1997-98 American Basketball League season

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