Referees Full Highlights 2002 WCF Game 6 LAL vs Kings - Fixed? 

2018 Rockets also.

Unfortunately, the Sacramento Kings have to rue their missed chances between 2002 and 2004 when other teams beat them to the punch for NBA titles and NBA Finals appearances since.

@@michaelguerrero3684 Speaking of the 2018 Rockets, they're mumbling that should've been us when Chris Paul and PJ Tucker are in the 2021 NBA Finals playing each other.

But why a lamp?

eh if ur a kings fan i can see why. retro-actively it was prolly their incessant complaining that like annoyed the refs. they shoulda just kept their composure and pressed the issue.

Thats crazy to think but true

No wonder Kobe’s so great got all calls they made him great, bailed him out. Joke all the players are laughing even the announcers Waltons like this games a joke

It really is one of the best blocks ever smh

That was a travesty. Lordddd. Kobe was dirty as fuk with that elbow. Guess Bibby got the last laugh. Lmao

​@@mdro434same as LA China. I've never seen a guy who offensive fouls and travels every time he drives yet gets put on the line for phantom calls

Still had a chance in game 7 . lakers deserve that title

Sacramento King lmfao this kings team was good... but let's not forget they had a prime shaq and young kobe, lakers would've win either way

High As fuck When there was all these calls in the game they lost by 4. Imagine if there was none of these calls.

@@swipabball1320 lakers was trash this game. We were killing it but those calls bailed tf out of L.A. there shouldve been no Game 7. But honestly there shouldve been no game 6 either. We blew game 4. That was the one.

High As fuck Obviously they still would have lost. Watch the video

IKR I was used to him as a constant Lakers ass-kisser

And Walton did the same thing during the debacle that was Heat/Mavs, and you notice that he now doesn't call NBA games anymore.

@@ericdellinger6260 At least the Mavs got payback on the Heat in 2011.

@@ericdellinger6260yea they had to shut him up this game was rigged fixed the powers that be fixed this

Bill walton unbias? He was so bias and fierce sacramento kings fan, he was cheering for the kings to win so bad so passionatly. When the kings would commit a foul he and the other commentators all of them were keeping quite silent, but when the lakers would commit somme foul they were so loud and aggressive towards the lakers. Unbias my ass

@Alexander Melnikov good one

@Alexander Melnikov LOL you can’t be serious

Tbh there's a rule now that refs HAVE TO REVIEW after a confrontation, or a out of bounds sometimes a loose ball foul

Funny thing is that the Kings are still trash

​@@elmulato7038 this comment aged like milk

And the Lakers made 21 of 27 from the charity stripe in that quarter and 34 of 40 for Game 6.

@@joesakic91 wonder why they shot so many... could it be because of bullshit foul calls. Couldn’t be

@@owenanderson3425 Keep crying foul. The Lakers caught breaks and capitalized on them. Focus on making more plays instead of the refs and the Kings could've won either Games 4, 6, or 7 of the 2002 WCF, but didn't when they lost all three.

@@joesakic91 no team should ever shoot 20 fts in 1 quarter teams barely average that amny attempts in a whole game the other team shot 9 fts that quarter lakers shot 30

@@rapartist9309 So? Even with all those calls, the Lakers still have to make their free throws no matter what which they did going 34 of 40 in Game 6 including 21 of 27 in that fourth quarter. In fact, the 2002 WCF shouldn't came down to Games 6 and 7 for the Kings had they grabbed one rebound on the final play of Game 4 and won that game. Unfortunately, the Kings lost Games 4, 6 and 7 and the 2002 WCF altogether. It all came down to which team turned off the distractions like the referees and kept playing basketball to make a few more plays and win and it was the Lakers who did it.

literally took everything the Lakers and the refs possibly had to beat the Kings by 4 at home lol

It's causal, not coincidence.

Fixed

@@delao7569 And yet, the Kings still had a 204-185 edge in free throw attempts in the 2002 WCF despite the Lakers getting 40 in Game 6. The Kings blew it.

@fongbrandon What's even more insane? The Sacramento Kings are still snakebitten since 1951.

sixthnewkid I love you

😂😂😂😂

Today they would review that on video and reverse the call.

@@jdheelfan not if the series was being sabotaged by the referees like this clearly was

Bibby had his arm around kobe holding him,and kobe fought through the hold and has every right to move his arm across. Plus the foul wasn't called on Bibby anyway.

