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NBA Straya – Mon May 20: WEEKEND REACTION – BLAZERS CRAP THE BED… AGAIN, RAPS TAKE ECF GAME 3 IN 2OT THRILLER + WINNERS & LOSERS (Episode 289)
That was a WILD weekend of NBA playoff basketball… the Blazers can’t get out of their own way, and after getting steamrolled in game 2, the Raptors came back to take game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals in a 2OT thriller! So we’ve got WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSTER to go through all the fallout…… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri May 17: BLAZERS BLOW WCF GAME 2 + WEEKEND PREVIEW (Episode 288)
Ouch, Blazers fans. That one hurt. Up 8 with 4 & 1/2 minutes to go, it SHOULD have been the Blazers walking out of Oracle Arena after Game 2 with a win… instead Steph Curry and the Warriors SNUCK AWAY with a huge win to go up 2-0 in the WCF! SO! We wrap all… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs May 16: BROOK LOPEZ GAME – BUCKS-RAPTORS ECF GM1 + NO, ZION ISN’T GOING BACK TO DUKE (Episode 287)
Brook Lopez – Milwaukee hero? Sure! Why not? As if things in these playoffs haven’t been crazy enough, now Lurch Lopez is SMOKING and just killed the Raptors in game 1 of the ECF! Wild… So – today’s show wraps up Game 1 of Milwaukee vs Toronto, with a BIG Kyle Lowry game wasted by… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed May 15: DRAFT LOTTERY WINNERS & LOSERS, BEN SIMMONS IS A BOOMER, WCF GAME 1 & BUCKS-RAPTORS ECF PREVIEW (Episode 286)
Who saw THAT coming!? What a WILD NBA Draft Lottery! The New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies & LA Lakers ALL jump up into the top 4, and the New York Knicks end up 3rd! Amazing stuff. So we’ve got DRAFT LOTTERY WINNERS & LOSERS! ALSO there was Game 1 of the WCF today! … and… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues May 14: BLAZERS-WARRIORS WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS PREVIEW w/ PDX PETE + DRAFT LOTTERY ODDS & RANKINGS! (Episode 285)
WHAT!? NO BASKETBALL TODAY! … ah.. doesn’t matter. NBA Straya is still here, delivering the goods… with a MASSIVE Portland Trail Blazers vs Golden State Warriors Western Conference Finals preview… featuring our resident Blazers fan, PDX Pete! Today’s show also covers SIXERS Coach Brett Brown getting the ‘he’s staying’ all clear from owenership, the Cavs… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon May 13: THE KAWHI SHOT, CJ BLASTS NUGGETS, STEPH SLAYS ROCKETS & LAKERS HIRE VOGEL (Episode 284)
WHAT. A. WEEKEND! Holy moly – Kawhi hits one of the most INSANE shots you’ll ever see to end the Philly-Toronto series, CJ McCollum becomes CJ McKILLEM to the Nuggets and Steph goes ballistic to smash the Rockets out of the playoffs! WILD TIMES. So we have our NBA Conference Finals all set! Also –… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri May 10: WE GOT GAME 7s – BEN SIMMONS SMASHES THE RAPS & DAME’S BLAZERS LIVE ANOTHER DAY + WEEKEND PREVIEW (Episode 283)
Get Hype for game 7s, cos after today, we’ve got at least two of ’em! Yerp – the Sixers handled the Raps thanks to Ben Simmons and Jimmy Butler, while Dame Lillard & the Blazers took care of their Game 6 at home vs the Nuggets… meaning we get at LEAST two Game 7s this… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs May 9: DURANT HURT, BOSTON DONE, LAKERS COACHING FARCE & KYRIE GONE (Episode 282)
Whew. Now THAT was an NBA day for the ages! The Lakers got left at the alter by Ty Lue, Boston went out in humiliating fashion with Kyrie Irving one foot out the door … and speaking of feet (or legs) the Coward Snake Kevin Durant went down with an apparent INJURY – with a… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed May 8 Mate: BEN SIMMONS & THE SIXERS SUCK IN TORONTO + BLAZERS SMOKED IN DENVER (Episode 281)
Was Joel Embiid sick? Why can’t Ben Simmons take over a game?? Well… we look at that and more after A WILD DAY of NBA Playoff action – Joel Embiid had 8 turnovers & Ben Simmons 5 and the Sixers were embarrassed by the Raptors in Toronto to the tune of a franchise-record best-ever playoff… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues May 7: HARDEN SMOKES THE WARRIORS & GIANNIS KILLS THE CELTICS (Episode 280)
Now THOSE were some Games 4 huh? Wow. The Bucks went into Boston and pantsed Kyrie & the Celtics on their own floor to take a commanding 3-1 lead, while the Rockets took everything the Warriors could throw at them amid a hail of Harden step-backs 3s and TIED UP their series at 2-apiece! UNREAL.… Read more