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Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |+Seasons |Inaugural season |'''1925-26''' |1926-27 |} == Teams and Alignment == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Team !Primary Venue !Municipality |- |Boston Whirlwinds (''folded after first half'') | |Boston |- |Brooklyn Arcadians |Arcadia Hall |Brooklyn, New York |- |Buffalo Bisons |Elmwood Music Hall |Buffalo, New York |- |Chicago Bruins |132nd Regiment Armory |Chicago |- |Cleveland Rosenblums |Public Hall a..."

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{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|Inaugural season
|'''1925-26'''
|[[1926-27 American Basketball League season|1926-27]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
|Boston Whirlwinds (''folded after first half'')
|
|Boston
|-
|Brooklyn Arcadians
|Arcadia Hall
|Brooklyn, New York
|-
|Buffalo Bisons
|Elmwood Music Hall
|Buffalo, New York
|-
|Chicago Bruins
|132nd Regiment Armory
|Chicago
|-
|Cleveland Rosenblums
|Public Hall at Public Auditorium
|Cleveland
|-
|Detroit Pulaski Post Five
|Detroit Light Guard Armory
|Detroit
|-
|Fort Wayne Caseys
|South Side High School Gym
|Fort Wayne, Indiana
|-
|Rochester Centrals
|Main Street Armory
|Rochester, New York
|-
|Washington Palace Five
|The Arcade
|Washington
|}

=== Changes ===

* League established and aligned into single table.
* Boston Whirlwinds enfranchised, playing at Matthews Arena in Boston.
* Boston Whirlwinds relocate during first half from Matthews Arena to Mechanics Hall.
* Boston Whirlwinds relocate during first half from Mechanics Hall in Boston to Knights of Columbus Hall in Somerville, Massachusetts.
* Boston Whirlwinds folded after first half.

Boston

# 11/26 at Buffalo
# 11/30 vs Rochester at Matthews Arena
# 12/7 sched vs Buffalo
# 12/13 at Washington (2-1 by 12/5 and 12/12)
# 12/15 at Cleveland (2-2 by 12/14)
# 12/16 at Chicago
# 12/17 at Fort Wayne
# 12/21 vs Washington at Mechanics Building (2-5 by 12/22)
# 12/28 sched vs Brooklyn (2-6 by 12/27)
# 12/30 vs Brooklyn at Mt. Benedict Knights of Columbus Hall in Somerville, Massachusetts
# 1/11 sched vs Detroit
# 1/18 vs Chicago at Mt. Benedict Knights of Columbus Hall in Somerville, Massachusetts
# 1/25 sched vs Cleveland
# 2/1 sched vs Fort Wayne (5-9 by 1/31)
# 2/8 sched vs Cleveland
# one more HG vs Rochester sometime AFTER 12/28?
# ONLY 6-9 final standings? Fort Wayne same? (Both do show on standings posted 2/7)

== Regular Season Results ==

=== First Half Results ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Division
|'''Cleveland Pipers'''
|'''24'''
|'''18'''
|
|-
|Pittsburgh Rens
|23
|19
|1
|-
|Chicago Majors
|18
|26
|7
|-
|New York Tapers*
|14
|28
|10
|-
| rowspan="4" |Western Division
|'''Kansas City Steers'''
|'''28'''
|'''12'''
|
|-
|Los Angeles Jets
|24
|15
|3.5
|-
|San Francisco Saints
|19
|17
|7
|-
|Hawaii Chiefs
|13
|28
|15.5
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>14-22 as Washington Tapers, 0-6 as New York Tapers.

=== Second Half Results ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Division
|'''Chicago Majors'''
|'''21'''
|'''18'''
|
|-
|'''Cleveland Pipers'''
|'''21'''
|'''18'''
|'''0'''
|-
|'''Pittsburgh Rens'''
|'''18'''
|'''21'''
|'''3'''
|-
|'''New York Tapers'''
|'''17'''
|'''22'''
|'''4'''
|-
| rowspan="3" |Western Division
|Kansas City Steers
|26
|13
|
|-
|'''San Francisco Saints'''
|'''19'''
|'''21'''
|'''7.5'''
|-
|'''Hawaii Chiefs'''
|'''16'''
|'''25'''
|'''11'''
|}