Me too

This turned me off to the nba. I was 19 at the time and I a pretty big nba fan. Then after 2007 Tim donaghy scandal I stopped watching.

@@alwillk Then you missed out on a lot of things including the Golden State Warriors.

Oh yes Joe the Warriors running to the three point line to hoist up there's against no Defense was so exciting 🤦

@@jayzee7538 But you also have back door cuts. The NBA is more like the international game today: ball movement, movement without the ball, and testing your perimeter game.

I felt the same about Tom Thibadou when he coached the Bulls in Game 1 of the 2011 ECF. Whistles on clean plays, not even questionable. But the league NEEDED Bron to win, so they allowed him to.

Just keep playing through every call to win. That's how you overcome atrocious officiating.

@@joesakic91 it’s almost impossible to overcome Shaq n Kobe n lakers shooting 27 free throws in the 4th quarter. That would b 108 free throws in the game if that happened in every quarter. That’s outrageous

@@TheSands83 So? The Lakers still have to make the most of them which they did going 21 of 27 in that fourth quarter of Game 6 of the 2002 WCF and 34 of 40 overall. the Kings blew their chances to win it all in 2002 by simply not making a few more stops and scores to win either Games 4, 6, or 7 of the 2002 WCF.

He doesn’t react because he KNOWS WHATS HAPPENING AND IF he pushes too hard the powerful forces that control these things will come down on him so he has to sit there and take it like the puppet he is making 2m a year coaching

@Site5599 But the Mavs did get payback on the Heat in 2011.

Nobody deserves shit, but this was rigged

@Site5599 ill never stop watching the NBA but this was bad

@raincntry most definitely we all know the kings were the better team just literally exposed the NBA for what is NBA were rigging happens yet it still rigged today this game took my joy bball as well

Then you two missed out on a lot of things including a small market team in the Milwaukee Bucks breaking their 50-year NBA title drought in 2021.

@@joesakic91 Did they break the drought? Or did the nba decide it was their turn? This was the last nba game i watched, so idk.

@@falseprophet1024 Yes, the Bucks broke their 50-year NBA title drought in 2021.

@@joesakic91 Or the league decided it was their turn, like they did in 02 for the Lakers. I dont know and dont really care, because WWE shit is boring to me.. and 02 proved the nba is rigged.

Then he isn’t a hardcore Lakers fan. No fan is admitting this game was rigged because it wasn’t 😂😂

Show me the ring

@Mayan Empire Haha bitch, yall should have been out

@Frank Mclain But you gotta EARN those rings and the Lakers did. Sacramento Kings: the New York Jets of the NBA and snakebitten since 1951.

At least the western conference champs. This is sickening to watch.

I don’t think anyone knows what happened that game

That's what real people would do, not actors following a script.

@@D-Realityfacts they y a lot of them jus accepted it , they signed up for it

No real NBA fan is a Shaq and Kobe fan, kinda like someone claiming they love music but say rap is real music lol

Nah, the Kings choked away their chances between 2002 and 2004 and have to watch their NorCal rival Golden State Warriors beat them to the punch for NBA titles in 2015, 2017, and 2018 and the Lakers winning their 17th title in 2020.

@@tomjoad929 what? The fuck??????

@@joesakic91 you mean david stern and the refs robbed the sacramento kings their chances at a chip

@@domarobyn9520 Bad calls happen in any sport. Despite all that, the Sacramento Kings had chance after chance to turn off the distractions like the refs and play basketball to make a few more plays and win either Games 4, 6, or 7 of the 2002 WCF, but they failed when they lost all three and the series altogether. The Kings also wasted another chance with a better and deeper team in 2003 until Chris Webber tore his lateral meniscus in his knee. Now, the Kings have to suffer even more when other teams beat them to the punch for NBA titles since the 2002 WCF including the L.A. Lakers and the Golden State Warriors while they're still snakebitten since 1951.

it was a travesty. I was a casual basketball fan, but that year was the Kings year but the refs and the NBA had to stop it. I felt bad for the kings, all that work only for the referees to destroy their morale.

Not me. The Lakers won. The Kings choked.

@@joesakic91 Are you stupid or dumb?

@@mattd9881 Neither. I'm alright. You? You're suffering from CTE.

