{"id":499809,"date":"2026-02-23T23:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499809\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T23:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:58:20","slug":"hooyah-harden-up-round-22-nbl26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499809\/","title":{"rendered":"Hooyah & Harden Up (Round 22, NBL26)"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Damon Lowery.<\/p>\n

Author\u2019s note \u2013 \u201cHOOYAH\u201d is the battle cry of the Navy Seals and is given out to celebrate great efforts & achievements.<\/p>\n

A \u201cHARDEN UP\u201d is given out when a performance has not been at the expected level.<\/p>\n

This is STRICTLY about basketball \u2013 it is NEVER personal.<\/p>\n

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Defeated by Perth<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 Zylan Cheatham: You finished the regular season with another customary double-double. Congrats on leading the League in rebounding. Now it\u2019s time for Playoff \u2018Z\u2019 to show up.<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP \u2013 Mike Wells: This is an information based \u201cHarden Up\u201d for the 36ers\u2019 coach. I couldn\u2019t help but notice you getting a little testy in the handshake line after Jo Lual Acuil Jr. dunked the ball at the end of the game. I know it\u2019s frowned upon in the NBA and disrespectful, but here it\u2019s perfectly acceptable and teams play to the final buzzer \u2013 and nobody cares.<\/p>\n

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Defeated by Sydney<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 Playing with heart: This is for punching the Kings in the mouth. I couldn\u2019t believe what I was seeing when you had a nice first quarter to lead and showed what you\u2019re capable of when everybody plays with heart<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP \u2013 A season to forget: You drew the shortest of straws finishing your season playing the Kings, and after a competitive start, the wheels fell off and you lost by 40. Let your hair down now and regroup for next season.<\/p>\n

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Defeated by New Zealand<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 Kody Stattmann: You\u2019ve shown the masses what you\u2019re capable of and earned an Australian Boomers call-up for the World Cup Qualifiers.<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP \u2013 Jack McVeigh: I was hoping for one last scoring outburst but it didn\u2019t happen. You were double teamed, which is a compliment, but I didn\u2019t think I would see your lowest output of the season \u2013 6 points on 3\/11 field goal. The Orange Army and I are rapt to the back teeth you\u2019ll be back next season though.<\/p>\n

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Defeated Tasmania<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 JaVale McGee: It was great watching you play all season. You respected the game, the League and showed your class. One last double-double for old time sake \u2013 and now we all hope to see you back next season<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP \u2013 JaVale McGee: You cop this one if it\u2019s true you didn\u2019t show up to your own team\u2019s MVP night -which you won \u2013 and instead went to a basketball tournament in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

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Defeated South East Melbourne<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 Milton Doyle: I see you getting ready for the post season. A team-high 25-points with 5 treys \u2026 don\u2019t let the smooth taste fool you everyone, Milt will rip your heart out.<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP – Fabijan Krslovic: You alright Fab? You played 12 minutes and didn\u2019t have a point, rebound, assist, or steal. C\u2019mon man, the team needs you and your championship DNA if you wanna make some noise in the post season.<\/p>\n

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Defeated Cairns<\/p>\n

TRIPLE HOOYAH ALERT<\/p>\n

\u200dHOOYAH \u2013 Parker Jackson-Cartwright: The President of the Lil Big Man Society, you finished the season on a high. You ran rings around the Taipans with 19 points, 13 assists and ZERO turnovers.<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 Sam Mennenga: This is exactly how you ball when you\u2019re out of contract. Fresh off a fractured wrist, you fractured the Taipans\u2019 spirit with a dominant 32 points & 9 rebounds<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 Carlin Davison: You showed up this season in your second year. You played all 33 games and notched your first double-double and only needed 16 minutes to do it. 15 points and 11 boards \u2026 I\u2019m positive it won\u2019t be your last.<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP \u2013 Sean Bairstow: Sorry not sorry. You got the start and played 20 minutes and didn\u2019t trouble the scorers. Zero points on 0\/4 field goal. Have a good off-season and come back with a vengeance.<\/p>\n

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Defeated Adelaide<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 Jesse Wagstaff: What year is this? You were fighting for your life playing a season-high 22 minutes, but produced a season-high 18 points and 7 boards. Great game, my man!<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP \u2013 Dylan Windler and Ben Henshall: Two starters going scoreless? Can\u2019t recall seeing that. Hopefully you\u2019re saving the scoring explosions for the Playoffs.<\/p>\n

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Defeated by Melbourne<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 Nathan Sobey: You had an unbelievable regular season, capped off with a 29 point, 7 rebound performance albeit in a loss. I haven\u2019t seen \u2018Playoff Sobey\u2019 in a while and I can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP \u2013 Offensive rebounds: Hmmm, I already had concerns with your defence and while you kept United under 100 points, you couldn\u2019t keep them off the glass. Giving up 20 offensive rebounds is offensive.<\/p>\n

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Defeated Brisbane<\/p>\n

DOUBLE HOOYAH ALERT<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 Brian Goorjian: You started the season 3-5. You lost your best defender Bul Kuol, then Matthew Dellavedova for a stretch of games, and Xavier Cooks couldn\u2019t find his mojo early on. You led from the front, fought, scrapped, and created strong player\/coach relationships to finish the season on top. Just a masterful coaching performance.<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u00a0\u2013 Kendric Davis: You sat out the fourth and still had 31 on 13\/15 field goal to go along with 8 assists, and ZERO turnovers. I\u2019m all out of superlatives to describe you, man. Congrats on leading your team to the regular season championship. Now it\u2019s really time to get down.<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP \u2013 Tyler Robertson\u2019s shoulder joint: DON’T YOU DARE KEEP THIS MAN OUT OF THE FINALS! Speedy recovery, my man.<\/p>\n

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Defeated by Illawarra<\/p>\n

HOOYAH \u2013 Tyger Campbell: 17 points and NO turnovers. I\u2019ve been a fan of your point guard play all season,particularly your tremendous ball security. You finished the regular season averaging just 1 turnover.<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP \u2013 A bad ending: Losing by 33 in the last home game isn\u2019t great, but it\u2019s the 3\/24 from the three-point line that needs to drastically change before your do or die Play-In game against Melbourne.<\/p>\n

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HOOYAH \u2013 The Ignite Cup Final: It was nothing short of sensational. I actually think it was damn-near the best game of the season. What an incredible initiative and fantastic way to finish the new in-season tournament. I was in the venue and the tension was palpable with that money on the line.<\/p>\n

HARDEN UP \u2013 Up the ante: While the Ignite Cup Final was a huge success, I didn\u2019t like the fact the losers got a slice of the pie. Next year, it\u2019s gotta be \u201cwinner takes all\u201d. Now,that would make it a dog fight on the court indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Damon Lowery. Author\u2019s note \u2013 \u201cHOOYAH\u201d is the battle cry of the Navy Seals and is given…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-499809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}