== Postseason Results ==

=== First Half Postseason Results ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
!Champions
|-
|'''Kansas City Steers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Kansas City Steers'''
|-
|Cleveland Pipers
|1
|}

=== Second Half Postseason Results ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
!Champions
|-
| colspan="3" |Chicago Majors
|108
| rowspan="3" |New York Tapers
| rowspan="3" |84
| rowspan="6" |'''Cleveland Pipers'''
|-
|'''New York Tapers'''
|'''125'''
| rowspan="2" |'''New York Tapers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''115'''
|-
|Hawaii Chiefs
|116
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Cleveland Pipers'''
|'''117'''
| rowspan="3" |'''Cleveland Pipers'''
| rowspan="3" |'''107'''
|-
|'''San Francisco Saints'''
|'''107'''
| rowspan="2" |San Francisco Saints
| rowspan="2" |112
|-
|Pittsburgh Rens
|103
|}

=== Finals Results ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Five)
!Champions
|-
|Kansas City Steers
|2
| rowspan="2" |'''Cleveland Pipers'''
|-
|'''Cleveland Pipers'''
|'''3'''
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan / Micropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!First Half
!Second Half
!Postseason
!Total
|-
| rowspan="4" |Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="4" |Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="3" |Cook County, Illinois
| rowspan="3" |Chicago
| rowspan="3" |Chicago Stadium
|Chicago Majors
|Eight
|Seven
|
|15
|-
|Kansas City Steers
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|Pittsburgh Rens
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|Lake County, IL Metropolitan Division
|Lake County, Illinois
|Waukegan, Illinois
|Waukegan High School Washington Campus Gym
|Chicago Majors
|
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="13" |Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Summit County, Ohio
|Akron, Ohio
|Memorial Hall
|Cleveland Pipers
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| colspan="2" |Canton-Massillon, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Stark County, Ohio
|Canton, Ohio
|Canton Memorial Civic Center
|Cleveland Pipers
|
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="10" |Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Ashtabula County, Ohio
|Ashtabula, Ohio
|Ashtabula High School Gym (1916)
|Cleveland Pipers
|
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="8" |Cuyahoga County, Ohio
|Berea, Ohio
|Ursprung Gymnasium
|Cleveland Pipers
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="7" |Cleveland
| rowspan="3" |Cleveland Arena
|Cleveland Pipers
|Three
|Six
|Three
|12
|-
|Chicago Majors
|
|One
|One
|Two
|-
|Pittsburgh Rens
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="4" |Public Hall at Public Auditorium
|Cleveland Pipers
|12
|Eight
|One
|21
|-
|Pittsburgh Rens
|One
|Two
|
|Three
|-
|Chicago Majors
|
|One
|
|One
|-
|New York Tapers
|
|One
|
|One
|-
|Lorain County, Ohio
|Lorain, Ohio
|Lorain Admiral King High School Gym
|Cleveland Pipers
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| colspan="2" |Sandusky, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Erie County, Ohio
|Sandusky, Ohio
|Sandusky High School Gym
|Cleveland Pipers
|
|One
|
|One
|-
|Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Franklin County, Ohio
|Columbus, Ohio
|Taft Coliseum
|Cleveland Pipers
|Two
|
|
|Two
|-
|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
|Chicago Majors
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Muskegon County, Michigan
|Muskegon, Michigan
|Trinity Health Arena
|Chicago Majors
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| colspan="3" |Hilo-Kailua, HI Micropolitan Statistical Area
|Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi
|Hilo, Hawaiʻi
|Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium
|Hawaii Chiefs
|One
|One
|
|Two
|-
|Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Arena
|Duval County, Florida
|Jacksonville, Florida
|Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Chicago Majors
|
|Two
|
|Two
|-
| rowspan="3" |Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |Jackson County, Missouri
| rowspan="3" |Kansas City, Missouri
| rowspan="3" |Municipal Auditorium
|Kansas City Steers
|18
|17
|Five
|40
|-
|Chicago Majors
|Two
|
|
|Two
|-
|Cleveland Pipers
|
|
|One
|One
|-
|Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Ingham County, Michigan
|Lansing, Michigan
|Lansing Civic Center
|Chicago Majors
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="6" |Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="6" |Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="6" |Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="6" |Los Angeles County, California
| rowspan="6" |Los Angeles
| rowspan="3" |Grand Olympic Auditorium
|Los Angeles Jets
|13
|
|
|13
|-
|Hawaii Chiefs
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|San Francisco Saints
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="3" |Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
|Los Angeles Jets
|Three
|
|
|Three
|-
|Hawaii Chiefs
|
|One
|
|One
|-
|San Francisco Saints
