The South East Melbourne Magic was an Australian
basketball
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team based in
Melbourne
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.
The Magic competed in the
National Basketball League (NBL) between 1992 and 1998, and played their home games at
Rod Laver Arena
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History
Replacing the ...
.
In their seven seasons, the Magic contested four
NBL Grand Final
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s and won two championships, their first coming in their debut season and their second coming in 1996. Following their loss in the 1998 Grand Final to the
Adelaide 36ers
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, the Magic merged with the
North Melbourne Giants
The North Melbourne Giants, previously known as the Coburg Giants, were an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne
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to become the
Victoria Titans
The Victoria Titans (known in its final two seasons as the Victoria Giants), were an Australian professional basketball team that competed in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). The club was based in Me ...
for the
1998/99 season.
Honour roll
Season by season
References
External links
{{Melbourne Sports Teams
Basketball teams in Melbourne
Defunct National Basketball League (Australia) teams
Basketball teams established in 1992
Basketball teams disestablished in 1998
1992 establishments in Australia
1998 disestablishments in Australia