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|+Seasons
|+Seasons
|[[1996-97 American Basketball League season|1996-97]]
|[[1996-97 American Basketball League season|1996-97]]
|'''19967-98'''
|'''1997-98'''
|[[1998 American Basketball League season|1998]]
|[[1998 American Basketball League season|1998]]
|}
|}
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|-
|-
|New England Blizzard
|New England Blizzard
|Arena at MassMutual Center
|PeoplesBank Arena
|Springfield, Massachusetts
|Hartford, Connecticut
|-
|-
|Philadelphia Rage
|Philadelphia Rage
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|Philadelphia
|Philadelphia
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" |Western Conference
| rowspan="5" |Western Conference
|Colorado Xplosion
|Colorado Xplosion
|Denver Coliseum
|Denver Coliseum
|Denver
|Denver
|-
|Long Beach StingRays
|LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid
|Long Beach, California
|-
|-
|Portland Power
|Portland Power
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=== Changes ===
=== Changes ===


* Long Beach StingRays enfranchised in Western Conference, playing at LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid in Long Beach, California.
* New England Blizzard relocate from Arena at MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts to PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut.
* 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.
* Richmond Rage relocate from Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia to The Palestra in Philadelphia and renamed Philadelphia Rage.
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| rowspan="4" |Eastern Conference
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Conference
|'''Columbus Quest'''
|'''Columbus Quest'''
|'''31'''
|'''36'''
|'''9'''
|'''8'''
|
|
|-
|-
|'''Richmond Rage'''
|'''New England Blizzard'''
|'''21'''
|'''24'''
|'''19'''
|'''20'''
|'''10'''
|'''12'''
|-
|-
|Atlanta Glory
|Atlanta Glory
|18
|15
|22
|29
|21
|-
|Philadelphia Rage
|13
|13
|31
|23
|-
|-
|New England Blizzard
| rowspan="5" |Western Conference
|16
|'''Portland Power'''
|24
|'''27'''
|15
|'''17'''
|
|-
|'''Long Beach StingRays'''
|'''26'''
|'''18'''
|'''1'''
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" |Western Conference
|'''Colorado Xplosion'''
|Colorado Xplosion
|'''21'''
|25
|'''23'''
|15
|'''6'''
|
|-
|-
|San Jose Lasers
|'''San Jose Lasers'''
|18
|'''21'''
|22
|'''23'''
|7
|'''6'''
|-
|-
|Seattle Reign
|Seattle Reign
|17
|15
|23
|29
|8
|12
|-
|Portland Power
|14
|26
|11
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Five)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Five)
!Champions
!Champions
|-
|-
|'''Columbus Quest'''
| colspan="3" |'''Columbus Quest'''
|'''2'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Columbus Quest'''
| rowspan="3" |'''Columbus Quest'''
| rowspan="2" |'''3'''
| rowspan="3" |'''3'''
| rowspan="4" |'''Columbus Quest'''
| rowspan="6" |'''Columbus Quest'''
|-
|-
|San Jose Lasers
|New England Blizzard
|0
|0
| rowspan="2" |San Jose Lasers
| rowspan="2" |0
|-
|'''San Jose Lasers'''
|'''2'''
|-
|-
|Colorado Xplosion
| colspan="3" |Portland Power
|0
|0
| rowspan="2" |Richmond Rage
| rowspan="3" |Long Beach StingRays
| rowspan="2" |2
| rowspan="3" |2
|-
|-
|'''Richmond Rage'''
|'''Long Beach StingRays'''
|'''2'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Long Beach StingRays'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
|-
|Colorado Xplosion
|1
|}
|}


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|-
|-
|ABL All-Star Game
|ABL All-Star Game
|'''Western Conference'''
|Western Conference
|81-65
|73-102
|Eastern Conference
|'''Eastern Conference'''
|}
|}


