In the ACB of 1998, the biggest surprise in the history of the ACB occurred. TAU Baskonia reached its first final and was the clear favorite, but a TDK Manresa, which did not count for anyone, was eliminating its rivals round by round, always with court factor against, until defeating TAU by 1-3 in the grand final

TDK Manresa
*Creus – 12.0p, 3.5r. 
*Capdevila – 10.2p, 1.7r. 
*Jones – 9.5p, 2.7r.
*Sallier – 16.5p, 7.7r. 
*Alston – 17.0p, 7.2r. 
Lazaro – 2.7p, 1.0a.
Vazquez – 6.2p, 1.5r.
Gonzalez – 0.6p. (3)
Singla – 1.3p, 1.0r. (3)

TAU Ceramica
*Bennett – 7.7p, 3.0a.
*Espil – 9.7p, 1.2a.
*Beric – 18.7p, 3.2r.
*Scott – 16.0p, 8.0r. 
*Burke – 5.0p, 6.7r.
Millera – 3.5p, 2.7a.
Angulo – 4.0p, 2.2r.
Abad – 8.0p, 3.5r.
Garbajosa – 1.3p, 1.3r. (3)

To reach the final …
TDK – Estudiantes (1-3), Real Madrid (1-3)
TAU – Unicaja (3-0), Barcelona (3-0)