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{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|[[1996-97 American Basketball League season|1996-97]]
|'''19967-98'''
|[[1998 American Basketball League season|1998]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="4" |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
|-
| rowspan="4" |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 ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Conference
|'''Columbus Quest'''
|'''31'''
|'''9'''
|
|-
|'''Richmond Rage'''
|'''21'''
|'''19'''
|'''10'''
|-
|Atlanta Glory
|18
|22
|13
|-
|New England Blizzard
|16
|24
|15
|-
| rowspan="4" |Western Conference
|Colorado Xplosion
|25
|15
|
|-
|San Jose Lasers
|18
|22
|7
|-
|Seattle Reign
|17
|23
|8
|-
|Portland Power
|14
|26
|11
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Five)
!Champions
|-
|'''Columbus Quest'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Columbus Quest'''
| rowspan="2" |'''3'''
| rowspan="4" |'''Columbus Quest'''
|-
|San Jose Lasers
|0
|-
|Colorado Xplosion
|0
| rowspan="2" |Richmond Rage
| rowspan="2" |2
|-
|'''Richmond Rage'''
|'''2'''
|}

== Special Event Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Event
!Away
!Score
!Home
|-
|ABL All-Star Game
|'''Western Conference'''
|81-65
|Eastern Conference
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |Fulton County, Georgia
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta
|Forbes Arena
|Atlanta Glory
|15
|
|15
|-
|Georgia State Sports Arena
|Atlanta Glory
|Five
|
|Five
|-
|Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Franklin County, Ohio
|Columbus, Ohio
|Battelle Hall
|Columbus Quest
|20
|Four
|24
|-
| rowspan="2" |Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Denver County, Colorado
| rowspan="2" |Denver
|Denver Coliseum
|Colorado Xplosion
|16
|One
|17
|-
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Colorado Xplosion
|Four
|
|Four
|-
| rowspan="2" |New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut
| rowspan="2" |Hartford, Connecticut
| rowspan="2" |PeoplesBank Arena
|New England Blizzard
|Eight
|
|Eight
|-
|ABL All-Star Game
|
|
|One
|-
|Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Multnomah County, Oregon
|Portland, Oregon
|Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Portland Power
|20
|
|20
|-
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Richmond, Virginia
|Richmond Coliseum
|Richmond Rage
|14
|Three
|17
|-
|Robins Center
|Richmond Rage
|Six
|
|Six
|-
|San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |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
| colspan="2" |Springfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Hampden County, Massachusetts
|Springfield, Massachusetts
|Arena at MassMutual Center
|New England Blizzard
|12
|
|12
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''160'''
|'''Nine'''
|'''170'''
|}

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