A record of more than 40,000 fans witnessed The Magic at the Rod Laver Arena winning his first championship .
With all games being played at the leagues largest venue a record aggregate of 43,605 ( average 14,535 ) fans saw the Magic win their first championship two games to one , coming back to win games two and three 115-93 and 95-88 after losing game one 98-116.In all , Rod Laver Arena hosted 287 NBL games including NBL Championship deciders in 1992 , 1996 , 1997 and 1999 , and played host to its last game in April 2000 before Hisense Arena opened in 2000 and became the new home of Melbourne Basketball .