I was 18 years old then, and this was, and still is, the best series I've ever seen. The robbery that took place in Games 6 and 7 made my blood boil, and I'm not even a Kings fan. It was just fucking sad.
Javier Salazar '06 Dallas, '08 Lakers, '12 OKC and even Warrior bandwagon fan think that game 6 of last year finals was rigged so don't complane about it. Just thinking that the NBA (or only the ref) fixing game like soccer.
I agree 100%. I watched it live. I wasn't a huge Kings fan but lived in the Bay area at the time and a friend asked me if I wanted to go. We just sat there in disbelief. We drove home after the game and just kept saying over and over, "Did that just happen?".
sadly basketball is a sport of momentum. And a crooked ref COULD easily sway the momentum unjustifiably. But what do you want the Lakers to do? they're there to do a job, and if the governing forces are in their favor, then that's shitty, but not the Lakers' fault, it's the Higher-ups fault, the players are innocent. and so if the Kings were wronged, it's not on the Lakers, it's on whoever orchestrated the officiating malpractice. People can make really bad judgment calls, just analyze pilot errors, or poor police decisions, it's hard to be on the receiving end of injustice, and it's easy to blame when taking a loss.
It's easy, go through whatever process necessary to get a crowd to rewatch the entire game start to finish.. refs are like cops, they fuck up often and unintentionally. we can petition and acknowledge officiating malpractice if there is any to recognize, and do so by rewatching the entire game with hundreds of objective onlookers.
I lived in Sacramento at the time, but wasn’t in to basketball, but my coworkers were and were watching the series, so I did too. Even a non-fan like me could tell it was rigged. I remember at one crucial point, the refs blew the whistle on Divac every time he got his hands on the ball.
i stopped watching ALL sports event just because of finding out this rigging in EVERY sport. i played and watched basketball in my entire life. i also watched many other sports, soccer, football, tennis, baseball etc so sports is my love. randomly i investigated rigging issues on sports a year ago, after digging out many "rigging" issues on sports, not just this game, not just officials, not just players, but involved billionare team owners and the connections between team owners and betting companies, etc, i stopped watching sports for good. i cant believe how much time i wasted in my entire life. it is all for marketing, money etc... i love sports and i will play my whole life, but watching it, HELL NO. i m done.
@@bilgin89 soccer is not that rigged if that was true we would have have seen real madrid vs Barcelona(messi vs ronaldo) in the ucla final this game alone would have gave UEFA more than a billion dollars it would have generate lots of money for both teams but it never happen
WOW, big respect to you!!! I had no horse in the race, but LOVED NBA basketball my whole life. TBH, I was a Duncan fan, and usually rooted for underdog. After what I saw in game 4,6, and 7, I lost all faith in NBA! When Bibby hurt Kobe's elbow with his broken nose and blood, I realized the Kings has NO CHANCE!
Kings were balling out that year offensive juggernaut..and Bibby was a star in that run. Wonder where he's at now. Just wish Christie would have got benched in the 4th or told not to shoot those horrible shots.
that game was rigged,(im saying that as a lakers fan) but you cant pin it all on that one game. the kings missed a lot of chances in game 7 and blew a big lead in the 4th game
@@joejay4646Kobrick was an arrogant ballhog that was favored by refs his whole career. Carried by 2 HOF centers as well as multiple other all star players and he missed more shots than he even made in his career. The guy was statistically more likely to throw up 2 bricks in a row before he could hit 2 shots in a row.
@Kyle Haughy hahahaha yeah bec. The ref help kyrie in 3's on curry face in last min. Curry 3 attempts 2 missed got locked by a power forward kevin love
NathTheProGaming At the time of me posting this comment it was Game 2 of the Thunder vs Spurs series when at the end of the game (about the last 10-20 seconds) there was horrible officiating and calls that weren't being made. Webber was calling that game and sounded very upset and when I heard him ranting on it, all I could think of was when it happened to him in 02 lol
The thing that really gets me is that it's as though the Kings realized and understood exactly what was going on. It's all over their body language. There were so many bad calls or missed calls favoring one team that it's unbelievable.
