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The 1998-99 NBA season was the 53rd season of the National Basketball Association. Due to a lockout in a labor dispute, the season didn't start until February 51999 after a new six year Collective Bargaining Agreement was reached between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association. All 29 teams played a shortened 50 game regular season schedule, and the 16 teams who qualified for the playoffs played a full post-season schedule. The season ended with the San Antonio Spurs winning the franchise's first NBA championship, beating the New York Knicks 4 games to 1 in the 1999 NBA Finals on June 25th.
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The NBA and the Players Association reached an agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on January 18, 1999.
The All-Star Game was not held this year due to the league's lockout.
Due to the lockout, the pre-season was shortened to just two games instead of the normal eight, and some teams have never met each other at all during the course of this 50 game season.