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FEW would dispute New Zealand Breakers have had it the hardest of all the NBL teams in Season 21, and we're not just referencing injuries and import replacements but the mere reality of being stuck in Australia all season.

Away from home, away from family, away from friends. Their recent re-location to Launceston was a positive but even moreso last week when news broke the Breakers will make their long-awaited return to playing in New Zealand on May 20, hosting the Sydney Kings.

Late last week releasing its final six rounds of the schedule for the regular season, the NBL revealed seven home games for the Breakers who have been based (stranded?) in Australia since the start of the season.

Those seven games in Auckland are on top of six home games at the Silverdome in Launceston and one in Bendigo.

Yes, they had reasons to feel good about themselves and showed it on court, first ripping the Brisbane Bullets a new one in Launceston with a 91-71 rout.

The Breakers were never headed, led by as many as 27 and made the Bullets look second-rate, blanking the living daylights out of them.

William McDowell-White delivered a 13-point, 10-rebound, 14-assists triple-double (is the Josh Giddey "triple-double watch" still a thing?) and import Levi Randolph gave a clear indication of what is to come, his game-high 20 points including 4-of-7 threes.

Finn Delany, Tom Abercrombie - the usual suspects - also were big before the Breakers flew west to take on the league-leaders and defending champion Wildcats in Perth.

Is there a tougher assignment in the NBL?

Yet there they were at the final siren, celebrating Abercrombie's brilliant steal and layup which turned an 81-78 lead into an 83-78 win.

Randolph delivered 23 points at 68 per cent, Colt Iverson scoring 11 and snagging 17 rebounds, Corey Webster and Abercrombie with 14 points apiece at 50 per cent, Delany's five assists accompanying 13 points.

This was a gritty, gutsy win and the future only looks brighter for our unanaimous Team of the Week award recipients.

Meanwhile the Brisbane Bullets have signed NBA G-League forward BJ Johnson as the replacement for injured star Vic Law (ankle - season-ending).

Johnson, 201cm and 25, arrives shortly, before observing the obligatory two-week quarantine period.

His arrival could not be more timely after the Bullets' pathetic 20-point capitulation to New Zealand in which they helped each other to the tune of a paltry eight assists. The Breakers had 27.

Weak as P--- by Brisbane? Absolutely.

BASKETBALL ON THE INTERNET TEAM OF THE WEEK
Round 1 Illawarra Hawks
Round 2 Illawarra Hawks
Round 3 Adelaide 36ers
Round 4 South East Melbourne Phoenix
Round 5 Melbourne United
Round 6 Perth Wildcats
Round 7 Brisbane Bullets
Round 8 Brisbane Bullets
Round 9 South East Melbourne Phoenix
Round 10 Sydney Kings
Round 11 Perth Wildcats
Round 12 South East Melbourne Phoenix
Round 13 Adelaide 36ers
Round 14 New Zealand Breakers

BASKETBALL ON THE INTERNET TEAM OF THE WEAK AS P---
Round 1 Not awarded
Round 2 Not awarded
Round 3 Not awarded
Round 4 Adelaide 36ers
Round 5 Perth Wildcats
Round 6 (Cup Rd.1) Not awarded
Round 7 (Cup Rd.2) Adelaide 36ers
Round 8 (Cup Rd.3) Not awarded
Round 9 (Cup Rd.4) Adelaide 36ers
Round 10 Cairns Taipans
Round 11 Brisbane Bullets
Round 12 Not awarded
Round 13 Not awarded
Round 14 Brisbane Bullets

BASKETBALL ON THE INTERNET PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Round 1 Daniel Johnson
Round 2 Tyler Harvey
Round 3 Vic Law
Honourary Rd 4 Mention Casper Ware
Honourary Rd 5 Mention Casper Ware
Honourary Rd6 Mention Bryce Cotton
Honourary Rd7 Mention Nathan Sobey
Honourary Rd8 Mention Tai Webster/Dejan Vasiljevic
Honourary Rd9 Mention Bryce Cotton
Honourary Rd10 Mention Bryce Cotton
Honourary Rd11 Mention Chris Goulding
Honourary Rd12 Mention Colton Iverson
Honourary Rd13 Mention Jock Landale
Honourary Rd14 Mention Levi Randolph