1998 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
Season1998
Dates30 January – 1 July 1998
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)Australia:
Regular season
Season championsS.E. Melbourne Magic
Season MVPAustralia Andrew Gaze (Melbourne)
Finals
ChampionsAdelaide 36ers (2nd title)
  Runners-upS.E. Melbourne Magic
SemifinalistsPerth Wildcats
Brisbane Bullets
Finals MVPUnited States Kevin Brooks (Adelaide)
Statistical leaders
Points Australia Andrew Gaze (Melbourne) 31.5
Rebounds United States Ray Owes (Townsville) 12.6
Assists United States Derek Rucker (Townsville) 7.0
NBL seasons

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

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 30/01/1998 Newcastle Falcons 73–93 South East Melbourne Magic Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 30/01/1998 Brisbane Bullets 105–97 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 30/01/1998 Perth Wildcats 87–89 Townsville Suns Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 30/01/1998 Illawarra Hawks 109–96 North Melbourne Giants Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 31/01/1998 Adelaide 36ers 125–86 Townsville Suns Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 31/01/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 105–87 Illawarra Hawks Dandenong Stadium N/A boxscore 1/02/1998 Canberra Cannons 96–123 Sydney Kings AIS Arena N/A boxscore

Round 2

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 7/02/1998 Brisbane Bullets 79–91 Perth Wildcats Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore 7/02/1998 Illawarra Hawks 96–92 Newcastle Falcons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 7/02/1998 Canberra Cannons 108–82 North Melbourne Giants AIS Arena N/A boxscore 8/02/1998 Adelaide 36ers 94–96 South East Melbourne Magic Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 10/02/1998 Melbourne Tigers 115–111 Townsville Suns Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 3

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 11/02/1998 Perth Wildcats 103–92 Canberra Cannons Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 11/02/1998 Newcastle Falcons 90–105 Sydney Kings Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 13/02/1998 Illawarra Hawks 81–95 Brisbane Bullets Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 14/02/1998 Adelaide 36ers 104–88 North Melbourne Giants Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 14/02/1998 Canberra Cannons 100–129 Townsville Suns AIS Arena N/A boxscore 14/02/1998 Sydney Kings 93–92 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 15/02/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 104–88 Townsville Suns Dandenong Stadium N/A boxscore 15/02/1998 Perth Wildcats 120–98 North Melbourne Giants Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 17/02/1998 Melbourne Tigers 121–96 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 4

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 19/02/1998 Perth Wildcats 101–108 Melbourne Tigers Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 20/02/1998 Brisbane Bullets 92–90 Newcastle Falcons Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 20/02/1998 Adelaide 36ers 119–100 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 21/02/1998 Sydney Kings 100–109 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 21/02/1998 Newcastle Falcons 110–96 Townsville Suns Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 21/02/1998 North Melbourne Giants 81–93 South East Melbourne Magic Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 21/02/1998 Illawarra Hawks 110–107 Perth Wildcats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 5

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 25/02/1998 Sydney Kings 105–116 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 27/02/1998 North Melbourne Giants 102–82 Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 27/02/1998 Perth Wildcats 123–87 Newcastle Falcons Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 27/02/1998 Townsville Suns 103–108 South East Melbourne Magic Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 28/02/1998 Illawarra Hawks 103–93 Canberra Cannons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 28/02/1998 Brisbane Bullets 81–76 South East Melbourne Magic Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 1/03/1998 Adelaide 36ers 108–97 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 3/03/1998 Newcastle Falcons 112–85 Sydney Kings Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 6

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 6/03/1998 Brisbane Bullets 115–90 North Melbourne Giants Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 6/03/1998 Newcastle Falcons 94–110 Adelaide 36ers Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 6/03/1998 Perth Wildcats 76–92 South East Melbourne Magic Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 7/03/1998 Townsville Suns 95–104 North Melbourne Giants Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 7/03/1998 Melbourne Tigers 104–109 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 7/03/1998 Sydney Kings 99–108 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 8/03/1998 Canberra Cannons 100–103 Melbourne Tigers AIS Arena N/A boxscore 8/03/1998 Adelaide 36ers 103–87 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore

