Long Beach Plays Las Vegas in First-Round Playoff Matchup

Published on March 1, 2005 under American Basketball Association (ABA)
Maywood Laguneros News Release


LONG BEACH, Calif. (March 1, 2005) – The Long Beach Jam of the American Basketball Association continue their title defense in a first-round playoff game against the Las Vegas Rattlers Sunday, March 6 at the Pyramid in Long Beach.

The defending ABA champions, the Jam tied a franchise record by winning their seventh-straight game Sunday, a 117-102 drubbing of the Los Angeles Stars.

The ABA determined playoff seeding based on power rankings assigned by the league. The rankings were determined by a number of factors including won/loss record, number of games played, difficulty of schedule, and point differential. Should the Jam advance, they will play the winner of the Utah Snowbears – St. Louis Flight game.

Final ABA Power Rankings:

1. Utah Snowbears
2. Arkansas Rimrockers
3. Mississippi Stingers
4. Texas Tycoons
5. Maryland Nighthawks
6. Kansas City Knights
7. Harlem Strong Dogs
8. Long Beach Jam
9. Las Vegas Rattlers
10. Kentucky Colonels
11. Orange County Buzz
12. New Jersey Skycats
13. Bellevue Blackhawks
14. Tijuana Dragons
15. Ontario Warriors
16. St. Louis Flight

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