@@mattd9881 I think he’s just dumb and he makes a sports team part of his personality. He’s taking the objectively true statement that the Lakers were given the series by the league and acting like it’s a personal attack on him

Even if it was, kings choked it in game 7

@@YashRamisetty that's silly logic.

@@YashRamisetty game 7 wouldn’t have happened if this game wasn’t fixed🤷‍♂️

@@YashRamisetty If it was then it wouldn't matter if the Kings had put up a zero burger in game 7. There shouldn't have been a game 7 - that's the point.

@@doomnotron i don’t understand why people think game 5 was rigged. Yeah sure some of the calls looked like they were in favor of the kings but to me it was all because of poor officiating nothing more. Game 6 calls were just blatantly obvious that the game was rigged

Imagine if James Harden was on this Kings team, it’d be a never ending game

@@omielehomie9073 how does that make sense?

Who's dead? LMFAO

Go lakers!! Keep cryin 🤣✌️

@@yomomsahoe5797 Your team is an embarrassment to Kobe. Led by Queen James, Westbrick, and that soft guy who gets injured every month cause his bones are made of paper🤣🤣 Cant forget bout the guy who ruined a potentially top tier Knicks team out of jealousy💯

Until now 😂

But we go by actuality: the Los Angeles Lakers are the ACTUAL 2002 NBA Champions!

@@joesakic91 Yes, but actuality is also that US elections have stolen, and that big-money guys want to destroy this nation. I hope patriots will. My respect to LA Lakers, but everyone saw this robbery!

@@staraskolasaha432 Yet, the Sacramento Kings still blew the 2002 WCF by not making a few more plays to win either Games 4, 6, or 7. Now, the Kings have to suffer even more when other teams beat them to punch for NBA titles including the L.A. Lakers and even worse, their NorCal rival Golden State Warriors. Meanwhile, the Kings are still the New York Jets of the NBA and still snakebitten since 1951.

@@joesakic91 Ok, I understand that you are an American patriot 😉 , and don't want to argue with you. Foul on Mike Bibby in the 6-th game was for an immediate jail. Instead, great KB got the ball, and Mike a foul. Simple truth, my patriot friend 😀

@@staraskolasaha432 However, the 2002 WCF shouldn't came down to Games 6 and 7, had the Kings grabbed one rebound on the final play of Game 4. I love it when you're a dynasty and legacy hater since you can't handle greatness personified.

Then you missed out on a lot things including the Warriors.

@@joesakic91 ahahahaha you srtiously had nothing else to do but defend the lakers on every, fucking comment, get a life kid.

@@strahinjastevic7480 And seeing haters keep making the Lakers' titles so much sweeter with their disses. 😉

@@joesakic91 lol

@@strahinjastevic7480 It's true though. The more haters hate the Lakers, The sweeter their titles are.

What's even funnier is seeing the Kings mumbling, "that should've been us," when other teams beat them to the punch for titles and NBA Finals appearances since 2002 while they're still snakebitten since 1951.

I see Bibby grabbing Kobe with two hands and then got elbowed cuz Kobe couldn't separate from him

Or maybe the Sacramento Kings should've just learned from other teams on how to turn off the distractions like the referees and play basketball through every call to win. I bet the Kings are still mumbling, "that should've been us," when their NorCal rival Golden State Warriors have a successful, winning dynasty.

@@joesakic91 you’re really commenting on every comment you weirdo fuck get a life lmaoooo the refs robbed the kings no matter what you think or say you clown

@@TheRealRickyShow Okay bubba, what clown am I? Bozo? Doink? Pennywise? I live in a free world and I can do whatever I want. Refs robbed the Kings is getting old and stale. It's not fazing anybody. LeBron James said it best when the Los Angeles Lakers won their 17th NBA title in 2020: it's obvious that you don't want to give respect where respect is earned and due. Keep hating. You're making all 17 Lakers' titles so much sweeter.

@@joesakic91 mickey mouse ring

@@ducklinggaming4 *sniggering* Mickey Mouse ring and shit? Heh. So by your logic, the 1999 Spurs and 2012 Heat are Lockout rings? Keep hating.

+Chaotic Sour grapes. All four pro sports leagues in North America need to have a Big Market team and teams with multiple super/megastars in the finals to survive and thrive.

@@joesakic91 So... cheating is okay with you?

@@Drforrester31 Yeah. Those teams 'cheat' by turning off the distractions like the referees and play sports to win.

