1998–99 NBL season

1998–99 NBL season
1998–99 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	9 October 1998 – 14 March 1999; 19 March 1999 – 10 April 1999 (Finals); 16 – 23 April 1999 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC Fox Sports
Regular season
Top seed	Adelaide 36ers
Season MVP	Steve Woodberry
Finals
Champions	Adelaide 36ers
Runners-up	Victoria Titans
Finals MVP	Brett Maher
NBL seasons
	← 1998 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 home and away season took place over 23 rounds between 9 October 1998 and 14 March 1999 with finals starting 19 March 1999 until 10 April 1999 and grand final on 16-23 April 1999.

Round 1

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
9 October	Brisbane Bullets	110–78	Canberra Cannons	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
9 October	Illawarra Hawks	76–100	Newcastle Falcons	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
10 October	Melbourne Tigers	99–80	Victoria Titans	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
10 October	Sydney Kings	97–103	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
10 October	Townsville Crocodiles	91–84	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
10 October	Perth Wildcats	106–96	Adelaide 36ers	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 2

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
16 October	Canberra Cannons	89–104	West Sydney Razorbacks	AIS Arena		boxscore
16 October	Perth Wildcats	70–75	Sydney Kings	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore
16 October	Melbourne Tigers	109–101	Brisbane Bullets	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
17 October	Townsville Crocodiles	86–99	Illawarra Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
17 October	Newcastle Falcons	89–87	West Sydney Razorbacks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
17 October	Victoria Titans	110–94	Canberra Cannons	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore

Round 3

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
23 October	Canberra Cannons	98–109	Melbourne Tigers	AIS Arena		boxscore
24 October	Illawarra Hawks	83–80	Perth Wildcats	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
24 October	Newcastle Falcons	100–84	Sydney Kings	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
24 October	Adelaide 36ers	94–89	Townsville Crocodiles	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore

Round 4

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
30 October	Newcastle Falcons	95–98	Canberra Cannons	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
30 October	Perth Wildcats	96–111	Melbourne Tigers	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore
31 October	Brisbane Bullets	95–80	West Sydney Razorbacks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
31 October	Sydney Kings	92–101	Victoria Titans	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
31 October	Adelaide 36ers	109–72	Illawarra Hawks	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore

Round 5

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
6 November	Brisbane Bullets	84–101	Newcastle Falcons	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
6 November	Adelaide 36ers	95–112	West Sydney Razorbacks	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
7 November	Victoria Titans	100–111	Illawarra Hawks	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
7 November	Canberra Cannons	111–88	Sydney Kings	AIS Arena		boxscore
7 November	Perth Wildcats	95–98	West Sydney Razorbacks	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore
7 November	Townsville Crocodiles	96–102	Newcastle Falcons	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
8 November	Melbourne Tigers	112–105	Adelaide 36ers	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore

Round 6

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
13 November	Illawarra Hawks	100–91	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
13 November	Victoria Titans	95–112	Newcastle Falcons	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
14 November	Canberra Cannons	100–111	Townsville Crocodiles	AIS Arena		boxscore
14 November	Sydney Kings	111–88	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
15 November	Perth Wildcats	95–98	Brisbane Bullets	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 7

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
20 November	Canberra Cannons	122–106	Newcastle Falcons	AIS Arena		boxscore
20 November	Melbourne Tigers	102–87	Townsville Crocodiles	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
20 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	81–92	Victoria Titans	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
21 November	Adelaide 36ers	96–112	Brisbane Bullets	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
21 November	Newcastle Falcons	96–97	Melbourne Tigers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
21 November	Illawarra Hawks	88–86	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 8

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
27 November	Canberra Cannons	99–101	Perth Wildcats	AIS Arena		boxscore
27 November	Melbourne Tigers	102–97	Sydney Kings	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
27 November	Townsville Crocodiles	93–80	Illawarra Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
28 November	Newcastle Falcons	84–94	Adelaide 36ers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
28 November	Victoria Titans	86–83	Perth Wildcats	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore

Round 9

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
4 December	Illawarra Hawks	83–86	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
4 December	Adelaide 36ers	101–90	Sydney Kings	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
4 December	Victoria Titans	101–73	West Sydney Razorbacks	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
4 December	Townsville Crocodiles	120–107	Canberra Cannons	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
5 December	Brisbane Bullets	105–97	Townsville Crocodiles	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
5 December	Melbourne Tigers	109–90	West Sydney Razorbacks	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
5 December	Newcastle Falcons	87–78	Victoria Titans	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
5 December	Perth Wildcats	93–90	Adelaide 36ers	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore
5 December	Sydney Kings	93–72	Illawarra Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 10

