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1997 KBL season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1997 KBL season |
| league | Korean Basketball League |
| sport | Basketball |
| duration | February 1, 1997 – May 1, 1997 |
| season | Regular Season |
| season_champs | Busan Kia Enterprise |
| MVP | KOR Kang Dong-hee (Kia) |
| top_scorer | USA Carl Ray Harris (Naray) |
| finals | Finals |
| finals_link | Korean Basketball League#Results |
| finals_champ | Busan Kia Enterprise |
| finals_runner-up | Wonju Naray Blue Bird |
| finals_MVP | KOR Kang Dong-hee (Kia) |
| finals_MVP_link | Korean Basketball League#Results |
| seasonslist | List of KBL seasons |
| seasonslistnames | KBL |
| prevseason_year | None |
| nextseason_link | 1997–98 KBL season |
| nextseason_year | 1997–98 |
| conf1_runner-up = | conf2_runner-up = | finals_runner-up = Wonju Naray Blue Bird
The FILA 1997 Professional Basketball season was the inaugural season of the Korean Basketball League.
Regular season
| RK | Team | G | W | L | PCT | GB | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Busan Kia Enterprise | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0.762 | – | – |
| 2 | Anyang SBS Stars | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0.667 | 2 | – |
| 3 | Wonju Naray Blue Bird | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0.619 | 3 | – |
| 4 | Daegu Tongyang Orions | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0.524 | 5 | – |
| 5 | Gwangju Nasan Flamans | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0.429 | 7 | – |
| 6 | Incheon Daewoo Securities Zeus | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0.381 | 8 | – |
| 7 | Daejeon Hyundai Dynat | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0.333 | 9 | – |
| 8 | Suwon Samsung Thunders | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0.286 | 10 | – |
Playoffs
|RD1-seed1=4 |RD1-team1=Tongyang |RD1-score1=4 |RD1-seed2=5 |RD1-team2=Nasan |RD1-score2=1 |RD1-seed3=3 |RD1-team3=Naray |RD1-score3=4 |RD1-seed4=6 |RD1-team4=Daewoo Securities |RD1-score4=2 |RD2-seed1=1 |RD2-team1=Kia |RD2-score1=4 |RD2-seed2=4 |RD2-team2=Tongyang |RD2-score2=2 |RD2-seed3=2 |RD2-team3=SBS |RD2-score3=1 |RD2-seed4=3 |RD2-team4=Naray |RD2-score4=4 |RD3-seed1=1 |RD3-team1=Kia |RD3-score1=4 |RD3-seed2=3 |RD3-team2=Naray |RD3-score2=1
| 1997 KBL Champions |
|---|
| Busan Kia Enterprise |
| 1st title |
Prize money
- Busan Kia Enterprise: KRW 150,000,000 (champions + regular-season 1st place)
- Wonju Naray Blue Bird: KRW 70,000,000 (runners-up + regular-season 3rd place)
- Anyang SBS Stars: KRW 30,000,000 (regular-season 2nd place)
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