Tag: Australian NBA Players
NBA Straya – Mon May 6: KAWHI LEONARD TAKES OVER, OVERTIME GALORE, MAGIC HATES LEBRON, SUNS NEW COACH & WEEKEND WRAP (Episode 279)
If FOUR overtimes weren’t enough on Saturday, we got ANOTHER one on Sunday… and a WHOLE bunch of pretty great playoff basketball eh? From Blazers-Nuggets 4xOT, the Bucks taking back homecourt over the Celtics, the Rockets-Warriors playing a classic to the Raptors punching the Sixers in the nose.. it was a weekend to remember! SO!… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri May 3: BEN SIMMONS ELBOWS KYLE LOWRY IN THE NADS & MASSIVE WEEKEND PLAYOFF PREVIEW (Episode 278)
Did Ben Simmons throw his elbow into Kyle Lowry’s nards on purpose? YEAH NAH… NAH! I reckon it was totally innocent! Lowry falls back on him, and Simmons is just trying to push off! ANYWAY! The Sixers SMOKED the Raptors today to go up 2-1 in their series… so we break down via That’s Not… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs May 2: BLAZERS SMASH THE NUGS + MELO BACK TO THE KNICKS? (Episode 277)
Blazers-Nuggets game 2 was a weirddddd game, right? I mean… how in the hell did Portland win!?!? Dame and CJ weren’t that good…and the Nuggs had 23 offfensive rebounds… could it ALL have actually been thanks to Rodney ‘Spud’ Hood? Anyway – we find out by breaking it down with all the usual dumb stuff:… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed May 1: BLOODSHOT HARDEN SMOKED + BUCKS HUNT (Episode 276)
James Harden’s bloodshot eyes told the story of today huh? After 2 days of moaning about refs, the Rockets came out and literally & figuratively got hit in the face by the Warriors… While the Bucks SMOKED the Celtics as Giannis smashed & Kyrie spudded up the great state of Wisconsin. So we wrap up… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues Apr 30: DRUNK LEBRON TWEETS + ROCKETS vs REFS, SIXERS DECLAW THE RAPS & NUGS DRAW FIRST BLOOD! (Episode 275)
LeBron drunk tweeting while the basketball is on and after watching a Bond movie FEELS VERY FAMILIAR… just sayin’. ANYWAY. Aside from LeBron hitting the turps and getting on social media, we had the Rockets yelling about how they got hosed by the refs AGAIN… and TWO VERY FUN GAMES OF ACTUAL PLAYOFF BASKETBALL! Yep,… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Apr 29: THE SECOND ROUND KICKS OFF + WEEKEND WRAP! (Episode 274)
What a weekend! We had the Spurs & Clippers disintegrate, and more of the 2nd round series kicking off, with the Rockets getting antsy at the Warriors and the refs, the Raps smashing the Sixers and the Celtics surprisingly whomping the Bucks… also Game of Thrones was pretty big huh? SO! we cover ALLLLL that… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Apr 26: SPURS FORCE GAME 7, VALE JOHN HAVLICEK & 2nd ROUND + WEEKEND PREVIEW (Episode 273)
MORE BASKETBALL! Way to go Spurs – who doesn’t love a game 7? All the Nuggs not named ‘Nikola Jokic’ crapped the bed today, but at least we get more basketball! Also – sad news today with the passing of John Havlicek. A Boston Celtic legend, I loved Hondo, and reckon he’s supremely underrated. Still… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs Apr 25: ANZAC DAY, CLIPPERS UPSET THE WARRIORS + SEEYA JAZZ (Episode 272)
HOW DO THE CLIPPERS KEEP BEATING THE WARRIORS AT HOME!? It’s becoming almost a trend? Anyway – we wrap today’s two potential close out games – with the Rockets getting the job done against Utah, and the Clippers holding on to force a Game 6 vs Golden State! We’ve also got some more breakdown of… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Luc Longley’s 1st 1997 Playoff game – Bulls Vs Washington, April 25 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 1997. We had Drazic & Anita, Silverchair’s nose-ring period and seminal Aussie tome ‘The Castle’ (officially recognized by the Guinness World Records as the World’s Funniest Movie)…. and, on the other side of the Pacific, a giant Sandgroper by the name of Lucien ‘Big Luc’ Longley was launching skyhooks more deadly than… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Apr 24: ALL HAIL KING DAME + SEEYA MAGIC, NETS & THUNDER (Episode 271)
WOW: have you EVER seen anything like that Dame Lillard 3pt series-ender!?… I mean… other than the LAST time Dame did it to the Rockets 5 years ago? That was WILD. And so Dame drops 50 and we bid adieu to the Orlando Magic, Brooklyn Nets and Oklahoma City Thunder in a day of blood-letting… Read more