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
4 December	Illawarra Hawks	97–108	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
4 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	107–87	Canberra Cannons	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
4 December	Townsville Crocodiles	96–110	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
4 December	Brisbane Bullets	95–103	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
5 December	Adelaide 36ers	111–98	Newcastle Falcons	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
5 December	Victoria Titans	92–80	Melbourne Tigers	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore

Round 11

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
16 December	Sydney Kings	82–115	Adelaide 36ers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
18 December	Illawarra Hawks	86–60	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
18 December	Adelaide 36ers	105–92	Perth Wildcats	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
19 December	Brisbane Bullets	106–93	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
19 December	Melbourne Tigers	99–110	Canberra Cannons	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
19 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	91–107	Newcastle Falcons	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
20 December	Victoria Titans	72–87	Townsville Crocodiles	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore

Round 12

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
26 December	Sydney Kings	107–102	Newcastle Falcons	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
26 December	Victoria Titans	91–93	Adelaide 36ers	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
27 December	Perth Wildcats	96–91	Townsville Crocodiles	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore
27 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	101–94	Adelaide 36ers	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
27 December	Newcastle Falcons	83–93	Illawarra Hawks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
27 December	Melbourne Tigers	102–91	Brisbane Bullets	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore

Round 13

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
31 December	Illawarra Hawks	110–94	Melbourne Tigers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
31 December	Townsville Crocodiles	74–65	Victoria Titans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
31 December	Adelaide 36ers	104–91	Brisbane Bullets	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
1 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	92–87	Melbourne Tigers	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
2 January	Canberra Cannons	113–90	Sydney Kings	AIS Arena		boxscore
2 January	Brisbane Bullets	82–99	Victoria Titans	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
2 January	Newcastle Falcons	77–105	Perth Wildcats	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 14

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
8 January	Canberra Cannons	94–109	Perth Wildcats	AIS Arena		boxscore
8 January	Townsville Crocodiles	116–68	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
9 January	Newcastle Falcons	82–98	Brisbane Bullets	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
9 January	Illawarra Hawks	96–89	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
9 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	77–89	Victoria Titans	Whitlam Centre		boxscore

Round 15

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
15 January	Illawarra Hawks	110–94	Newcastle Falcons	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
15 January	Sydney Kings	108–73	Canberra Cannons	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
15 January	Townsville Crocodiles	90–89	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
16 January	Perth Wildcats	84–85	Victoria Titans	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore
16 January	Brisbane Bullets	104–118	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
16 January	Adelaide 36ers	105–87	Canberra Cannons	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
16 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	78–72	Sydney Kings	Whitlam Centre		boxscore

Round 16

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
22 January	Canberra Cannons	84–89	Illawarra Hawks	AIS Arena		boxscore
22 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	79–92	Townsville Crocodiles	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
23 January	Perth Wildcats	101–93	Melbourne Tigers	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore
23 January	Sydney Kings	98–109	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
23 January	Adelaide 36ers	87–72	Illawarra Hawks	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore

Round 17

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
29 January	Brisbane Bullets	86–85	Victoria Titans	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
29 January	Newcastle Falcons	77–97	Adelaide 36ers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
29 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	102–97	Perth Wildcats	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
30 January	Illawarra Hawks	84–77	Canberra Cannons	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
30 January	Sydney Kings	98–105	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
30 January	Townsville Crocodiles	96–71	Victoria Titans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 18

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
5 February	Canberra Cannons	88–99	Victoria Titans	AIS Arena		boxscore
5 February	Newcastle Falcons	95–93	Brisbane Bullets	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
5 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	89–86	Townsville Crocodiles	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
6 February	Melbourne Tigers	96–84	Illawarra Hawks	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
6 February	Sydney Kings	89–108	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
6 February	Adelaide 36ers	96–84	Townsville Crocodiles	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
7 February	Victoria Titans	94–74	Perth Wildcats	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore

Round 19

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 February	Newcastle Falcons	100–109	Sydney Kings	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
12 February	Perth Wildcats	116–93	Illawarra Hawks	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore
13 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	86–100	Brisbane Bullets	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
13 February	Canberra Cannons	106–93	Newcastle Falcons	AIS Arena		boxscore
13 February	Adelaide 36ers	89–70	Victoria Titans	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore

