Tag: NBA Aussies in Playoffs
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
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