View source for 1927-28 American Basketball League season

{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|[[1926-27 American Basketball League season|1926-27]]
|'''1927-28'''
|[[1928-29 American Basketball League season|1928-29]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Division
|Brooklyn Visitations (''began season as Washington Palace Five'')
|Grand Prospect Hall
|Brooklyn, New York
|-
|New York Celtics
|Arcadia Hall
|Brooklyn, New York
|-
|Philadelphia Warriors
|Philadelphia Arena
|Philadelphia
|-
|Rochester Centrals
|Main Street Armory
|Rochester, New York
|-
| rowspan="4" |Western Division
|Chicago Bruins
|Broadway Armory Park Fieldhouse
|Chicago
|-
|Cleveland Rosenblums
|Public Hall at Public Auditorium
|Cleveland
|-
|Detroit Cardinals (''folded during season'')
|Olympia Stadium
|Detroit
|-
|Fort Wayne Hoosiers
|South Side High School Gym
|Fort Wayne, Indiana
|}

=== Changes ===

* Detroit Lions fold during first half of 1927-28 season.
* League realigned into Eastern Division and Western Division.
* Baltimore Orioles fold.
* Brooklyn Celtics renamed New York Celtics and aligned into Eastern Division.
* Chicago Bruins aligned into Western Division.
* Cleveland Rosenblums aligned into Western Division.
* Detroit Cardinals enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Olympia Stadium in Detroit.
* Fort Wayne Hoosiers aligned into Western Division.
* Philadelphia Warriors aligned into Eastern Division.
* Rochester Centrals aligned into Eastern Division.
* Washington Palace Five aligned into Eastern Division.
* Detroit Cardinals fold during season.
* Washington Palace Five relocate during season from The Arcade in Washington to Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn, New York and renamed Brooklyn Visitations.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Division
|'''New York Celtics'''
|'''40'''
|'''9'''
|
|-
|'''Philadelphia Warriors'''
|'''30'''
|'''21'''
|'''11'''
|-
|Brooklyn Visitations*
|25
|26
|16
|-
|Rochester Centrals
|24
|28
|17.5
|-
| rowspan="4" |Western Division
|'''Fort Wayne Hoosiers'''
|'''27'''
|'''24'''
|
|-
|'''Cleveland Rosenblums'''
|'''22'''
|'''29'''
|'''5'''
|-
|Chicago Bruins
|13
|36
|13
|-
|''Detroit Cardinals''
|''5''
|''13''
|''5.5''
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>7-15 as Washington Palace Five, 18-11 as Brooklyn Visitations.

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Five)
!Champions
|-
|'''New York Celtics'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''New York Celtics'''
| rowspan="2" |'''3'''
| rowspan="4" |'''New York Celtics'''
|-
|Philadelphia Warriors
|0
|-
|'''Fort Wayne Hoosiers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Fort Wayne Hoosiers
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
|Cleveland Rosenblums
|0
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan / Micropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
| rowspan="2" |Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |Cook County, Illinois
| rowspan="2" |Chicago
|Broadway Armory Park Fieldhouse
|Chicago Bruins
|23
|
|23
|-
|White City Arena
|Chicago Bruins
|One
|
|One
|-
|Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Cuyahoga County, Ohio
|Cleveland
|Public Hall at Public Auditorium
|Cleveland Rosenblums
|26
|One
|27
|-
|Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area
|Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division
|Wayne County, Michigan
|Detroit
|Olympia Stadium
|Detroit Cardinals
|Seven
|
|Seven
|-
|Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Allen County, Indiana
|Fort Wayne, Indiana
|South Side High School Gym
|Fort Wayne Hoosiers
|27
|Four
|31
|-
| rowspan="3" |New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |Kings County, New York
| rowspan="2" |Brooklyn, New York
|Arcadia Hall
|New York Celtics
|14
|One
|15
|-
|Grand Prospect Hall
|Brooklyn Visitations
|16
|
|16
|-
|New York County, New York
|Manhattan, New York
|Madison Square Garden (1925)
|New York Celtics
|10
|One
|11
|-
|Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
|Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
|Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia
|Philadelphia Arena
|Philadelphia Warriors
|25
|One
|26
|-
|Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Monroe County, New York
|Rochester, New York
|Main Street Armory
|Rochester Centrals
|27
|
|27
|-
|Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
|Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
| colspan="2" |District of Columbia
|The Arcade
|Washington Palace Five
|10
|
|10
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''186'''
|'''Eight'''
|'''194'''
|}
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