1998-99 NBA Midwest standings

Name: 1998-99 NBA Midwest standings
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The San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz finished tied atop the 1998-99 NBA Midwest division race, both at 37-13. The San Antonio Spurs won the division on an NBA tiebreaker these standings do not carry.

The 1998-99 playoffs, series by series

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Midwest standings, 1998-99

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
San Antonio Spurs (SAS) w	37	13	.740	-	9-1	W5
Utah Jazz (UTA) x	37	13	.740	-	5-5	W1
Houston Rockets (HOU) x	31	19	.620	6	5-5	W3
Minnesota Timberwolves (MIN) x	25	25	.500	12	4-6	L2
Dallas Mavericks (DAL)	19	31	.380	18	6-4	L2
Denver Nuggets (DEN)	14	36	.280	23	2-8	L7
Vancouver Grizzlies (VAN)	8	42	.160	29	1-9	L7

Final standings.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place
w: clinched the top seed in the Western Conference

Turning points

The lead changed hands once.
The San Antonio Spurs trailed by as many as 5.5 games on February 28, 1999.
The Utah Jazz won 11 games in a row from April 1, 1999 to April 18, 1999, the longest run of the race.
The Utah Jazz led by 4.5 games as late as March 15, 1999.
The San Antonio Spurs went 9-1 from April 19, 1999 to May 5, 1999, turning a deficit of 4 games into a level race.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 28 of the 88 days played.
Three teams held first place.
The Utah Jazz held first place for 88 straight days, the season's longest run.
The San Antonio Spurs spent 4 of the season's 90 charted days in first place.