1998 NBL season

Professional basketball season March 2026 August 2026 April 2022 1998 NBL season NBL logo (1998).png 200px National Basketball League 1998 Finals 1998 NBL Finals Adelaide 36ers (2nd title) S.E. Melbourne Magic Perth WildcatsBrisbane Bullets 11 30 January – 1 July 1998 S.E. Melbourne Magic Australia: ABC Fox Sports Andrew Gaze (Melbourne) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player AUS Kevin Brooks (Adelaide) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final USA Andrew Gaze (Melbourne) 31.5 AUS List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders Ray Owes (Townsville) 12.6 USA Derek Rucker (Townsville) 7.0 USA List of NBL seasons NBL 1997 NBL season 1997 1998–99 NBL season 1998–99 The 1998 NBL season was the 20th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contest the league. This season marked the NBL's final winter season. The Illawarra Hawks were renamed the Wollongong Hawks. Regular season The 1998 regular season took place over 19 rounds between 30 January 1998 and 9 June 1998. Round 1 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 30/01/1998 NF 73–93 SEMM Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34466 30/01/1998 BB 105–97 MT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34467 30/01/1998 PW 87–89https://aussiehoopla.com/ray-owes/ Ray Owes 18 August 2026 TS Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34468 30/01/1998 WH 109–96 NMG Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34469 31/01/1998 A36 125–86 TS Adelaide Arena N/A 34470 31/01/1998 SEMM 105–87 WH Dandenong Stadium N/A 34471 1/02/1998 CC 96–123 SK AIS Arena N/A 34472 Round 2 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 7/02/1998 BB 79–91 PW Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A 34473 7/02/1998 WH 96–92 NF Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34474 7/02/1998 CC 108–82 NMG AIS Arena N/A 34475 8/02/1998 A36 94–96 SEMM Adelaide Arena N/A 34476 10/02/1998 MT 115–111 TS Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34477 Round 3 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 11/02/1998 PW 103–92 CC Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34478 11/02/1998 NF 90–105 SK Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34479 13/02/1998 WH 81–95 BB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34480 14/02/1998 A36 104–88 NMG Adelaide Arena N/A 34481 14/02/1998 CC 100–129 TS AIS Arena N/A 34482 14/02/1998 SK 93–92 MT Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34483 15/02/1998 SEMM 104–88 TS Dandenong Stadium N/A 34484 15/02/1998 PW 120–98 NMG Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34485 17/02/1998 MT 121–96 WH Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34486 Round 4 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 19/02/1998 PW 101–108 MT Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34487 20/02/1998 BB 92–90 NF Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34488 20/02/1998 A36 119–100 SK Adelaide Arena N/A 34489 21/02/1998 SK 100–109 BB Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34490 21/02/1998 NF 110–96 TS Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34491 21/02/1998 NMG 81–93 SEMM Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34492 21/02/1998 WH 110–107 PW Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34493 Round 5 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 25/02/1998 SK 105–116 PW Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34494 27/02/1998 NMG 102–82 MT Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34495 27/02/1998 PW 123–87 NF Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34496 27/02/1998 TS 103–108 SEMM Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34497 28/02/1998 WH 103–93 CC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34498 28/02/1998 BB 81–76 SEMM Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34499 1/03/1998 A36 108–97 MT Adelaide Arena N/A 34500 3/03/1998 NF 112–85 SK Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34501 Round 6 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 6/03/1998 BB 115–90 NMG Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34502 6/03/1998 NF 94–110 A36 Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34503 6/03/1998 PW 76–92 SEMM Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34504 7/03/1998 TS 95–104 NMG Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34505 7/03/1998 MT 104–109 BB Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34506 7/03/1998 SK 99–108 WH Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34507 8/03/1998 CC 100–103 MT AIS Arena N/A 34508 8/03/1998 A36 103–87 PW Adelaide Arena N/A 34509 Round 7 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 11/03/1998 SEMM 115–88 SK Melbourne Park N/A 34510 13/03/1998 TS 101–93 NF Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34511 13/03/1998 WH 95–83 MT Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34512 13/03/1998 SK 105–90 BB Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34513 14/03/1998 MT 88–105 SEMM Melbourne Park N/A 34514 14/03/1998 NMG 97–91 SK Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34515 14/03/1998 BB 109–74 CC Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A 34516 14/03/1998 A36 92–87 WH Adelaide Arena N/A 34517 15/03/1998 CC 96–82 NF AIS Arena N/A 34518 15/03/1998 PW 101–114 TS Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34519 