Round 7

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 11/03/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 115–88 Sydney Kings Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 13/03/1998 Townsville Suns 101–93 Newcastle Falcons Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 13/03/1998 Illawarra Hawks 95–83 Melbourne Tigers Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 13/03/1998 Sydney Kings 105–90 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 14/03/1998 Melbourne Tigers 88–105 South East Melbourne Magic Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 14/03/1998 North Melbourne Giants 97–91 Sydney Kings Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 14/03/1998 Brisbane Bullets 109–74 Canberra Cannons Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore 14/03/1998 Adelaide 36ers 92–87 Illawarra Hawks Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 15/03/1998 Canberra Cannons 96–82 Newcastle Falcons AIS Arena N/A boxscore 15/03/1998 Perth Wildcats 101–114 Townsville Suns Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 8

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 20/03/1998 Illawarra Hawks 93–111 South East Melbourne Magic Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 20/03/1998 Townsville Suns 116–98 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 20/03/1998 Melbourne Tigers 121–89 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 20/03/1998 North Melbourne Giants 96–99 Canberra Cannons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 21/03/1998 Sydney Kings 94–89 Townsville Suns Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 21/03/1998 Adelaide 36ers 104–88 Canberra Cannons Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 21/03/1998 Brisbane Bullets 92–97 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 22/03/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 116–81 North Melbourne Giants Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 22/03/1998 Perth Wildcats 82–85 Newcastle Falcons Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 9

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 25/03/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 90–74 Newcastle Falcons Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 27/03/1998 Canberra Cannons 94–91 Townsville Suns AIS Arena N/A boxscore 27/03/1998 Sydney Kings 96–105 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 28/03/1998 Townsville Suns 85–93 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 28/03/1998 Melbourne Tigers 115–86 Sydney Kings Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 28/03/1998 Illawarra Hawks 92–97 Canberra Cannons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 29/03/1998 Newcastle Falcons 101–104 Melbourne Tigers Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 29/03/1998 North Melbourne Giants 110–92 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 29/03/1998 Brisbane Bullets 86–96 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore

Round 10

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 2/04/1998 Perth Wildcats 106–84 South East Melbourne Magic Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 3/04/1998 Newcastle Falcons 94–102 Illawarra Hawks Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 3/04/1998 Brisbane Bullets 112–82 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 3/04/1998 Townsville Suns 98–91 North Melbourne Giants Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 4/04/1998 North Melbourne Giants 115–99 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 4/04/1998 Melbourne Tigers 108–101 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 5/04/1998 Illawarra Hawks 89–98 Perth Wildcats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 5/04/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 96–92 Townsville Suns Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 5/04/1998 Sydney Kings 106–99 Canberra Cannons Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 11

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 8/04/1998 Melbourne Tigers 98–97 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 9/04/1998 Adelaide 36ers 85–111 Newcastle Falcons Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 11/04/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 84–79 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 11/04/1998 Townsville Suns 94–113 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 11/04/1998 Canberra Cannons 90–96 Adelaide 36ers AIS Arena N/A boxscore 12/04/1998 Illawarra Hawks 98–106 Sydney Kings Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 12/04/1998 North Melbourne Giants 99–89 Newcastle Falcons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 13/04/1998 Townsville Suns 100–99 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 12

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 17/04/1998 Newcastle Falcons 88–80 North Melbourne Giants Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 17/04/1998 Adelaide 36ers 111–102 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 17/04/1998 Illawarra Hawks 102–93 Townsville Suns Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 17/04/1998 Canberra Cannons 109–104 South East Melbourne Magic AIS Arena N/A boxscore 18/04/1998 North Melbourne Giants 106–112 Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 19/04/1998 Townsville Suns 85–88 Canberra Cannons Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 19/04/1998 Brisbane Bullets 86–102 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 19/04/1998 Perth Wildcats 103–104 Sydney Kings Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 20/04/1998 Melbourne Tigers 109–113 Newcastle Falcons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 13

