Tag: Thon Maker
NBA Straya – Mon Apr 29: THE SECOND ROUND KICKS OFF + WEEKEND WRAP! (Episode 274)
What a weekend! We had the Spurs & Clippers disintegrate, and more of the 2nd round series kicking off, with the Rockets getting antsy at the Warriors and the refs, the Raps smashing the Sixers and the Celtics surprisingly whomping the Bucks… also Game of Thrones was pretty big huh? SO! we cover ALLLLL that… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Apr 26: SPURS FORCE GAME 7, VALE JOHN HAVLICEK & 2nd ROUND + WEEKEND PREVIEW (Episode 273)
MORE BASKETBALL! Way to go Spurs – who doesn’t love a game 7? All the Nuggs not named ‘Nikola Jokic’ crapped the bed today, but at least we get more basketball! Also – sad news today with the passing of John Havlicek. A Boston Celtic legend, I loved Hondo, and reckon he’s supremely underrated. Still… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs Apr 25: ANZAC DAY, CLIPPERS UPSET THE WARRIORS + SEEYA JAZZ (Episode 272)
HOW DO THE CLIPPERS KEEP BEATING THE WARRIORS AT HOME!? It’s becoming almost a trend? Anyway – we wrap today’s two potential close out games – with the Rockets getting the job done against Utah, and the Clippers holding on to force a Game 6 vs Golden State! We’ve also got some more breakdown of… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Apr 24: ALL HAIL KING DAME + SEEYA MAGIC, NETS & THUNDER (Episode 271)
WOW: have you EVER seen anything like that Dame Lillard 3pt series-ender!?… I mean… other than the LAST time Dame did it to the Rockets 5 years ago? That was WILD. And so Dame drops 50 and we bid adieu to the Orlando Magic, Brooklyn Nets and Oklahoma City Thunder in a day of blood-letting… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues Apr 23: SEEYA PISTONS & THE SUNS ARE IDIOTS (Episode 270)
Wildly entertaining couple of games today: the Bucks eliminated the Pistons, the Jazz got up and got on the board against the Rockets and we all remembered that Donovan Mitchell can be very, very good! Not good: the Phoenix Suns who fired their coach, and the sexual assault allegations against Luke Walton. Geeeeeez. Anyway –… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Apr 8: PIERCE v WADE + NETS & MAGIC CLINCH PLAYOFFS + WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Episode 260)
Who was better? Paul Pierce or Dwyane Wade?? Well… we figure it, uh, ‘out’ on today’s show! Also – the NETS and MAGIC have clinched playoff berths! that’s wild! The Pistons & Heat, meanwhile, have bottled it…. which is also wild. … so we wrap the entire NBA weekend up for you with WEEKEND WINNERS… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Apr 5: EMBIID vs BLEDSOE & GIANNIS + NO ONE WANTS TO BE IN SPACE JAM 2 + WEEKEND PREVIEW (Episode 259)
Is Joel Embiid afraid of Eric Bledsoe?? I mean… that’s what it kinda looked like right? ANYWAY – a fun fracas broke out in the Bucks-Sixers game today with Bledsoe piffing the ball at Embiid as hard as he could, starting a ‘fight’… and then both Embiid & Giannis proceeded to have AMAZING games. Please… Read more
NBA Straya – Thur Apr 4: STEPH CURRY CAN SEE NOW + JOE INGLES CAREER HIGH & PLAYOFF/TANKING UPDATE (Episode 258)
When Joe Ingles isn’t buying real estate in Paul George’s head, he smashes threes with a relish that used to only be found in your grandma’s kitchen! He TORCHED (ironically) the Suns today for a CAREER HIGH! Also – Gregg Popovich set a record for quickest ejection, we had a BUNCH of broken ankles, there… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Apr 3: HUMP DAY + RUSSELL WESTBROOK’S HISTORIC 20-20-21 +WIZARDS FIRE ERNIE GRUNFLED + SHOULD LeBRON MAKE ALL-NBA? (Episode 257)
Holy moly, Russell Westbrook! Just a lazy DOUBLE TRIPLE-DOUBLE as a tribute to Nipsey Hussle!! Amazing… yep, 20-20-21 hasn’t been done since 1968, so we talk about why people hate Russell Westbrook when he’s a dead-set legend! Also – it’s was Tuesday in Texas, but it was HUMP DAY in Straya, as Aussie Isaac Humphries… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues Apr 2: LUKA vs TRAE + WHO WILL PLAY ON LeBRON’S SPACE JAM 2 COURT? (Episode 256)
Lebron James is getting a full-size basketball court on the set of Space Jam 2… how much tampering will be done there? 100%? 800%? Will the Lakers somehow be LeBron, AD, Kyrie, Kawhi AND ZION next year!?!? Anyway – we also delve into Luka Doncic vs Trae Young AGAIN… and have a look at the… Read more