Portland Power (basketball) season, the Power acquired Steding's former Stanford teammate, point guard Sonja Henning. Though they got off to a slow start, the Power was leading the Western Conference after completing a five-game win streak when the ABL abruptly folded due to financial difficulties on December 22, 1998. At the time of their demise, the Power's starting lineup was: After the franchise folded, many Power players went on to continue their careers in the WNBA. 1997-98 season: 1998 season (partial): Portland Power (basketball) The Portland Power was a women's professional basketball team in the American Basketball League (ABL) based in Portland, Oregon.
Basketball in Slovenia apart from Olimpija and Železničar also Slovan, ŽKK Maribor, Lesonit and Maribor 66 managed to play in the Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League. In 1950 Mirko Amon (Železničar), best scorer of yugoslav league that season, became the first Slovenian player in Yugoslavia national basketball team, later to be followed by many others. Slovenian players with most appearances for the national team were Ivo Daneu, Peter Vilfan, Jure Zdovc, Boris Kristančič and Aljoša Žorga. Slovenian players had important role when Yugoslavia won the 1970 FIBA World Championship in Tivoli Hall in Ljubljana, while they were also members of 1978 and 1990