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 22/04/1998 Sydney Kings 119–115 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 24/04/1998 Newcastle Falcons 86–132 South East Melbourne Magic Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 24/04/1998 North Melbourne Giants 103–110 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 24/04/1998 Adelaide 36ers 113–90 Brisbane Bullets Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 25/04/1998 Brisbane Bullets 102–103 Townsville Suns Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 25/04/1998 Canberra Cannons 109–96 Sydney Kings AIS Arena N/A boxscore 26/04/1998 Townsville Suns 95–94 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 26/04/1998 Perth Wildcats 103–102 North Melbourne Giants Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 26/04/1998 Illawarra Hawks 100–114 Adelaide 36ers Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 14

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 29/04/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 87–75 Canberra Cannons Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 1/05/1998 Melbourne Tigers 102–112 Canberra Cannons Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 1/05/1998 Townsville Suns 105–117 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 1/05/1998 Sydney Kings 102–98 North Melbourne Giants Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 2/05/1998 Perth Wildcats 121–99 Melbourne Tigers Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 2/05/1998 Newcastle Falcons 74–98 Brisbane Bullets Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 2/05/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 126–108 Sydney Kings Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 3/05/1998 Adelaide 36ers 106–97 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 3/05/1998 Canberra Cannons 84–92 Brisbane Bullets AIS Arena N/A boxscore 3/05/1998 North Melbourne Giants 119–112 Newcastle Falcons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 15

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 6/05/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 116–73 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 8/05/1998 Melbourne Tigers 96–114 Townsville Suns Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 8/05/1998 Canberra Cannons 99–112 Perth Wildcats AIS Arena N/A boxscore 9/05/1998 Adelaide 36ers 103–122 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 9/05/1998 Newcastle Falcons 90–97 Perth Wildcats Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 9/05/1998 North Melbourne Giants 80–85 Canberra Cannons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 10/05/1998 Sydney Kings 121–147 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 10/05/1998 Brisbane Bullets 77–107 South East Melbourne Magic Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 11/05/1998 Townsville Suns 98–113 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 16

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 13/05/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 77–74 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 15/05/1998 Canberra Cannons 85–88 Melbourne Tigers AIS Arena N/A boxscore 15/05/1998 Sydney Kings 96–109 Newcastle Falcons Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 15/05/1998 Illawarra Hawks 88–90 Brisbane Bullets Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 16/05/1998 Brisbane Bullets 115–103 North Melbourne Giants Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 16/05/1998 Newcastle Falcons 99–102 Canberra Cannons Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 16/05/1998 Perth Wildcats 106–103 Adelaide 36ers Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 17/05/1998 North Melbourne Giants 92–111 Townsville Suns Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 17/05/1998 Melbourne Tigers 82–92 South East Melbourne Magic Melbourne Park N/A boxscore

Round 17

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 22/05/1998 Newcastle Falcons 79–80 Brisbane Bullets Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 22/05/1998 Townsville Suns 113–108 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 22/05/1998 Melbourne Tigers 117–98 Perth Wildcats Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 22/05/1998 North Melbourne Giants 116–101 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 22/05/1998 Canberra Cannons 103–104 South East Melbourne Magic AIS Arena N/A boxscore 23/05/1998 Adelaide 36ers 118–85 Canberra Cannons Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 23/05/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 93–89 North Melbourne Giants Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 23/05/1998 Sydney Kings 107–81 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 24/05/1998 Illawarra Hawks 99–88 Newcastle Falcons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 24/05/1998 Perth Wildcats 97–82 Brisbane Bullets Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 18

