Tag: NBA
NBA Straya – Tues Dec 17: COMEBACK DAY + BUCKS 18-GAME WIN STREAK ENDS & THE REFS HATE BANGERS (Ep 378)
DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK, I’VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS… well… three seasons at least, but still… COMEBACK DAY TODAY IN THE NBA! We had a couple of MASSIVE ones, plus we saw the Bucks 18-game win streak come to an end… sad face. Also, why do the refs HATE Aron Bangers Baynes!? SO! Comebacks… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Dec 16: PATTY MILLS GAME-WINNER, LUKA INJURED + WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Ep 377)
G’DAY MATE! Patty THRILLS Mills you beaut!!! Question: How good was the game-winner from Patty Mills vs the Suns? Answer: Heaps good! SO! Today’s show is talking Patty’s heroics, the unstoppable Bucks & Lakers in WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS… aaaaaaand because we can’t have nice things, Luka Doncic injured his ankle. Booooo. Yup – we’ve… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Dec 13: F*CK IT FRIDAY – EMBIID DOMINATES BOSTON, LUKA DOES LUKA STUFF, THE SPURS SUCK, DAVID STERN COLLAPSES & WEEKEND PREVIEW (Ep 376)
Wild NBA day… Embiid dominated Boston, Luka did Luka stuff in Mexico City… the Spurs really do suck… and former commissioner David Stern collapsed with a suspected brain hemorrhage. Yikes. So we’ve got all that and a weekend preview on today’s show. So we’ve got loads of game talk in the NBA Straya Game Wraps,… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Bogut vs the Orlando Magic: Dec 4 2010
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! It’s an auspicious day at NBA Straya, as today we look back at the time, NINE YEARS AGO TODAY that big Andrew Bogut — the Croatian-Australian Wilt Chamberlain — went hammer and tongs for his Milwaukee Bucks vs the Orlando Magic (& ironically, the Polish Hammer, Marcin Gortat). And, I’ll tell ya what, the Hulking Human Headline… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Dec 4: HARDEN’S NOT-A-DUNK, ROCKETS vs REFS & LUKA’S MVP CASE (Ep 369)
WILD NBA day for you — James Harden’s not-a-dunk & 2OT thriller vs the Spurs, Jimmy Butler vs the Raps, Luka’s mounting MVP case vs the Pels… and Melo’s Blazers went down in a Blaze of glory vs PG & Kawhi! Also, Magic Tweets! FUN DAY! SO! That’s all covered in the Game Wraps games… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues Dec 3: JINGLES vs SIMMO, MELO PLAYER OF THE WEEK & THE KNICKS MIGHT NOT BE GOOD (Ep 368)
We had some Aussie-on-Aussie violence today in the NBA, with Jinglin’ Joe Ingles & Big Simmo Ben Simmons going at it (and Jingles catching an ELBOW from Box Hill Benny), while everyone lost their minds that Melo was named Western Conference Player of the Week over Harden, Luka & LeBron. Hmmmm… Also, heads up, the… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Dec 2: LUKA vs LEBRON, HARDEN’S 60, BEN SIMMONS MASTER THIEF + WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Ep 367)
EPIC post-Thanksgiving Weekend Winners & Losers to wrap some insane games — Luka vs LeBron, Harden’s 60, the thief Ben Simmons stealing the hearts of the Knicks AND Pacers — for you… as well as all the usual dumb NBA Straya stuff! All 27 games are wrapped for you, plus we’ve got That’s Not A… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Nov 29: F*CK IT FRIDAY – 10 TEAMS TO GIVE THANKS FOR & THE SEASON’s 5 BEST THINGS SO FAR w/ YAHOO SPORTS’ CHRIS YOUNG – (Ep 366)
Ay! it’s F*ck It Friday! No games on cos it’s Thanksgiving in America — no, American friends, we don’t have thanksgiving in Straya — so we bring back recurring guest Chris Young from Yahoo Sports to talk the FIVE best things/storylines of the season so far, and give out out 10 NBA Teams we’re both… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs Nov 28: AD RETURNS TO NOLA, KYRIE THE COWARD VS BOSTON FANS & CARMELO IS GOOD NOW – THANKSGIVING EVE EXTRAVAGANZA! (Ep 365)
Holy moly – 14 games & 28 teams in action today for an EPIC Thanksgiving Eve Extravaganza, where we got AD’s homecoming to New Orleans, Kyrie skipping out on HIS ‘homecoming’ to Boston — and Celtics fans being typically chill — while Carmelo might be good again? WHAT A DAY! SO! ALL FOURTEEN GAMES are… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Nov 27: BRETT BROWN OFFICIALLY BOOMERS COACH + DEMAR OUT AT SPURS + CLIPPERS vs LUKA & KP + SHANE HEAL DAY! (Ep 364)
Brett Brown is officially the new Australian Boomers coach — with some nice words for Lemanis thrown in — while today’s action saw Kawhi and Paul George take on Luka & KP, as well Jamal vs Beal… so, uhm, today had, umm, some stuff! ALSO tho, IT’S NOV 27 – so HAPPY SHANE HEAL DAY!… Read more