1998 New Zealand NBL season

1998 New Zealand NBL season
1998 New Zealand NBL season
League	New Zealand NBL
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	11
Regular season
Minor premiers	Nelson
Top scorer	Ronnie Joyner (Northland)
Playoffs
Champions	Nelson
Runners-up	North Harbour
New Zealand NBL seasons
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 NBL season was the 17th season of the National Basketball League. Nelson won the championship in 1998 to claim their second league title.^[1] They defeated North Harbour 81–73 in the final on 12 September.^[2] A mid-season game between Canterbury and Northland produced the highest ever scoreline in league history, with Canterbury recording a 179–124 win.^[3] Northland also became the first team in league history to record a winless campaign.^[4]

Final standings

#	Team
	Nelson
	North Harbour
3	Canterbury
4	Auckland
5	Wellington
6	Taranaki
7	Palmerston North
8	Otago
9	Waikato
10	Hawke's Bay
11	Northland

Season awards

NZ Most Valuable Player: Phill Jones (Nelson)^[1]
Most Outstanding Guard: Phill Jones (Nelson)^[5]
Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Phill Jones (Nelson)^[6]
Most Outstanding Forward: Pero Cameron (Auckland)
Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Pero Cameron (Auckland)
Scoring Champion: Ronnie Joyner (Northland)
Rebounding Champion: Robert Wilson (Hawke's Bay)
Assist Champion: Mark Dickel (Wellington)
Rookie of the Year: Kirk Penney (North Harbour)
Coach of the Year: Nenad Vučinić (Nelson)
All-Star Five:
- G: Joe Wyatt (Nelson)
- G: Phill Jones (Nelson)
- F: Darryl Johnson (Wellington)
- F: DeWayne McCray (Wellington)
- C: Pero Cameron (Auckland)

References

^ ^a ^b "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ "Sprite NBL". plug.co.nz. Archived from the original on 3 February 1999.
^ Jessup, Peter (30 June 2000). "Basketball: Crash start brings out a real warrior". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ Seconi, Adrian (31 May 2010). "Basketball: Nuggets closing on unwanted record". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ "Nelson Giants National League History". Giants.nz. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016.
^ McNae, Pete (24 June 2010). "Phill Jones available for Tall Blacks". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

[handbook-1] "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

[2] "Sprite NBL". plug.co.nz. Archived from the original on 3 February 1999.

[3] Jessup, Peter (30 June 2000). "Basketball: Crash start brings out a real warrior". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

[4] Seconi, Adrian (31 May 2010). "Basketball: Nuggets closing on unwanted record". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[5] "Nelson Giants National League History". Giants.nz. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016.

[6] McNae, Pete (24 June 2010). "Phill Jones available for Tall Blacks". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

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