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The National Basketball League Championship Series Most Valuable Player, formerly known as the Grand Final MVP, is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the league's inaugural season to the best performing player of the Championship Series. The winner receives the Larry Sengstock Medal, which is named in honour of Larry Sengstock, the winner of the league's first Grand Final MVP award.[1] The league named the award after Sengstock in 1999.[2]
Between 1979 and 2022, the single game or series was known as the NBL Grand Final. With the league's change in finals format in 2023, the grand final name was replaced by Championship Series.[3][4] Derrick Walton of the Sydney Kings won the first Championship Series MVP in 2023.[5] In 2025, Matthew Dellavedova of Melbourne United became just the second player after Ricky Grace in 1993 to win the Championship Series MVP from the losing side.[6][7][8]
Winners
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See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Grand Final MVP". andthefoul.net. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "LARRY SENGSTOCK: THE MAN BEHIND THE MEDAL". NBL.com.au. 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ↑ "New Finals Shake Up". nbl.com.au. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ Pitman, Kane (2 August 2022). "NBL reveals Play-In tournament format". ESPN.com. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ Pike, Chris (15 March 2023). "Kings' Big Finish to Secure Back-to-Back Championships". NBL.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023.
- ↑ "Hawks clinch second NBL championship". NBL Official Website. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "Dellavedova's class act". NBL Official Website. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "Game-by-game votes: Larry Sengstock Trophy". NBL Official Website. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "Basketball title to Tassies". The Age. 29 June 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 5 April 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bearcats hold off Geelong in final". The Age. 19 July 1982. p. 29. Retrieved 5 April 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Cannons in first national title". The Age. 4 July 1983. p. 26. Retrieved 5 April 2026 – via Newspapers.com.