Tag: basketball
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET! Luke Schenscher’s 2nd best Portland game: Blazers vs Rockets, April 11, 2007
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 11 years ago today, Fanta Pants Shaq — the ledge Luke Schenscher — was in the Pacific Northwest tugging on the black, white and red no. 24 for the Portland Trail Blazers. And on this night, answering the question ‘what would happen if Raggedy Andy was 7-foot tall and played basketball?’,… Read more
NBA Straya – Wednesday Apr 11: LAST DAY OF THE REGULAR NBA SEASON MADNESS (Episode 95)
NBA Straya!! LAST DAY OF THE REGULAR SEASON MADNESS! Today’s show covers ALL the craziness of the last day of the season, with 12 HUGE games tonight that will decide playoff seeding! HOW AWESOME IS THAT!? So we’ve got you covered for the East: Sixers-Bucks, Cavs-Knicks, Raps-Heat & Wiz-Magic… AND the West: Jazz-Blazers, Spurs-Pelicans, Thunder-Grizz,… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET! Chris Anstey’s last rookie game: Dallas vs Seattle, April 10, 1998
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! On this day, 20 years ago, Chris Anstey — aka the Original Unicorn, aka Aussie Porzingis — was finishing up his rookie year with the Dallas Mavericks, and, in the last game of the year got himself his 8th ever NBA start, next to ‘Space Jam’ star/giant spud Shawn Bradley. Staring… Read more
NBA Straya – Tuesday Apr 10: CLINCHING THOSE NBA PLAYOFF SEEDS! (Episode 94)
NBA Straya!! THE PLAYOFF SEEDING IS EVERYWHERE!?! Yep, today’s show is talking about ALL the NBA games from last night, and how each conference’s playoff races are shaping up! We also cover LeBron’s ‘I’m King’ shoes, Russell Westbrook’s BIG night and attempt to average a triple double for the season, the epic showdown between Jusuf… Read more
NBA Straya – Monday Apr 9: MASSIVE NBA WEEKEND WRAP! (Episode 93)
NBA Straya!! IT’S A MASSIVE NBA WEEKEND WRAP! Today’s show has us back in NYC and wrapping all the Winners and Losers from an EPIC NBA weekend, including the King LeBron James & the Fresh Prince Ben Simmons’ awesome duel, Kyrie Irving being ruled out for the playoffs, the Nuggets eliminating the Clippers, the Spurs… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Joe Ingles 2nd best rookie game – Jazz vs the Kings, April 8, 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Three years back as a rookie, this joker announced himself to the world as not just a ledge from Radelaide who’d do your taxes at mate’s rates, but as an NBA force to be reckoned with! That’s right, Joseph H. Ingles — aka Jingling Joe Ingles, aka Slow Mo Joe, aka… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Andrew Bogut CAREER HIGH! Warriors vs the Pelicans, April 7, 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! On this day, three shorts years ago, big Andrew Bogut — the Croatian-Strayan Wilt Chamberlain — was leading the Golden State Warriors to the NBA title and playing basketball, rather than what he does now: running Melbourne’s municipal council policy agenda via twitter. And WHAT a game the Hulking Human Headline… Read more
NBA Straya – Friday Apr 6: NBA JAM WEEKEND SPECIAL EDITION! (Episode 92)
NBA Straya!! NBA JAM WEEKEND SPECIAL EDITION!! YES! Today’s show — our last from STRAYA! — is an NBA Jam-heavy classic! We’re talking who would be the NBA Jam duos for EVERY NBA team in 2018… with a bit of Straya thrown in for good measure! PLUS! We cover all the games from yesterday including the… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Patty Mills! Spurs vs the Hornets, April 5, 2012
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! How’s this! Reckon on this day, back in 2012, Patty Mills — aka Patty Thrills, aka Patty Cakes, aka the Torres Strait Terror — truly cemented his place in the NBA and on the way to being an all-time dead-set Aussie ledge, as, in only his 4th ever game for the… Read more
NBA Straya – Thursday Apr 5: THE STRAYAN TOUR CONTINUES! (Episode 91)
NBA Straya!! YEAH! ‘STRAYA! Today’s show — from STRAYA! — talks Damian Lillard’s injury, Ben Simmons CRUSHING IT on and off the court, the Cavs proving the Raptors are fakes, the Warriors handling the Thunder and loads more! Like! The Spurs run of 50-win season is over, Charlotte finalising a deal with Mitch Kupchak and why… Read more