1998–99 NBL season

Professional basketball season April 2022 March 2026 1998–99 NBL season NBL Logo (1998–99).png 175px National Basketball League 1998–99 Finals 1999 NBL Finals Adelaide 36ers (3rd title) Victoria Titans Melbourne TigersWollongong Hawks 11 9 October 1998 – 23 April 1999 Adelaide 36ers Australia: ABC Fox Sports Steve Woodberry (Brisbane) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player USA Brett Maher (Adelaide) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final AUS Andrew Gaze (Melbourne) 31.8 AUS List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders Mark Bradtke (Melbourne) 13.3 AUS Darryl McDonald (Victoria) 8.2 AUS List of NBL seasons NBL 1998 NBL season 1998 1999–2000 NBL season 1999–2000 The 1998–99 NBL season was the 21st season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league. This season marked the first summer season for the NBL. The Townsville Suns were renamed the Townsville Crocodiles. Regular season The 1998–99 regular season took place over 23 rounds between 9 October 1998 and 14 March 1999. 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 9/10/1998 WH 76–100 NF WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34641 9/10/1998 BB 110–78 CC Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34642 10/10/1998 MT 99–80 VT Melbourne Park N/A 34643 10/10/1998 PW 106–96 A36 Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34644 10/10/1998 TC 91–84 BB Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34645 10/10/1998 SK 97–103 WSR Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34646 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 16/10/1998 PW 70–75 SK Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34647 16/10/1998 MT 109–101 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34648 16/10/1998 CC 89–104 WSR AIS Arena N/A 34649 17/10/1998 VT 110–94 CC Melbourne Park N/A 34650 17/10/1998 TC 86–99 WH Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34651 17/10/1998 NF 89–87 WSR Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34652 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 23/10/1998 CC 98–109 MT AIS Arena N/A 34653 24/10/1998 A36 94–89 TC Adelaide Arena N/A 34654 24/10/1998 WH 83–80 PW WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34655 24/10/1998 NF 100–84 SK Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34656 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 30/10/1998 PW 96–111 MT Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34657 30/10/1998 NF 95–98 CC Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34658 31/10/1998 A36 109–72 WH Adelaide Arena N/A 34659 31/10/1998 BB 95–80 WSR Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34660 31/10/1998 SK 92–101 VT Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34661 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 6/11/1998 A36 95–112 WSR Adelaide Arena N/A 34662 6/11/1998 BB 84–101 NF Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34663 7/11/1998 VT 100–111 WH Melbourne Park N/A 34664 7/11/1998 PW 95–98 WSR Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34665 7/11/1998 CC 111–88 SK AIS Arena N/A 34666 7/11/1998 TC 96–102 NF Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34667 8/11/1998 MT 112–105 A36 Melbourne Park N/A 34668 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 13/11/1998 VT 97–83 NF Melbourne Park N/A 34669 13/11/1998 WH 100–91 WSR WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34670 14/11/1998 CC 99–94 TC AIS Arena N/A 34671 14/11/1998 SK 102–107 MT Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34672 15/11/1998 PW 77–97 BB Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34673 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 20/11/1998 MT 102–87 TC Melbourne Park N/A 34674 20/11/1998 WSR 81–92 VT Whitlam Centre N/A 34675 20/11/1998 CC 122–106 NF AIS Arena N/A 34676 21/11/1998 A36 96–112 BB Adelaide Arena N/A 34677 21/11/1998 WH 88–86 TC WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34678 21/11/1998 NF 96–97 MT Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34679 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 27/11/1998 MT 102–97 SK Melbourne Park N/A 34680 27/11/1998 CC 99–101 PW AIS Arena N/A 34681 27/11/1998 TC 93–80 WH Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34682 28/11/1998 VT 86–83 PW Melbourne Park N/A 34683 28/11/1998 NF 84–94 A36 Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34684 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 4/12/1998 VT 101–73 WSR Melbourne Park N/A 34685 4/12/1998 A36 101–90 SK Adelaide Arena N/A 34686 4/12/1998 TC 120–107 CC Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34687 4/12/1998 WH 83–86 BB WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34688 5/12/1998 MT 109–90 WSR Melbourne Park N/A 34689 5/12/1998 PW 93–90 A36 Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34690 5/12/1998 NF 87–78 VT Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34691 5/12/1998 SK 93–72 WH Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34692 5/12/1998 BB 105–97 TC Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34693 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 11/12/1998 WH 97–108 SK WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34694 11/12/1998 WSR 107–87 CC Whitlam Centre N/A 34695 12/12/1998 VT 92–80 MT Melbourne Park N/A 34696 12/12/1998 A36 111–98 NF Adelaide Arena N/A 34697 12/12/1998 BB 95–103 SK Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34698 12/12/1998 TC 96–110 PW Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34699 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 16/12/1998 SK 82–115 A36 Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34700 18/12/1998 A36 105–92 PW Adelaide Arena N/A 34701 18/12/1998 WH 86–60 WSR WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34702 19/12/1998 MT 99–110 CC Melbourne Park N/A 34703 19/12/1998 BB 106–93 PW Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34704 19/12/1998 WSR 91–107 NF Whitlam Centre N/A 34705 20/12/1998 VT 72–87 TC Melbourne Park N/A 34706 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 26/12/1998 VT 91–93 A36 Melbourne Park N/A 34707 26/12/1998 SK 107–102 NF Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34708 27/12/1998 MT 102–91 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34709 27/12/1998 PW 96–91 TC Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34710 27/12/1998 NF 83–93 WH Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34711 27/12/1998 WSR 101–94 A36 Whitlam Centre N/A 34712 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 31/12/1998 A36 104–90 BB Adelaide Arena N/A 34713 31/12/1998 WH 110–94 MT WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34714 31/12/1998 TC 74–65 VT Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34715 1/01/1999 WSR 92–87 MT Whitlam Centre N/A 34716 2/01/1999 CC 113–90 SK AIS Arena N/A 34717 2/01/1999 BB 82–99 VT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34718 2/01/1999 NF 77–105 PW Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34719 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 8/01/1999 CC 94–109 PW AIS Arena N/A 34720 8/01/1999 TC 116–68 SK Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34721 9/01/1999 WH 96–89 A36 WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34722 9/01/1999 NF 82–98 BB Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34723 9/01/1999 WSR 77–89 VT Whitlam Centre N/A 34724 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 15/01/1999 WH 110–94 NF WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34725 15/01/1999 TC 90–89 MT Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34726 15/01/1999 SK 108–73 CC Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34727 16/01/1999 PW 84–85 VT Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34728 16/01/1999 A36 105–87 CC Adelaide Arena N/A 34729 16/01/1999 BB 104–118 MT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34730 16/01/1999 WSR 78–72 SK Whitlam Centre N/A 34731 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 22/01/1999 WSR 79–92 TC Whitlam Centre N/A 34732 22/01/1999 CC 84–89 WH AIS Arena N/A 34733 23/01/1999 PW 101–93 MT Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34734 23/01/1999 A36 87–72 WH Adelaide Arena N/A 34735 23/01/1999 SK 98–109 BB Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34736 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 29/01/1999 NF 77–97 A36 Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34737 29/01/1999 BB 86–85 VT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34738 29/01/1999 WSR 102–97 PW Whitlam Centre N/A 34739 30/01/1999 WH 84–77 CC WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34740 30/01/1999 TC 96–71 VT Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34741 30/01/1999 SK 98–105 MT Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34742 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 5/02/1999 CC 88–99 VT AIS Arena N/A 34743 5/02/1999 NF 95–93 BB Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34744 5/02/1999 WSR 89–86 TC Whitlam Centre N/A 34745 6/02/1999 MT 96–84 WH Melbourne Park N/A 34746 6/02/1999 SK 89–108 PW Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34747 6/02/1999 A36 96–84 TC Adelaide Arena N/A 34748 7/02/1999 VT 94–74 PW Melbourne Park N/A 34749 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 12/02/1999 PW 116–93 WH Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34750 12/02/1999 NF 100–109 SK Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34751 13/02/1999 A36 89–70 VT Adelaide Arena N/A 34752 13/02/1999 CC 106–93 NF AIS Arena N/A 34753 13/02/1999 WSR 86–100 BB Whitlam