@@joesakic91 It was clearly the NBA cheating dude. Lakers players just have the luxury of being the team the NBA will cheat for

@@Drforrester31 So by your logic, George Mikan's Lakers, Bill Russell's Celtics, the Showtime Lakers' in the 1980s, MJ's Bulls and the Splash Brothers' era Warriors also cheat to win and have dynasties? Sour grapes from you.

Mayan Empire you’re fucking delusional if you think it wasn’t rigged.

the refs didnt have to make the shots for the lakers, they simply gave the lakers free shots on bad calls. you should take your own advice and wake up.

Not fixed and I’m a kings fan

@@DRM0087 lmao, fake ass fan

legolas m it’s funny how ppl would put “I’m a BLANK fan” just to make themselves credible of their point. I’m not even big on basketball lol I just thought it was funny to see the theory

Horry was fouled on that play, just not by Vlade Divac.

Seems they didn’t wanna foul out Webber (because he was the Kings star player) so they gave the Lakeshow a makeup call and called it on Divac, even tho Divac didn’t deserve that call

+PeekaPeep But the Dubs brushed Game 4 aside and won the 2017 NBA title over the Cavs in five.

Series was been over by that point

@@joesakic91 and they still can't stop the Dubs from sweeping Lebron a year later lol not their fault JR Smith is being JR Smith hahaha

2017 wasn’t fixed at all the fuck?

@@MannyParadisee I think you're about 4 years past trying to make bad jokes, lol! Get lost, please. ;-p

So, did 5 on 8 also work for the Celtics, Bulls with MJ, Warriors, and Spurs as well?

@James Harden's free throw attempts Nah. You're just a hater since you don't want to give respect where respect is earned and due, bubba.

@James Harden's free throw attempts Nah. I'm more of a pest.

Do the referees also love the Spurs and the Warriors as well? I'm just curious.

Idk that 2010 4th quarter game 7 vs boston was fishy

@Infiniti Only the call on Pollard when Shaq goes up for his baby hook and Pollard's arms are up wasn't a foul, Webber's charge wasn't a charge, the two diving for the ball wasn't a foul, Webber got a clean block on kobe. This is brutal. As bad as how my mavs were jobbed in 2006...worse, even.

@Infiniti Only shaq landed fine, no undercutting there. I'll give you that it could be a push, a gut push because that's what Pollard could push him with. Belly on belly, if one sees a foul. But that's far different than what that douche pachulia did. That guy stuck a foot out so Leonard could land on it. This wasn't that. And back in those days, they didnt even call those fouls. I remember watching tons of guys fall on other guys' feet and shit was ever called. Those days were the days of the twisted ankles. It was constant.

@Infiniti Only the problem with how shaq was officiated was the fault of the officials themselves. If some of us don't see a foul, it's because Shaq would get hacked, attacked and assaulted constantly without getting the foul calls. Then they go and call that? The refs themselves create the dispute when they don't call a shitload of fouls against him. Therefore, in that realm, it wasn't a foul. Even if it was, really. The other calls I see them wrong: no charge, no foul on the loose ball, and Webber cleanly blocked Kobe.

He should have 3. Game 7 vs Blazers in 2000 was clearly rigged.

if Draymond does that in a WCF game he's out of the LEAGUE lol

It’s not the lakers fault it was fixed. It’s the nbas fault that they suck off the lakers.

@@alecmorariu6291 The Lakers should have refused to accept it than if they didn't want it to happen.

@@narvik9386 why would they refuse to accept it?

@@Youngkingkillmunga because they should know whats right and wrong

@@narvik9386 that’s dumb. The Kings had opportunities to win that game. Like game 7. Ima Saints fan and that no-call was BS against the Rams but we had an opportunity to win in overtime and we didn’t get it done so oh well. Same with the Kings. Wasn’t game 5 “fixed” against the Lakers though?

Me too! I didn't watch game 7 or the finals that year, the Lakers ruined basketball for me for a few years

A lot of people were! I was 16 years old at the time and my mother was mad as hell.. You love sports and she called it years ago saying *something wasn't right* and her suspicious were proven right.. The Kings got screwed out of a Championship..

@Positive Mentality yes

Mega7Mayhem Tim donaghy did not ref this game lmfaooo nobody from this game went to jail.