Round 20

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
19 February	Brisbane Bullets	87–84	Townsville Crocodiles	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
19 February	Illawarra Hawks	86–85	Victoria Titans	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
19 February	Melbourne Tigers	101–89	Newcastle Falcons	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
19 February	Adelaide 36ers	96–89	Sydney Kings	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
20 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	104–88	Perth Wildcats	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
20 February	Townsville Crocodiles	85–83	Canberra Cannons	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
20 February	Victoria Titans	101–95	Brisbane Bullets	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
21 February	Sydney Kings	68–95	Illawarra Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 21

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
26 February	Melbourne Tigers	106–94	West Sydney Razorbacks	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
27 February	Victoria Titans	98–87	Sydney Kings	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
27 February	Brisbane Bullets	92–100	Illawarra Hawks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
27 February	Newcastle Falcons	93–98	Townsville Crocodiles	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
27 February	Perth Wildcats	84–82	Canberra Cannons	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore
27 February	Adelaide 36ers	87–90	Melbourne Tigers	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore

Round 22

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
4 March	Townsville Crocodiles	118–113	West Sydney Razorbacks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
5 March	Canberra Cannons	115–119	Adelaide 36ers	AIS Arena		boxscore
5 March	Perth Wildcats	105–84	Brisbane Bullets	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore
5 March	Victoria Titans	101–75	Newcastle Falcons	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
6 March	West Sydney Razorbacks	92–77	Illawarra Hawks	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
6 March	Melbourne Tigers	86–92	Canberra Cannons	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
6 March	Sydney Kings	119–101	Townsville Crocodiles	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 23

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 March	Brisbane Bullets	83–98	Adelaide 36ers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
12 March	Illawarra Hawks	96–79	Canberra Cannons	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
12 March	Melbourne Tigers	81–89	Perth Wildcats	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
12 March	Sydney Kings	98–91	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
13 March	Canberra Cannons	97–107	Brisbane Bullets	AIS Arena		boxscore
13 March	Victoria Titans	97–89	Melbourne Tigers	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
13 March	Townsville Crocodiles	92–107	Adelaide 36ers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
14 March	Perth Wildcats	111–113	Newcastle Falcons	Perth Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Ladder

Pos	1998–99 NBL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Adelaide 36ers	26	18	8	69.23%	4–1	W3	11–3	7–5	2572	2379	108.11%
2	Melbourne Tigers	26	17	9	65.38%	2–3	L3	10–3	7–6	2573	2472	104.09%
3	Wollongong Hawks¹	26	16	10	61.54%	4–1	W1	10–3	6–7	2332	2328	100.17%
4	Victoria Titans¹	26	16	10	61.54%	4–1	W4	10–3	6–7	2339	2245	104.19%
5	Brisbane Bullets²	26	13	13	50.00%	1–4	W1	6–6	7–7	2476	2462	100.57%
6	Perth Wildcats²	26	13	13	50.00%	3–2	L1	7–6	6–7	2463	2424	101.61%

7	Townsville Crocodiles³	26	12	14	46.15%	3–2	L2	9–4	3–10	2429	2397	101.33%
8	West Sydney Razorbacks³	26	12	14	46.15%	2–3	L1	8–5	4–9	2375	2446	97.10%
9	Sydney Kings⁴	26	9	17	34.62%	2–3	W2	5–8	4–9	2411	2559	94.22%
10	Newcastle Falcons⁴	26	9	17	34.62%	1–4	W1	4–9	5–8	2421	2544	95.17%
11	Canberra Cannons	26	8	18	30.77%	1–4	L2	5–8	3–10	2462	2597	94.80%

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 1999. Source: NBL.com.au

Finals Series

Quarter Finals

(single game elimination)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
19 March	Perth Wildcats	97–89	Adelaide 36ers	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
19 March	Victoria Titans	78–100	Illawarra Hawks	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
20 March	Brisbane Bullets	96–78	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
26 March	Adelaide 36ers	106–89	Perth Wildcats	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
26 March	Melbourne Tigers	96–78	Brisbane Bullets	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
27 March	Illawarra Hawks	106–89	Victoria Titans	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Semi Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
2 April	Illawarra Hawks	98–101	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
3 April	Victoria Titans	116–98	Melbourne Tigers	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
9 April	Melbourne Tigers	85–94	Victoria Titans	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
10 April	Adelaide 36ers	115–112	Illawarra Hawks	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore

Grand Final

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
16 April	Victoria Titans	94–104	Adelaide 36ers	Rod Laver Arena		boxscore
21 April	Adelaide 36ers	82–88	Victoria Titans	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore
23 April	Adelaide 36ers	80–69	Victoria Titans	Clipsal Powerhouse		boxscore

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

#	Player	Team
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