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WHO are the favourites to take the lion's share of the NBL's awards on Monday? Joey Wright and I select our choices for everything from MVP to Coach of the Year to Best Defensive at our Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast this week, while also reviewing the run into the playoffs.

First though we break down Rounds 21 and 22 of the regular season -you know, where Bryce Cotton goes for 42 in a comeback win, Kendric Davis continues to dominate, Melbourne survives late drama, and South East Melbourne put up 120 in a statement performance.

The original MVP conversation featured 11 candidates, and we review the entire pack.

We also debate:
Most Improved Player
Best Sixth Man
Defensive Player of the Year
Next Gen Award
Coach of the Year

Plus we look at the FIBA break, the Australian squad discussion, coaching fashion (bring back the suits?), standardising floor wipers across venues, and which top-six finishing position surprised us most.

We close with a full breakdown of the Ignite Cup Final: Adelaide v New Zealand — who wins and why.

Round highlights include:
Melbourne 89 def Cairns 85 (Milton Doyle 25, Jack McVeigh 25)
Sydney 120 def Illawarra 84 (Kendric Davis 24 & 9)
Perth 94 def Brisbane 75 (Kristian Doolittle 28, 7 & 6)
Adelaide 92 def NZ 89 (Bryce Cotton 42)
SEM 120 def Tasmania 104 (Majok Deng 36 & 9)
NZ 115 def Cairns 84 (Sam Mennenga 32 & 9) before we turn to this round and its upsets.

(Illawarra humbling Tasmania, NZ crushing Cairns and Melbourne beating South East ... they'd be upsets now wouldn't they?)

You can find this and so much more just by clicking on the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/@TimeOut-NOFLOPZONE-123

Yes, we skipped bagging anyone but had our tips down to a tee, er tea, this week.