It was Tim Donaghy who went to jail and openly spoke about his belief of this game being fixed, although he did not referee this game. But who needs a confession to know what they did?!

Donaghy's letter about the conspiracy with this game told that the refs manipulated the game. But then again, investigators didn't have enough evidence to prove that claim so it was disregarded. But yeah this game was really fixed.

Link

Well, Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings failed because they didn't make a few more plays to win either Games 4, 6, or 7 of the 2002 WCF. The Kings even had a better chance the next year with a deeper team and a better defense until Chris Webber tore his lateral meniscus in his knee against the Dallas Mavericks. Now, the Kings are suffering even more when other teams beat them to the punch for titles and NBA Finals appearances while they have a snakebitten hat trick. Also, this has been going on since 1980 where you have the NBA accused of having Big market teams and super/megastars succeed often.

I just watched a video of a former ref telling us this was rigged lol your not wrong at all. It was all’s setup and it still happens today unfortunately

@@mikelovettgotit A 2002 NBA Finals between the Lakers and Celtics would've been better than Kings and Nets. And what's wrong with the 2022 matchup between the Warriors and Celtics.

@@joesakic91 you joined RU-vid 16 years ago and your under every comment somethin ain’t right 😂

@@mikelovettgotit What? You got a beef with teams that know how to win? Seems like it. 🤣

Funderburke must have a lot of calcium in his bones to dodge a serious injury.

He's in the NBA for a reason, strength far above from normal people

If Lebron is the new Kobe, then what makes Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, etc.?

@@joesakic91 The best players of the 2010s

@@bdjsjshhehehd8989 KD can’t win a chip without curry 🤣

I think the kings got hosed worse tbh. That jags game was tough to watch. I really wanted the underdog in the super bowl. I think the rams vs saints game might’ve been fixed as well bc of that awful no pi call

Charger vs Saints (NFC championship) is obviously fixed in 2019..

You guys didn't get hosed, Pats were the better team. Running the ball and playing defense doesn't win titles in the NFL or even college anymore since like 2014

@@owenanderson3425 Rams vs saints PI is the worst call in the history of sports

@Gg No Re Sour grapes from you bubba.

@@joesakic91 fuck off you can’t accept that the lakers didn’t deserve their 02 championship

@@owenanderson3425 Well, the Lakers deserved the 2002 title because they EARNED it. How? Keep playing basketball.

How could he let it go? Because he was in on the fix, guy was corrupt as hell

@@mikejohnson8373 The Kings/The Players had no say so.. They started to see they were getting screwed and couldn't stop it no matter how much they made complaints against the Refs.. David Stern was like a mob boss, if things didn't go his way he made sure it did.. The Kings got screwed..

The Milwaukee Bucks disagreed in 2021. They did something the Kings didn't do: just hoop.

@@joesakic91 kings were hooping. But refs didn’t let them.

@@brianzhuang4319 If the Sacramento Kings were hooping, they should've sealed the deal in either Games 4, 6, or 7 of the 2002 WCF despite atrocious officiating, but they didn't when they lost all three. Game 4: failed to grab one rebound on the final play where Vlade Divac slapped Shaq's putback miss to Robert Horry with no King guarding the three-point line. Horry got a good look to nail the game-winning trey. Game 6: the Lakers were ice cool from the free throw line going 34 of 40. Game 7: the Kings were ice cold from both the free throw line (16/30) and from downtown (2/20). The Kings blew it. Also, Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings going 0-5 in winner-take-all postseason games including 0-3 in Game 7s between 1999 and 2004 doesn't help their cause.

Lol good one

Nah. The Lakers kept playing through every call and won en route to the 2002 NBA title.

Shows how weak the Kings were air balling multiple shots in a game 7 AT HOME

It's not about championships in the NBA they wanted Lakers to 3 peat

And The NHL and NFL isn't Fixed?

They were scripted to get robbed.

Game 4 of the 2002 WCF was more of a killer for the Sacramento Kings. Pat Riley said it best after that game: No rebounds, no rings.

@@joesakic91 cope lakers fan, your franchise is the most despicable in the history of the NBA

@@neal3489 Sour grapes from you, bubba.

@@joesakic91 are you gonna send kuzma to throw bricks at my house or somn?

@@neal3489 No. I love seeing you hate the Lakers. The more you hate, the sweeter the Lakers' titles are.

