Portland Wave

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| name = Portland Wave

| color1 = white

| color2 = #2b0560

| color3 = #444444

| logo = Portland Mountain Cats logo.png

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| league = USBL

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| founded = 1996

| dissolved = 1997

| history = Portland Mountain Cats (1996)

| arena = Cumberland County Civic Center (1996)

Sullivan Gym University of Southern Maine(1997)

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| location = Portland, Maine

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| president = Mark McClure (1996)
Bill Beyer (1997)

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The Portland Wave, originally known as the Portland Mountain Cats, was a professional basketball team in the United States Basketball League (USBL) from 1996 to 1997. The team was based in Portland, Maine and played home games at Cumberland County Civic Center.{{cite web|title=History of the USBL|url=http://www.apbr.org/usbl.html|website=APBR.org|publisher=Association for Professional Basketball Research|accessdate=15 May 2018}} Jeff O'Sullivan, Guy Nadeau and Ted Goldsmith were the team's board of directors.{{cite news|title=Meisenheimer Capital announces addition of Portland Mountain Cats to the USBL|work=PR Newswire|date=November 9, 1995}} In 1996, Mark McClure served as the team's president. He was replaced in 1997 by Bill Beyer, who also took ownership of the team.{{cite news|title=Transactions|work=Rocky Mountain News|date=March 14, 1997|location=Denver, Colorado|page=19C}} In 1997, Rick Simonds served as the Wave's head coach and Jim Graffam was the assistant coach.