Why was the 99" Nba season shortened?

Thats what i heard, but i'm not sure if it's that season.

Why was the 99" Nba season shortened?nba warriors

I guess because a lot of people retired like Michael Jordan.

GO SPURS GO!!!!!!

Why was the 99" Nba season shortened?nba records ,nba teams

strike.
Not a strike, since the owners Locked out the Players,

NHL had a lock out too, NFL i think had a strike.

A LOCKOUT TO GET THE COLLECTIVE BARG AGREEMENT DONE.

The 1998-99 NBA season was the 53rd season of the National Basketball Association. Due to a lockout, the season didn't start until February 5, 1999 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 on June 25th 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.

Notable Occurrences

* 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 did not meet each other at all during the course of this 50-game season.

* The New York Knicks became only the second #8 seed to advance in the playoffs by defeating a #1 seed. They are the only #8 seed to advance to the NBA Finals.

* The San Antonio Spurs set a new NBA Finals single-game attendance record when 39,554 fans attended Game 2. Game 1 was attended by 39,514 spectators.

* The Spurs became the first former ABA team to win a championship.

* For the first time since the 1954-55 season (the first year of the shot clock), no teams in the NBA averaged 100 points per game.