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!Total
!Total
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area
|Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |Fulton County, Georgia
|Fulton County, Georgia
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta
|Atlanta
|Forbes Arena
|Forbes Arena
|Atlanta Glory
|Atlanta Glory
|15
|22
|
|
|15
|22
|-
|Georgia State Sports Arena
|Atlanta Glory
|Five
|
|Five
|-
|-
|Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area
|Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area
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|Battelle Hall
|Battelle Hall
|Columbus Quest
|Columbus Quest
|20
|22
|Four
|Four
|24
|26
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area
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|McNichols Sports Arena
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Colorado Xplosion
|Colorado Xplosion
|Four
|Six
|
|
|Four
|Six
|-
| rowspan="2" |Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division
|Orange County, California
|Anaheim, California
|Honda Center
|Long Beach StingRays
|One
|Two
|Three
|-
|Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
|Los Angeles County, California
|Long Beach, California
|LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid
|Long Beach StingRays
|21
|Three
|24
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area
|New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut
|Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut
| rowspan="2" |Hartford, Connecticut
|Hartford, Connecticut
| rowspan="2" |PeoplesBank Arena
|PeoplesBank Arena
|New England Blizzard
|New England Blizzard
|Eight
|16
|
|One
|Eight
|17
|-
|-
|Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona, FL Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Osceola County, Florida
|Unincorporated
|State Farm Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
|ABL All-Star Game
|ABL All-Star Game
|
|
|
|
|One
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia
|Liacouras Center
|Philadelphia Rage
|Three
|
|Three
|-
|The Palestra
|Philadelphia Rage
|19
|
|19
|-
|-
|Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area
|Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area
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|Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Portland Power
|Portland Power
|20
|22
|
|One
|20
|23
|-
|-
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Richmond, Virginia
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Richmond Coliseum
| rowspan="2" |Santa Clara County, California
|Richmond Rage
| rowspan="2" |San José, California
|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
|Provident Credit Union Event Center
|San Jose Lasers
|San Jose Lasers
|18
|Two
|20
|20
|One
|-
|21
|SAP Center at San Jose
|San Jose Lasers
|Four
|
|Four
|-
|-
|Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area
|Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area
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|Mercer Arena
|Mercer Arena
|Seattle Reign
|Seattle Reign
|20
|22
|
|
|20
|22
|-
|-
|Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Combined Statistical Area
|Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Combined Statistical Area
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|Arena at MassMutual Center
|Arena at MassMutual Center
|New England Blizzard
|New England Blizzard
|12
|Six
|
|
|12
|Six
|-
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''160'''
|'''198'''
|'''Nine'''
|'''14'''
|'''170'''
|'''213'''
|}
|}
[[Category:1997-98]]
[[Category:American Basketball League (1996-1998) seasons]]

Latest revision as of 04:59, 31 October 2026

Seasons
1996-97 1997-98 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 PeoplesBank Arena Hartford, Connecticut
Philadelphia Rage The Palestra Philadelphia
Western Conference Colorado Xplosion Denver Coliseum Denver
Long Beach StingRays LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid Long Beach, California
Portland Power Veterans Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon
San Jose Lasers Provident Credit Union Event Center San José, California
Seattle Reign Mercer Arena Seattle

Changes

  • Long Beach StingRays enfranchised in Western Conference, playing at LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid in Long Beach, California.
  • 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 36 8
New England Blizzard 24 20 12
Atlanta Glory 15 29 21
Philadelphia Rage 13 31 23
Western Conference Portland Power 27 17
Long Beach StingRays 26 18 1
Colorado Xplosion 21 23 6
San Jose Lasers 21 23 6
Seattle Reign 15 29 12

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Three) Team (Best-of-Three) Team (Best-of-Five) Champions
Columbus Quest 2 Columbus Quest 3 Columbus Quest
New England Blizzard 0 San Jose Lasers 0
San Jose Lasers 2
Portland Power 0 Long Beach StingRays 2
Long Beach StingRays 2 Long Beach StingRays 2
Colorado Xplosion 1

Special Event Venues

Event Away Score Home
ABL All-Star Game Western Conference 73-102 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 22 22
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area Franklin County, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Battelle Hall Columbus Quest 22 Four 26
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 Six Six
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division Orange County, California Anaheim, California Honda Center Long Beach StingRays One Two Three
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division Los Angeles County, California Long Beach, California LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid Long Beach StingRays 21 Three 24
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 16 One 17
Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona, FL Combined Statistical Area Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Osceola County, Florida Unincorporated State Farm Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex ABL All-Star Game One
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 Liacouras Center Philadelphia Rage Three Three
The Palestra Philadelphia Rage 19 19
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 22 One 23
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 18 Two 20
SAP Center at San Jose San Jose Lasers Four Four
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 22 22
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 Six Six
Total 198 14 213
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