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 27/05/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 95–86 Perth Wildcats Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 29/05/1998 Townsville Suns 86–91 Newcastle Falcons Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 29/05/1998 Canberra Cannons 105–95 Perth Wildcats AIS Arena N/A boxscore 29/05/1998 Adelaide 36ers 112–89 Illawarra Hawks Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 29/05/1998 North Melbourne Giants 91–110 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 30/05/1998 Brisbane Bullets 102–114 Canberra Cannons Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 30/05/1998 Sydney Kings 107–110 South East Melbourne Magic Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 30/05/1998 Melbourne Tigers 119–85 North Melbourne Giants Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 31/05/1998 Newcastle Falcons 91–85 Adelaide 36ers Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 31/05/1998 Illawarra Hawks 109–97 Townsville Suns Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 19

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 3/06/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 99–98 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 4/06/1998 Canberra Cannons 89–90 Illawarra Hawks AIS Arena N/A boxscore 5/06/1998 Newcastle Falcons 93–104 Canberra Cannons Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 5/06/1998 North Melbourne Giants 109–103 Perth Wildcats Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 6/06/1998 Sydney Kings 115–113 North Melbourne Giants Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 6/06/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 106–110 Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 7/06/1998 Brisbane Bullets 101–89 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 7/06/1998 Melbourne Tigers 102–100 Newcastle Falcons Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 9/06/1998 Townsville Suns 131–140 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore 9/06/1998 Perth Wildcats 99–89 Illawarra Hawks Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Ladder

Pos 1998 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 S.E. Melbourne Magic 30 26 4 86.67% 4–1 L1 14–1 12–3 3016 2661 113.34%
2 Adelaide 36ers 30 19 11 63.33% 2–3 L3 12–3 7–8 3114 2932 106.21%
3 Perth Wildcats 30 17 13 56.67% 2–3 W1 9–6 8–7 3029 2911 104.05%
4 Brisbane Bullets1 30 16 14 53.33% 3–2 W1 8–7 8–7 2876 2835 101.45%
5 Melbourne Tigers1 30 16 14 53.33% 4–1 W4 9–6 7–8 3103 3048 101.80%
6 Wollongong Hawks2 30 14 16 46.67% 3–2 L1 8–7 6–9 2875 2995 95.99%
7 Canberra Cannons2 30 14 16 46.67% 3–2 W1 6–9 8–7 2874 2966 96.90%
8 Sydney Kings 30 13 17 43.33% 3–2 W2 8–7 5–10 3089 3228 95.69%
9 Townsville Suns 30 12 18 40.00% 2–3 L3 6–9 6–9 3008 3077 97.76%
10 North Melbourne Giants3 30 9 21 30.00% 1–4 L1 8–7 1–14 2916 3089 94.40%
11 Newcastle Falcons3 30 9 21 30.00% 2–3 L2 4–11 5–10 2790 2948 94.64%

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 1998. Source: NBL.com.au

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

Main article: 1998 NBL Finals

Playoff bracket

Elimination Finals Semifinals Grand Final
1 S.E. Melbourne Magic 106 90 X
4 Brisbane Bullets 93 114 X 4 Brisbane Bullets 98 84 X
5 Melbourne Tigers 80 81 X 1 S.E. Melbourne Magic 93 62 X
2 Adelaide 36ers 100 90 X
2 Adelaide 36ers 114 117 X
3 Perth Wildcats 95 120 X 3 Perth Wildcats 97 110 X
6 Wollongong Hawks 85 97 X


Elimination Finals

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 12/06/1998 Illawarra Hawks 85–95 Perth Wildcats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore 12/06/1998 Brisbane Bullets 93–80 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 14/06/1998 Perth Wildcats 120–97 Illawarra Hawks Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore 14/06/1998 Melbourne Tigers 81–114 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Park N/A boxscore

Semi-finals

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 19/06/1998 Brisbane Bullets 98–106 South East Melbourne Magic Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore 19/06/1998 Perth Wildcats 97–114 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore 21/06/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 90–84 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Park N/A boxscore 21/06/1998 Adelaide 36ers 117–110 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore

Grand Final

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore 28/06/1998 Adelaide 36ers 100–93 South East Melbourne Magic Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore 1/07/1998 South East Melbourne Magic 62–90 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Park N/A boxscore

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

All NBL Team

# Player Team
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
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