Centre N/A 34754 Round 20 |- 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 19/02/1999 MT 101–89 NF Melbourne Park N/A 34755 19/02/1999 WH 86–85 VT WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34756 19/02/1999 BB 87–84 TC Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34757 19/02/1999 A36 96–89 SK Adelaide Arena N/A 34758 20/02/1999 VT 101–95 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34759 20/02/1999 TC 85–83 CC Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34760 20/02/1999 WSR 104–88 PW Whitlam Centre N/A 34761 21/02/1999 SK 68–95 WH Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34762 Round 21 |- 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 26/02/1999 MT 106–94 WSR Melbourne Park N/A 34763 27/02/1999 VT 98–87 SK Melbourne Park N/A 34764 27/02/1999 PW 84–82 CC Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34765 27/02/1999 A36 87–90 MT Adelaide Arena N/A 34766 27/02/1999 BB 92–100 WH Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34767 27/02/1999 NF 93–98 TC Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34768 Round 22 |- 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 4/03/1999 TC 118–113 WSR Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34769 5/03/1999 VT 101–75 NF Melbourne Park N/A 34770 5/03/1999 PW 105–84 BB Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34771 5/03/1999 CC 115–119 A36 AIS Arena N/A 34772 6/03/1999 MT 86–92 CC Melbourne Park N/A 34773 6/03/1999 SK 119–101 TC Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34774 6/03/1999 WSR 92–77 WH Whitlam Centre N/A 34775 Round 23 |- 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 12/03/1999 MT 81–89 PW Melbourne Park N/A 34776 12/03/1999 WH 96–79 CC WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34777 12/03/1999 BB 83–98 A36 Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34778 12/03/1999 SK 98–91 WSR Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34779 13/03/1999 VT 97–89 MT Melbourne Park N/A 34780 13/03/1999 CC 97–107 BB AIS Arena N/A 34781 13/03/1999 TC 92–107 A36 Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34782 14/03/1999 PW 111–113 NF Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34783 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. 1Wollongong Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-0). 2Brisbane Bullets won Head-to-Head (2-1). 3Townsville Crocodiles won Head-to-Head (2-1). 4Sydney Kings won Head-to-Head (2-1). Finals 1999 NBL Finals Playoff bracket Qualifying 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 19/03/1999 VT 96–65 WH Melbourne Park N/A 34784 19/03/1999 PW 87–99 A36 Challenge Stadium N/A 34785 20/03/1999 BB 85–100 MT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34786 26/03/1999 MT 98–92 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34787 26/03/1999 A36 97–80 PW Adelaide Arena N/A 34788 27/03/1999 WH 82–91 VT WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34789 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 2/04/1999 WH 81–93 A36 WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 34790 3/04/1999 VT 80–77 MT Melbourne Park N/A 34791 9/04/1999 MT 87–94 VT Melbourne Park N/A 34792 10/04/1999 A36 99–98 WH Adelaide Arena N/A 34793 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 16/04/1999 VT 94–104 A36 Melbourne Park N/A 34794 21/04/1999 A36 82–88 VT Adelaide Arena N/A 34795 23/04/1999 A36 80–69 VT Adelaide Arena N/A 34796 1998–99 NBL statistics leaders + Category Player Team Stat Points per game Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 33.5 Rebounds per game Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers 12.0 Assists per game Darryl McDonald Victoria Titans 8.2 Steals per game Darryl McDonald Victoria Titans 8.2 Blocks per game Simon Dwight West Sydney Razorbacks 3.0 Free throw percentage Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 89.4% Three-point field goal percentage John Rillie West Sydney Razorbacks 47.5% NBL awards Most Valuable Player: Steve Woodberry, Brisbane Bullets Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Brett Maher, Adelaide 36ers Rookie of the Year: Damien Ryan, Canberra Cannons Best Defensive Player: Darnell Mee, Adelaide 36ers Best Sixth Man: Bruce Bolden, West Sydney Razorbacks Most Improved Player: C.J. Bruton, Wollongong Hawks Coach of the Year: Lindsay Gaze, Melbourne Tigers & Brendan Joyce, Wollongong Hawks All NBL Team #PlayerTeam PG Steve Woodberry Brisbane Bullets SG Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers SF Lanard Copeland Melbourne Tigers PF Kevin Brooks Adelaide 36ers C Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers External links NBL official website, including live scores and fixtures 1998–99 Category:1998 in Australian men's sport Category:1999 in Australian men's sport Category:1998–99 in Australian basketball