Round 8 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 20/03/1998 WH 93–111 SEMM Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34520 20/03/1998 TS 116–98 BB Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34521 20/03/1998 MT 121–89 A36 Melbourne Park N/A 34522 20/03/1998 NMG 96–99 CC Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34523 21/03/1998 SK 94–89 TS Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34524 21/03/1998 A36 104–88 CC Adelaide Arena N/A 34525 21/03/1998 BB 92–97 WH Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34527 22/03/1998 SEMM 116–81 NMG Melbourne Park N/A 34526 22/03/1998 PW 82–85 NF Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34528 Round 9 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 25/03/1998 SEMM 90–74 NF Melbourne Park N/A 34529 27/03/1998 CC 94–91 TS AIS Arena N/A 34530 27/03/1998 SK 96–105 PW Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34531 28/03/1998 TS 85–93 A36 Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34532 28/03/1998 MT 115–86 SK Melbourne Park N/A 34533 28/03/1998 WH 92–97 CC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34534 29/03/1998 NF 101–104 MT Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34535 29/03/1998 NMG 110–92 WH Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34536 29/03/1998 BB 86–96 PW Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34537 Round 10 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 2/04/1998 PW 106–84 SEMM Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34541 3/04/1998 NF 94–102 WH Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34538 3/04/1998 BB 112–82 SK Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34539 3/04/1998 TS 98–91 NMG Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34540 4/04/1998 NMG 115–99 A36 Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34542 4/04/1998 MT 108–101 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34543 5/04/1998 WH 89–98 PW Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34544 5/04/1998 SEMM 96–92 TS Melbourne Park N/A 34545 5/04/1998 SK 106–99 CC Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34546 Round 11 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 8/04/1998 MT 98–97 WH Melbourne Park N/A 34547 9/04/1998 A36 85–111 NF Adelaide Arena N/A 34548 11/04/1998 SEMM 84–79 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34549 11/04/1998 TS 94–113 PW Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34550 11/04/1998 CC 90–96 A36 AIS Arena N/A 34551 12/04/1998 WH 98–106 SK Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34552 12/04/1998 NMG 99–89 NF Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34553 13/04/1998 TS 100–99 BB Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34554 Round 12 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 17/04/1998 NF 88–80 NMG Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34555 17/04/1998 A36 111–102 SK Adelaide Arena N/A 34556 17/04/1998 WH 102–93 TS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34557 17/04/1998 CC 109–104 SEMM AIS Arena N/A 34558 18/04/1998 NMG 106–112 MT Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34559 19/04/1998 TS 85–88 CC Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34560 19/04/1998 BB 86–102 A36 Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34561 19/04/1998 PW 103–104 SK Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34562 20/04/1998 MT 109–113 NF Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34563 Round 13 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 22/04/1998 SK 119–115 MT Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34564 24/04/1998 NF 86–132 SEMM Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34565 24/04/1998 NMG 103–110 WH Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34566 24/04/1998 A36 113–90 BB Adelaide Arena N/A 34567 25/04/1998 BB 102–103 TS Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34568 25/04/1998 CC 109–96 SK AIS Arena N/A 34569 26/04/1998 TS 95–94 MT Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34570 26/04/1998 PW 103–102 NMG Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34571 26/04/1998 WH 100–114 A36 Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34572 Round 14 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 29/04/1998 SEMM 87–75 CC Melbourne Park N/A 34573 1/05/1998 MT 102–112 CC Melbourne Park N/A 34574 1/05/1998 TS 105–117 A36 Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34575 1/05/1998 SK 102–98 NMG Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34576 2/05/1998 PW 121–99 MT Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34577 2/05/1998 NF 74–98 BB Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34578 2/05/1998 SEMM 126–108 SK Melbourne Park N/A 34579 3/05/1998 A36 106–97 PW Adelaide Arena N/A 34580 3/05/1998 CC 84–92 BB AIS Arena N/A 34581 3/05/1998 NMG 119–112 NF Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34582 Round 15 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 6/05/1998 SEMM 116–73 WH Melbourne Park N/A 34583 8/05/1998 MT 96–114 TS Melbourne Park N/A 34584 8/05/1998 CC 99–112 PW AIS Arena N/A 34585 9/05/1998 A36 103–122 MT Adelaide Arena N/A 34586 9/05/1998 NF 90–97 PW Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34587 9/05/1998 NMG 80–85 CC Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34588 10/05/1998 SK 121–147 A36 Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34589 10/05/1998 BB 77–107 SEMM Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34590 11/05/1998 TS 98–113 WH Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34591 Round 16 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 13/05/1998 SEMM 77–74 A36 Melbourne Park N/A 34592 15/05/1998 CC 85–88 MT AIS Arena N/A 34593 15/05/1998 SK 96–109 NF Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34594 15/05/1998 WH 88–90 BB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34595 16/05/1998 BB 115–103 NMG Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34596 16/05/1998 NF 99–102 CC Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34597 16/05/1998 PW 106–103 A36 Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34598 17/05/1998 NMG 92–111 TS Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34599 17/05/1998 MT 82–92 SEMM Melbourne Park N/A 34600 Round 17 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 22/05/1998 NF 79–80 BB Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34601 22/05/1998 TS 113–108 SK Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34602 22/05/1998 MT 117–98 PW Melbourne Park N/A 34603 22/05/1998 NMG 116–101 A36 Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34604 22/05/1998 CC 103–104 SEMM AIS Arena N/A 34605 23/05/1998 A36 118–85 CC Adelaide Arena N/A 34606 23/05/1998 SEMM 93–89 NMG Melbourne Park N/A 34607 23/05/1998 SK 107–81 WH Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34608 24/05/1998 WH 99–88 NF Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34609 24/05/1998 PW 97–82 BB Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34610 Round 18 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 27/05/1998 SEMM 95–86 PW Melbourne Park N/A 34611 29/05/1998 TS 86–91 NF Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34612 29/05/1998 CC 105–95 PW AIS Arena N/A 34613 29/05/1998 A36 112–89 WH Adelaide Arena N/A 34614 29/05/1998 NMG 91–110 BB Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34615 30/05/1998 BB 102–114 CC Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34616 30/05/1998 SK 107–110 SEMM Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34617 30/05/1998 MT 119–85 NMG Melbourne Park N/A 34618 31/05/1998 NF 91–85 A36 Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34619 31/05/1998 WH 109–97 TS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34620 Round 19 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 3/06/1998 SEMM 99–98 A36 Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34621 4/06/1998 CC 89–90 WH AIS Arena N/A 34622 5/06/1998 NF 93–104 CC Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34623 5/06/1998 NMG 109–103 PW Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34624 6/06/1998 SK 115–113 NMG Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34625 6/06/1998 SEMM 106–110 MT Melbourne Park N/A 34626 7/06/1998 BB 101–89 A36 Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34627 7/06/1998 MT 102–100 NF Melbourne Park N/A 34628 9/06/1998 TS 131–140 SK Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34629 9/06/1998 PW 99–89 WH Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34630 Ladder The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding. 1Brisbane Bullets won Head-to-Head (2-1). 2Wollongong Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-1). 3North Melbourne Giants won Head-to-Head (2-1). Finals 1998 NBL Finals Playoff bracket Elimination Finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 12/06/1998 WH 85–95 PW Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34631 12/06/1998 BB 93–80 MT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34632 14/06/1998 PW 120–97 WH Challenge Stadium N/A 34633 14/06/1998 MT 81–114 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34634 Semi-finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 19/06/1998 BB 98–106 SEMM Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34635 19/06/1998 PW 97–114 A36 Challenge Stadium N/A 34636 21/06/1998 SEMM 90–84 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34637 21/06/1998 A36 117–110 PW Adelaide Arena N/A 34638 Grand Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 28/06/1998 A36 100–93 SEMM Adelaide Arena N/A 34639 1/07/1998 SEMM 62–90 A36 Melbourne Park N/A 34640 1998 NBL statistics leaders + Category Player Team Stat Points per game Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 31.5 Rebounds per game Ray Owes Townsville Suns 12.6 Assists per game Derek Rucker Townsville Suns 7.0 Steals per game Clint McDaniel South East Melbourne Magic 2.7 Blocks per game Simon Dwight Canberra Cannons 2.6 Free throw percentage Steve Woodberry Brisbane Bullets 92.2% NBL awards Most Valuable Player: Andrew Gaze, Melbourne Tigers Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Kevin Brooks, Adelaide 36ers Best Defensive Player: Mike Kelly, South East Melbourne Magic Most Improved Player: Ben Melmeth, Newcastle Falcons Rookie of the Year: David Smith, North Melbourne Giants Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian, South East Melbourne Magic All NBL Team #PlayerTeam PG Derek Rucker Townsville Suns SG Steve Woodberry Brisbane Bullets SF Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers PF Ray Owes Townsville Suns C Ben Melmeth Newcastle Falcons References 1998 Category:1998 in Australian men's sport Category:1998 in Australian basketball