@@metalmacabre9991 that’s true, however I watched that entire series and the Kings knew they were gonna beat the Lakers. The Lakers knew the Kings were gonna take the series, and they couldn’t stop them. The Kings needed one more to move on to the finals. Game 6 changed everything for the Kings, you could see it by the 3rd quarter they had this look of complete and utter shock the entire team. The Kings knew they got robbed that night, anyone watching that game knew they got robbed that night. It was heartbreaking to watch, as a lifelong Kings fan it’s hard being a Kings fan. But definitely the best fans in the nba imo.
this is just disgusting, i still cant understand how shaq and kobe are not embarrassed.. i get it they werent on the scam, but they HAVE to see how fuckin obviously rigged this was. Shaq's always talking shit about the kings aswell, fuckin bullshit. I wonder if they had a clause in their contract not to talk about that kind of stuff or what, but if i was on that lakers team id be really embarrassed and apologise even tho it wasnt probably the players' fault...
If they were not in on it then why Kobe Elbow Mike Bibby in the nose in the closing secs of a 1 point game ? If called fair he would of eliminated them ? Are you saying Kobe in Incompetent or in on the fix knowing the ref would call it for him ?
2002films the ref would call that for the Lakers not for Kobe. Im saying I doubt any of the players were in on this. If anything was rigged it was by the league or the refs. League would want the Lakers in the finals=more money. Refs would want Lakers if they or their friends bet on the Lakers(same as it was with Jordan and the Bulls, doubt Jordan was ever on it tho he is more suspicious due to him actually being addicted to gambling). NBA players dont rig the games, they'd need to have the full team behind them or if the coach or anyone found out they'd be taken off. That Kobe Bibby moment is just basketball, no player is going to say "oh yeah sorry that was a foul, let them get that one and let them eliminate us". My point was why after Shaq retired and now Kobe, neither of them have talked about it, admitted it being handed to them or apologising or whatever.
Jamming InDaStreets yeah, you're right. cuz Jason Kidd and the Nets weren't a joke since kobe& shaq's star power wasn't enough to give the Lakers their 14th NBA title
You left out the refs not calling Shaq illegally stepping over the free throw line on every free throw that series. Also the refs blew calls in game 4, which would have put the Kings up 3-1. I still can't get over it. Loved it when Doug Christie punched Rick Fox during the preseason the next year.
@@prezlamenprah1164 crazy how with all this rigging stuff, sacramento still shot 204 freethrows this series and had one of the most calls in their favor in a playoff series in NBA history. Lakers shot less freethrows than the Kings and it wasn't close
Wow, okay, I've never noticed that before, but you can see it even here in the little riot. Where Shaquille throws a free throw and just stands a full shoe length over the line.
Ummm... Tim Donaghy admitted during his investigation by the FBI that this game was one that he fixed. Why is this even questionable or labeled a conspiracy theory?
This was the saddest series and game I ever watched, I LOVED those Kings teams with Bibby, stokakovic, Webber, unsung hero’s like BOBBY JACKSON, Doug Christie, Hedo Turkaglu I just love them
As a lakers fan this game was definitely rigged, you cannot even lie and say it wasn't. The NBA just like any other sport most of the times rig games for the favorites to generate as much money as possible before the season ends smh. Anything that generates millions of dollars with politics is likely to do things like this.
I'm a Laker fan and I cant believe how bad those calls were. Shit I feel like that 3 peat was a lie. ( I was about 7 or 8 when during these years so I did not pay that much attention to basketball back then.)I feel bad that Chris Webber did not get his ring. The refs/NBA were wrong for this. I wish that the NBA was actually fair and the refs would be more accurate with their calls.
not gonna happen my dude. NBA is a business its all about making money, LA were the most marketable team at that time, no way the NBA werent going to cash in on the shaq n kobe show while it was running
He didn’t ref that game but did say it was definitely rigged. He said the NBA and stern wanted it to go to 7 games and so they did. Tim Donaghy doesn’t have a lot of credibility but I actually believe him on this one
The 2002 Sacramento Kings are one of my favorite teams of all time! I wish more teams would play like the 2002 Kings. Instead we have teams just stacking their rosters in order to win a Championship. What ever happened to team work, unselfishness, and fundamentals?.?.?
The 2002 kings were probably too unselfish for their own good... Bibby and webber were taught to hit the open man all year but in that series they clealry had the advantages and confidence while the other guys were struggling especially in game 7..sometimes you just have to go for 30+...put the bench on your back for 1 night and play 46 minutes.
This should be the shortest “What If?” episode ever. If the Kings hold on to win Game 4, David Stern has three games rigged instead of two. No way in Hades that Stern was going to allow Sacramento to be in the finals over a big market team. Was the 2002 West Finals rigged? Does a bear shit in the woods???
Had the Kings won game 6, I think they beat the Nets in the finals and win their first championship for the city of Sacramento and never fall into the discussion of relocation.
