVP: Zelmo Beaty, Utah Stars
All-Star Game MVP: Mel Daniels, Indiana Pacers
All-ABA First Team
- Roger Brown, Indiana Pacers (1st First Team selection, 3rd overall selection)
- Rick Barry, New York Nets (3rd selection)
- Mel Daniels, Indiana Pacers (4th selection)
- Mack Calvin, The Floridians
- Charlie Scott, Virginia Squires
All-ABA Second Team
- John Brisker, Pittsburgh Condors
- Joe Caldwell, Carolina Cougars
- Zelmo Beaty, Utah Stars (tied with Issel)
- Dan Issel, Kentucky Colonels (tied with Beaty)
- Donnie Freeman, Texas Chaparrals (3rd selection)
- Larry Cannon, Denver Rockets
All-ABA Rookie Team
- Joe Hamilton, Texas Chaparrals
- Dan Issel, Kentucky Colonels
- Wendell Ladner, Memphis Pros
- Samuel Robinson, The Floridians
- Charlie Scott, Virginia Squires

References

(January 8, 1971). "A.B.A. Warning: Haywood Hassle Stirs Talent War". The New York Times.

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