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL Combined Statistical Area
|Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
|Miami-Dade County, Florida
|Miami Beach, Florida
|The Fillmore Miami Beach
|Chicago Majors
|
|Two
|
|Two
|-
|Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
|Milwaukee
|UWM Panther Arena
|Chicago Majors
|Four
|One
|
|Five
|-
|New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |New Haven, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area
|South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
|New Haven, Connecticut
|New Haven Arena (1927)
|New York Tapers
|
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |Suffolk County, New York
| rowspan="2" |Commack, New York
| rowspan="2" |Long Island Arena
|New York Tapers
|
|16
|
|16
|-
|Kansas City Steers
|
|One
|
|One
|-
|Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
|Oklahoma City
|Municipal Auditorium
|New York Tapers
|
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="12" |Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Hermitage, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area
|Mercer County, Pennsylvania
|Farrell, Pennsylvania
|Farrell High School Gym
|Pittsburgh Rens
|
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="10" |Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="8" |Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
| rowspan="8" |Pittsburgh
| rowspan="8" |Civic Arena
|Pittsburgh Rens
|18
|16
|One
|35
|-
|Cleveland Pipers
|Two
|Three
|
|Five
|-
|Washington Tapers
|One
|
|
| rowspan="2" |Three
|-
|New York Tapers
|
|One
|One
|-
|Chicago Majors
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|Kansas City Steers
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|Los Angeles Jets
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|San Francisco Saints
|
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
| rowspan="2" |New Castle, Pennsylvania
| rowspan="2" |New Castle High School Gym (1911)
|Cleveland Pipers
|
|One
|
|One
|-
|Pittsburgh Rens
|
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="2" |Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Jefferson County, Ohio
|Steubenville, Ohio
|St. John Arena
|Pittsburgh Rens
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| colspan="3" |Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Richmond, Virginia
|Richmond Arena
|Washington Tapers
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Monroe County, New York
|Rochester, New York
|Blue Cross Arena at The War Memorial
|Pittsburgh Rens
|
|One
|
|One
|-
|Rockford-Freeport-Rochelle, IL Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Rockford, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Winnebago County, Illinois
|Rockford, Illinois
|Boylan Catholic High School Gym
|Chicago Majors
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|Sacramento-Roseville, CA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Sacramento County, California
|Sacramento, California
|Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
|San Francisco Saints
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| colspan="3" |San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|San Diego County, California
|San Diego
|Peterson Gym
|Hawaii Chiefs
|
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="4" |San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="4" |San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Division
|Alameda County, California
|Oakland, California
|HJK Arena at Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts
|San Francisco Saints
|One
|One
|
|Two
|-
| rowspan="3" |San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division
|San Francisco County, California
|San Francisco
|Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
|San Francisco Saints
|11
|14
|
|25
|-
| rowspan="2" |San Mateo County, California
| rowspan="2" |Daly City, California
| rowspan="2" |Cow Palace
|San Francisco Saints
|Four
|Five
|
|Nine
|-
|Los Angeles Jets
|Two
|
|
|Two
|-
|St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |St. Louis
|Kiel Auditorium
|Kansas City Steers
|
|One
|
|One
|-
|Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Tulsa County, Oklahoma
|Tulsa, Oklahoma
|Expo Square Pavilion
|New York Tapers
|
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Urban Honolulu, HI Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Honolulu County, Hawaiʻi
|Schofield Barracks, Hawaiʻi
|Conroy Bowl
|Hawaii Chiefs
|Three
|One
|
|Four
|-
|Urban Honolulu
|Civic Auditorium
|Hawaii Chiefs
|16
|16
|
|32
|-
|Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Norfolk, Virginia
|Norfolk Municipal Auditorium
|Washington Tapers
|Two
|
|
|Two
|-
| rowspan="2" |Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |District of Columbia
| rowspan="2" |Uline Arena
|Washington Tapers
|15
|
|
|15
|-
|Chicago Majors
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Sedgwick County, Kansas
|Wichita, Kansas
|Charles Koch Arena
|Chicago Majors
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''163'''
|'''138'''
|'''13'''
|'''314'''
|}

1925-26 American Basketball League season - Revision history