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One of the toughest losses I’ve had to watch. Kings backup PG Bobby Jackson was from my hometown of Salisbury, NC. Everyone was so proud (and still am) of Bobby and his accomplishments and thought they were headed to the finals. Even though it was a loss for my team, it was one of the best series I had seen on tv.
As a Kings fan this was the hardest thing to watch. It was so blatant that someone in the NBA wanted the Lakers to win and they made it happen. I knew a bunch of Laker fans at the time and they were loving it but they definitely knew there was some shady shit going on.
Parth and the Boston Celtics in the 2010 finals versus the Lakers. Refs called enough fouls in Game 7 to put the Celtics in the penalty with 10 minutes left in the 4th Quarter. Ten minutes.
I remember watching that game and was absolutely stunned how horribly that game was called. I remember Bibby sitting on the bench trimming his finger nails and his shoes off before the refs threw the game for the Lakers. The felon ref who specifically pointed this game out as a rigged game was right. Guess what, criminals work in criminal organizations, it doesn't mean he was wrong. Not only does the NBA want the most popular teams in the finals but they also want to extend games for as long as possible. More games means more revenue. Simply math.
I was 9 years old at the time and a big fan of the nba and kings it broke my heart when they lost. I didn't watch a single nba game after that until 2012.
I saw this entire series live with my friends, and we all could see that it was rigged - it was so obvious. You can't "rig" a game exactly, but you can give one team more chances than another team by the way you call the game and they DEFINITELY were messing around with that kind of stuff
As a Kings fan, I think the league's main motivation was they just desperately wanted a Game 7, regardless of who eventually won. This WCF was extremely popular and was considered the real Finals. And yes, I do think the fourth quarter was actively rigged rather than abysmally officiated. The Bibby-Kobe thing gets all the focus but I think it's probably a good no-call, as Bibby has him around the waist. The most egregious officiating errors are the Webber offensive foul, the call on Christie when Kobe jumps into him and Webber blocks the ball, the foul call on Pollard against Shaq's hook shot, and several you didn't show, including one sequence where Derrick Fisher clearly scrapes Bibby's arm on a jump shot in the late 3rd, Bibby loses it, Kobe grabs the ball and has a layup on the fast break where Pollard is called for a phantom foul. It's a fucking shame that Bavetta and Delaney got away with this (Bernhardt seems innocent and just had a bad night). The final joke is that Golden 1 Center is on "David J. Stern Walk".
bravo2060 that shit was rigged too Draymond Suspension terrible Game 6 officiating, the Fagaliers were basically handed a tainted title victory by the NBA and the Refs at least we got our redemption Warriors 2017 NBA Champions bitch😂😂🤣🤣4-1
The Lakers during that era were getting away with everything, and even getting calls when defenders weren't even within a foot of a Lakers player. I'm glad that Lakers hype/bandwagon period is over so real basketball can be played.
in all honesty, the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals was very controversial between the Celtics and Heat. Besides this Lakers-Kings series, I have never seen a more blatant showing of calls going a teams way. The call against the Celtics in this series were absolutely ridiculous. Especially in OT of game 2 when Rondo drove to the hoop and would've gone up by 4 but got literally smacked in the face by D Wade. ridiculous calls.
When Rondo hit them for 40. Then on the game winning drive they let Wade clear as day slap Rondo straight across the face. Remember it like yesterday. Not to mention I think Pierce fouled out too.
+filthy boi The NBA rigged that series for the Lakers to win then got caught fixing it so they stopped rigging it and the Celtics won 4 straight not to mention blowing them out. Then in 2010 they rigged the Lakers to win. I may sound biased but you can see the ridiculous calls on the Celtics
A1 Video Gamer I'm a lakers fan so I just enjoy the fact I got 6 in my life time. cuz it's gonna be years before we celebrate again.But kings...if you sign Paul George then it might be something special. give it 2-3 years.
I'm a SoCal guy. Big Time Lakers Fan. Wish Lakers could win It every year. But seeing this really Pisses Me Off. Damn Shame how those Kings Players/Fans were SCREWED out of the Title. No Way the Nets beat THESE Kings. SMH
Watch game 5 “Lakers Fan” Game 5 was rigged for the Kings to win to set up game 6 Then look at the stats sheet for the series. Kings shot more FTs than the Lakers in the series (with a prime Shaq)
Luke Hartman where's the lie tho? Tim Donaughy admitted it, a hip check from Horry takes out Amare & Diaw from a stupid ass rule that shouldn't be there... where's your logic 😒fucking denying ass bitch
I remember watching this series as a kid. It was the second time I ever saw a true fix. First time you can't forget game 7 of the wcf the year before vs the Blazers, I haven't seen anything like that and still haven't. Lakers were a great team but the Kings and Blazers had them beat both years. The fix was in for the Lakers.
