So what really happened in the 2002 NBA Western Conference finals?

So what really happened in the 2002 NBA Western Conference finals?

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Chris Webber shot 45% from the free throw line in that series.

Shaq, fucking' SHAQ, show 63% from the free throw line in that series.

Chris Webber was pathetic. He shoots better from the free throw line, they win and that's not even questionable.

Chris Webber is a career 64.9% free throw shooter. Yet the one year they actually have a chance he chokes, just like he did in Michigan, shooting nearly 20% worse from the free throw line.

The Kings shot more free throws over the course of the series than the Lakers. They also had more fouls called in their favor.

Game 2 gave the Kings a 13 free throw attempt advantage, Lakers lose by 6.

Game 3 gave the Kings a 20 free throw attempt advantage, Lakers lose by 13.

Game 5 gave the Kings a 10 free throw attempt advantage, Lakers lose by 1.

The Kings didn't win a single game in which they didn't have a 10+ free throw attempt advantage.

Game 6 wasn't even the worse reffed game of the series.

In Game 5, Shaq fouled out in 32 minutes of play. In those 32 minutes of play, he shot 1 free throw. It was the lowest amount of free throw attempts that he ever attempted during the playoffs while a member of the Lakers. Mitch fucking Richmond who played 3 minutes shot more free throws than Shaq did yet the only reason Scott Pollard's ugly ass ever played was to go in there and foul Shaq and that dude played 11 minutes.

In Game 6, the Lakers shot 15 more free throws than the Kings, yet the Kings missed MORE free throws than the Lakers did!

In Game 6, the Kings missed 7 free throws. They lost by 6 points.

In Game 6, the Kings intentionally fouled the Lakers 3 times at the end of the game (which the Kings were still in) giving the Lakers 6 extra free throws, cutting that 15 free throw attempt advantage down to only 9.

The refs rigged the game for the Lakers to the point that the Kings were within 1 point with 11.8 seconds left! What a massive fuck up by the crooked refs who almost let the Kings win!

Mike Bibby had a chance to tie the game with 4.6 seconds left and fucking bricked it. The Kings wish they had a Robert Horry, but instead they had Peja and Bibby.

In Game 7, the Kings fucking straight up choked. They shot 2 for 20 from the 3 point line. That's worse than Slava Medvendenko's career 3 point shooter average of 15.4%!!!

In Game 7, the Kings were 16 for 30 from the free throw line. They lost by 6 points! They literally could have won the game by making their free throws at the rate of a average high school boys basketball team.

The Kings version of Robert Horry, Peja Stojakovic, was 0 for 6 from the 3 point line in that Game 7. He had a chance to put them up by 2 with 11.8 seconds left but he bricked it. He didn't even get to play in overtime after his pathetic performance.

A complete and utter collapse. 0 for 6 for Peja. 16 for 30 shooting from the free throw line in Game 7, losing by 6 points. 2 for 20 from the 3 point line.

But really it was refball

You could of just saved time by saying refball

Rigged game for tv ratings

go to bed Shaw

This is entire post is invalid because if the refs don't fix Game 6 Kings win end of story

>lakers fans say the kings shouldve won the next game despite a game 6 win meaning theyd go to the finals

He is top ten. As a blatant lakers homer is probably put him around 6 or 7 but I can understand 9 or 10. Name ten better

Seeing as how the ref was literally, literally caught on tape demanding bribes for throwing the game it was refball.

go to youtube and watch THE GREATEST TRAGEDY IN SPORTS

youtube.com/watch?v=pwpqm4tFY7g

I stopped taking the NBA seriously.

(((NBA)))


is what it is

Nice blog post. Where can I read more?

>The 2002 Western Conference Finals is widely regarded as one of the best series in NBA playoff history, with the last four games coming down to the final seconds. Two games were decided on game winning shots and Game 7 was decided in overtime. However, the series was marred by controversy and allegations of corruption. On June 10, 2008, convicted NBA referee Tim Donaghy's attorney filed a court document alleging that Game 6 was fixed by two referees. The letter states that Donaghy "learned from Referee A that Referees A and F wanted to extend the series to seven games. Tim knew Referees A and F to be 'company men', always acting in the interest of the NBA, and that night, it was in the NBA's interest to add another game to the series." The Lakers won Game 6 106-102, attempting 18 more free throws than the Kings in the fourth quarter, and went on to win the series, and eventually the NBA championship. The document claimed that Donaghy told federal agents that in order to increase television ratings and ticket sales, "top executives of the NBA sought to manipulate games using referees". It also said that NBA officials would tell referees to not call technical fouls on certain players, and states that a referee was privately reprimanded by the league for ejecting a star player in the first quarter of a January 2000 game. Stern denied the accusations, calling Donaghy a "singing, cooperating witness".

was rigged

the NBA doesn't really rig games anymore, they just rig draft lotteries

they had to really tone down the rigging after donaghy (2007) that's why heat vs mavericks finals in 2006 was the last massively blatant rigging

they dont need to rig games anymore the players do that for them every offseason

silver isnt happy that durant went to golden state desu

parity is going to be one of the main issues of the next cba

Kings fans blown the fuck out

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The (((NBA))) was still desperate for ratings an an heir apparent to Jordan. LA is a huge market and (((they))) thought Kobr was Jordan's heir apparent. Lakers got the nod, GJ, GE Sacramento, but money talks.