Tag: best game
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET! Luc Longley bullies Detroit: Bulls vs Pistons, April 12, 1995
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! On this day, 23 years ago, big Lucien ‘Luc’ Longley — aka Lucky Luc, aka Cool Hands Luc, aka the Thunder from Down Under, aka Aussie Bill Russell — was pulling on his Chicago Bulls togs and busy teaching America’s answer to Andrew Gaze — Michael Jordan — how to play… 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 – NEVER FORGET: Aron Bangers Baynes BEST SPURS game! Spurs vs the Nuggets, April 3, 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Long before the sight of his copious rig gave Tommy Heinsohn the night terrors up in Boston, on this day 3 years ago, Aron ‘Bangers’ Baynes was tugging on the black and silver against the Denver Nuggets…and had his HIGHEST SCORING and BEST EVER GAME for the San Antonio Spurs! Bangers… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Andrew Bogut smashes the Bobcats- Milwaukee vs Charlotte, March 28, 2011
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! In honour of his decision to forego the rest of this NBA season to look after his missus and family back in ‘Straya, NBA Straya today hoists ‘em up to the Croatian-Australian Wilt Chamberlain — Andrew Bogut — who, on this day 7 years ago, had an absolute blinder for the… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Delly crushes the Nuggets: Cleveland vs Denver, March 21 2016
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! *Phone ringing in country Victoria* MUM [groaning]: Ergh. Hello? ME: Mum! MUM [worried]: Jaymz, what’s wrong? Are you ok? It’s 2.30am over here! ME: Yeah nah, all good. Just wanted to give you a quick buzz. MUM: Okayyyyyyyy… it’s 2.30am. ME: Yeah, but this is important. MUM: Alright, what’s up? ME:… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Cam ‘Air’ Bairstow vs Orlando, March 2 2016
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! It might seem like yesterday, but it’s now been two long years since Cam ‘Air’ Bairstow gracefully tied back the flowing flaxen locks that would’ve made him the best looking sheila in Adelaide, pulled on his No. 41 Chicago Bulls jersey, and played his BEST ever NBA game… which, in a… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Stretched-Out Delly David Andersen vs the Raptors, Mar 1 2010
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Just imagine it: eight years ago TODAY, Jason Derulo’s ‘In My Head’ was spending its second week atop the #ARIA charts, and The Great Aussie Dane, David Andersen — aka Stretched-out Delly — had the SECOND HIGHEST SCORING GAME OF HIS ENTIRE #NBA CAREER! That’s right, despite looking like the bass… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Gaze vs the Sonics, Feb 24 1999
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 19 years ago today, Andrew ‘Gazey’ Gaze — aka the Aussie GOAT, aka Air Gaze, aka the Grey Mamba — strapped on his K-Mart signature edition Dunlop Gaze 1s for his sixth game for the San Antonio Spurs… and, after roughly 80,000 buckets in the NBL, finally scored his FIRST NBA… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget! Delly vs Toronto, Jan 27 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Me, in line at the supermarket ME [to random guy in front of me]: Hey! RANDOM GUY: Ah, excuse me? ME: Did you know that exactly ONE YEAR AGO today, Matthew Dellavedova, better known as ‘Delly, the first King of Maryborough’ had one of his best ever games for his new… Read more