1998 New Zealand NBL season

Sports 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

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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

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#  | Team

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| 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

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* 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

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1. ^ a b "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 32–36\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.32-36&rft_id=http://www.basketball.org.nz/uimages//1942.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1998+New+Zealand+NBL+season" class="Z3988">
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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