Tag: 2017
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Joe Ingles – 3rd Highest Scoring Game Ever – Utah vs New Orleans, March 27, 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Get your FRIDEE corona quarantine tins up in the air… cos three years ago today, Joseph Howarth Ingles — aka Down Under Durant, aka Jingling Joe, aka Slow Mo Joe, aka Dr Joseph H Ingles: Triplologist — stepped into the Utah Jazz’s starting line-up in the absence of Make Gordon Great… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Dante Exum – Kangaroo Kobe – FIRST ever playoff game: Jazz vs Clippers April 23, 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! As his Utah Jazz prepare to go up against the OKC Flogs tonight, ONE YEAR AGO TODAY was the NBA playoff debut for…. the one…. the only… Kangaroo Kobe! (That’s Dante Exum for those in the cheap seats) That’s right, 12 months ago Son of Cecil was tearing up the L.A.… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Thon Maker’s CAREER HIGH NIGHT! Bucks vs Pistons, March 31, 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Three years ago today (that’s ‘2017’ for those in the cheap seats), the only man on Earth longer than a Nullarbor roadtrain — Aussie kung-fu ledge Thon Maker — had a look in his eye so devilsh that he tugged on his extra-long Milwaukee Bucks jersey and lined up his future… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Dante Exum vs Chicago, March 18 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! In honour of the prodigal son’s return from a left shoulder injury, on this very day one year ago, Kangaroo Kobe — Dante Exum — was taking a break from dominating the ‘Call of Duty WW II’ leaderboards and actually out there dominating on the hardwood for once, suiting up next… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Joe Ingles vs the Clippers, Mar 13 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! A year ago today, Joseph Howarth Ingles — aka Down Under Durant, aka Jingling Joe, aka Slow Mo Joe, aka Dr Joseph J Ingles: Triplologist— was still bouncing between the bench and starting for his Utah Jazz because Quinn Snyder didn’t yet realise the Jingler was the best Aussie all-rounder since… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Thon ‘Thon Song’ Maker vs the Clippers, March 2 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! A year ago today, Thon ‘Thon Song’ Maker — dead-set South Sudanese-Aussie ledge and ageless terror — was struggling through a rookie year with Milwaukee Bucks that had more up and downs than the Wild Mouse rollercoaster at Luna Park. And in a big Bucks win over Blake Griffin and the… Read more
NBA ‘Straya – Never Forget! Aron ‘Bangers’ Baynes vs Philly, Feb 6 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! One year ago today, Aron ‘Bangers’ Baynes — everyone’s favourite dump truck disguised as an NBA player — tied his hair up in a man bun tighter than Warwick Capper’s shorts and led his Detroit Pistons to a big win over the Philadelphia 76ers… and put up his THIRD best game… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget! Patty ‘Thrills’ Mills vs Brooklyn, 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Just one year ago today, the Bala supreme Patty ‘Thrills’ Mills sauntered into Brooklyn and delivered one of the best performances in New York since Australia’s greatest hero, Mick Dundee, foiled an attempted robbery on the streets of the Big Apple. With his San Antonio Spurs facing the Brooklyn Nets —… Read more
NBA Straya – Wednesday Jan 17 (Episode 40)
NBA ‘STRAYA … EVERYODY IS KUNG FU FIGHTING! Man… just after the Rockets tried to storm the Clippers locker room and fight everyone, now we’ve got Arron Afflalo thinking he’s Mike Tyson! WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE NBA? WHY IS EVERYONE ACTING SO CRAZY! Anyway – we cover the Magic-Wolves punch on, as well as… Read more
NBA Straya – Tuesday Jan 16 (Episode 39)
NBA ‘STRAYA … FIGHT NIGHT!! Yeah! MLK Day got PUNCHY! We break down the AMAZING Chris Paul-Blake Griffin fuelled Clippers-Rockets locker room fight, Aussie Ben Simmons getting into some biffo with Kyle Lowry, AND how good that Cavs-Warriors game was (for 3 quarters). We also give out our Mid-Season NBA Awards! Who’s the MVP? Best… Read more