1997-98 American Basketball League season

Seasons

1996-97

19967-98

1998

Teams and Alignment

Conference	Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Eastern Conference	Atlanta Glory	Forbes Arena	Atlanta
	Columbus Quest	Battelle Hall	Columbus, Ohio
	New England Blizzard	Arena at MassMutual Center	Springfield, Massachusetts
	Philadelphia Rage	The Palestra	Philadelphia
Western Conference	Colorado Xplosion	Denver Coliseum	Denver
	Portland Power	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Portland, Oregon
	San Jose Lasers	Provident Credit Union Event Center	San José, California
	Seattle Reign	Mercer Arena	Seattle

Changes

• New England Blizzard relocate from Arena at MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts to PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut.
• Richmond Rage relocate from Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia to The Palestra in Philadelphia and renamed Philadelphia Rage.

Regular Season Results

Conference	Team	W	L	GB
Eastern Conference	Columbus Quest	31	9
	Richmond Rage	21	19	10
	Atlanta Glory	18	22	13
	New England Blizzard	16	24	15
Western Conference	Colorado Xplosion	25	15
	San Jose Lasers	18	22	7
	Seattle Reign	17	23	8
	Portland Power	14	26	11

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Three)		Team (Best-of-Five)		Champions
Columbus Quest	2	Columbus Quest	3	Columbus Quest
San Jose Lasers	0
Colorado Xplosion	0	Richmond Rage	2
Richmond Rage	2

Special Event Venues

Event	Away	Score	Home
ABL All-Star Game	Western Conference	81-65	Eastern Conference

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Metropolitan Division	County / Equivalent	Municipality	Venue	Team / Event	Regular	Postseason	Total
Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division	Fulton County, Georgia	Atlanta	Forbes Arena	Atlanta Glory	15		15
					Georgia State Sports Arena	Atlanta Glory	Five		Five
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area	Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area		Franklin County, Ohio	Columbus, Ohio	Battelle Hall	Columbus Quest	20	Four	24
Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area		Denver County, Colorado	Denver	Denver Coliseum	Colorado Xplosion	16	One	17
					McNichols Sports Arena	Colorado Xplosion	Four		Four
New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area		Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut	Hartford, Connecticut	PeoplesBank Arena	New England Blizzard	Eight		Eight
						ABL All-Star Game			One
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Multnomah County, Oregon	Portland, Oregon	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Portland Power	20		20
Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area			Richmond, Virginia		Richmond Coliseum	Richmond Rage	14	Three	17
					Robins Center	Richmond Rage	Six		Six
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Santa Clara County, California	San José, California	Provident Credit Union Event Center	San Jose Lasers	20	One	21
Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA Metropolitan Division	King County, Washington	Seattle	Mercer Arena	Seattle Reign	20		20
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Combined Statistical Area	Springfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Hampden County, Massachusetts	Springfield, Massachusetts	Arena at MassMutual Center	New England Blizzard	12		12
Total							160	Nine	170