You should watch Game 4 of the 2002 WCF. That game was more of a killer for the Sacramento Kings.

@James Harden's free throw attempts Nah. The Lakers caught breaks and capitalized them to win Games 4, 6, and 7 and outlast the Kings to win the 2002 WCF en route to a title.

@James Harden's free throw attempts But the 2002 WCF shouldn't came down to Games 6 and 7 for the Kings had they grabbed one rebound on the final play of Game 4. Pat Riley said it best, "No rebounds, no rings." Keep talking about Game 6 all you want, but you should look at the entire 2002 WCF.

But the Warriors still won both of them lol

Unfortunately, another NorCal team will take on the Lakers in Round 2: the Warriors.

Yet, the Kings had 204 FTA to the Lakers 185 in the entire 2002 WCF.

@@joesakic91 most of the Kings free throws came from games 2 and 3 when the Lakers were fowling purposely to try get back in the games. But 27 in one quarter in a tight game is crazy. Game 4 and 7 were instant classics. This series is an example of how great teams are forgotten about over time. The early 00s sac team may be one of the best teams ever to not win a chip. Maybe the most fun team I’ve ever seen play. What a shame 🤷🏽‍♂️

@@jimmiejohnson8639 2003 was a better chance for Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings with a better and deeper team until Chris Webber tore his lateral meniscus in his knee against the Mavs. And sure, the Lakers had 40 free throw attempts in Game 6 including 27 in the fourth quarter, but they made the most of them going 34 of 40.

@@joesakic91 will always go down as a what if. Chris Weber was never the same after that. If I remember correctly, that team still did well without him. I think they took Dallas to 7 in the playoffs without him. No doubt in my mind they would of been a favorite to win it all had he not got injured. Crazy part, I think that team would be better suited for this era. Early 00s was arguably the hardest time in the nba to score and they put up points with ease. Made it look easy.

@@joesakic91 also, I wanted to add, it sucks for Sac that game 6 happened to them but ultimately it was better for the league as it shined an even brighter light on the officiating. Another series where the officiating made me scratch my head was the first Mia Dal series.

he knew what he was doing, kobe was a shady dirty player. in another game on a rebound he on purpose threw his elbow into tmacs spine after tmac torched him in the first half. gave tmac a back contusion.. lol

Well, the Bucks are up 3-2 heading to Game 6.

Did the NBA also cover the Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls with MJ, San Antonio Spurs, and the Golden State Warriors as well?

Nah, Kobe and Shaq are just chillin' with their NBA championship rings including 2002.

At least Peja Stojakovic, Scot Pollard, Italy, Spain and Germany all won titles down the road to overcome their 2002 nightmares. The Sacramento Kings, as a whole, are still struggling to make the playoffs after Geoff Petrie didn't renew Rick Adelman's contract after the 2006 NBA Playoffs.

@@joesakic91 the whole roster deserved rings and got it stripped from us. You’re just grasping at straws like trump saying the election was rigged you’re almost as big a clown as him as well

@@owenanderson3425 Nah, I'm an independent voter. You're the one who's grasping for straws, bubba. Too bad that the Lakers and the Sacramento Kings' NorCal rival Golden State Warriors did some things that the Kings failed to do: turned off the distractions like the referees and played basketball to win games and titles especially in Game 7s where the Splash Brother era Dubs have two Game 7 victories in their backpocket while Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Kings were 0-3 between 2002 and 2004. Sorry about your damn luck. Sacramento Kings: the New York Jets of the NBA and snakebitten since 1951.

@@joesakic91 the refs didn’t distract us we played through it but the game was out of reach because of them. You’re just wrong you can’t argue that the lakers deserved it because they didn’t. They got 4 losses first but the refs blew it so a game 7 happened just accept that your precious lakers didn’t deserve the 2002 title the kings did.

@@owenanderson3425 So by your logic, the Raiders deserve to win the 2001 NFL title and not the Patriots because of the Tuck Rule? I love it when you keep moving the goal posts just because one of the most successful teams in sports wins a title in the Lakers because they EARNED it by keep playing basketball to make a few more shots and win. It's all about earning it. The Kings blew Games 4, 6 and 7 and lost the 2002 WCF series altogether. Case closed. Just accept the fact that you're a jealous sourpuss who doesn't give respect where it's earned and due. Sacramento Kings: the New York Jets of the NBA and snakebitten since 1951.