Houston 2019 against Warriors!!!!! Missing all those shots on purpose smh the losing team knows the fix is in. They're all millionaires, what do they care about lying to fans and people spending their hard earned money to support them and see them win it all??? They just care about their own pockets. Sellouts
@@QueensNewYorkguy bro that 2019 was not rigged, that was just the playstyle of the rockets, theirs this quote that fits in with that team "live by the 3 die by the 3" and how could they rig their own players when harden wanted a ring so bad and now will go down as a great player with no ring
This was just the final 3 minutes. The whole game was terribly refereed all in favor of the Lakers. Look up "The greatest tragedy in sports" on TH-cam, it's a breakdown of the whole game.
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Shaq made a free throw. You already know it's rigged.
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+Isaiah Stubblefield He was 13-17! As a Pistons fan, I wish Andre Drummond could make free throws
+Isaiah Stubblefield Lol
HAHAHA LOL
+Thar Master lmaooo
Kings went 61-21 even Webber missed many games in the regular season, that shows the Kings were doing just pure teamwork.
2003 was a better chance with a deeper team until Chris Webber's knee injury against the Mavs.
I was 18 years old then, and this was, and still is, the best series I've ever seen. The robbery that took place in Games 6 and 7 made my blood boil, and I'm not even a Kings fan. It was just fucking sad.
ur now 37 years old?
Game 7? Who said game 7 was rigged?
@@bballah4lyfe
7 was rigged by even needing to have taken place to begin with.
@Smitty24 crazy how kings shot more freethrows than lakers
@@johne28 guess so
I’m a Sacramento fan but I wasn’t even alive when this happened and I’m still mad about it
@Overwhelming Euphoria I felt that bro, fucking Lakers I never liked them since still don't
I wasn’t a Kings fan per se, but that team was electric. And yeah, the nba stole game 6 away from them.
I watched the whole thing. It was hilarious.
Dwight K Schrute Same lol
I was in the 6th grade
That game 6 will forever go down as one of the biggest officiating embarrassment in sports.
Kings shot themselves In the foot blowing that 27 point lead in game 4
@@pp3k3jamail yeah
MICOLE WHYTE Nah then the refs wouldve just rigged Game 5 as well
No it goes down as WE WON
@@pp3k3jamail They did but 27FTs in Game6 4th qtr? Refs 'missed' at least 6 calls right in their face
This kings team was robbed of a championship.
just robbed of going to finals
They would have beat the Nets
Slaying if A.I. can win one game over the Lakers, & the Nets got swept by the Lakers who should've lost to the Kings, then the Nets have no chance.
Javier Salazar '06 Dallas, '08 Lakers, '12 OKC and even Warrior bandwagon fan think that game 6 of last year finals was rigged so don't complane about it. Just thinking that the NBA (or only the ref) fixing game like soccer.
LeTrash blew 4 finals #curry's bitch #lavs are shit no they weren't
I am a laker superfan. but that conference championship WAS rigged
Same imma lakers fan and i believe it was fixed. But many people including me even believe the pistons beating us was karma
dvon1097 it wuznt karma kobe is just terrible
both
Fuck all you Laker fans. I hate each and everyone of you.
I was on your side but ok...? just this one time
You have to watch this game to see how truly brutal it was. It's impossible to get a sense of how corrupt it was from just a few highlights.
I agree 100%. I watched it live. I wasn't a huge Kings fan but lived in the Bay area at the time and a friend asked me if I wanted to go. We just sat there in disbelief. We drove home after the game and just kept saying over and over, "Did that just happen?".
I saw that game. I was screaming at my TV. Completely rigged.
Yeah I wanna watch the full game now cuz this video didn’t seem that crazy I’ve seen worse
sadly basketball is a sport of momentum. And a crooked ref COULD easily sway the momentum unjustifiably. But what do you want the Lakers to do? they're there to do a job, and if the governing forces are in their favor, then that's shitty, but not the Lakers' fault, it's the Higher-ups fault, the players are innocent. and so if the Kings were wronged, it's not on the Lakers, it's on whoever orchestrated the officiating malpractice. People can make really bad judgment calls, just analyze pilot errors, or poor police decisions, it's hard to be on the receiving end of injustice, and it's easy to blame when taking a loss.
It's easy, go through whatever process necessary to get a crowd to rewatch the entire game start to finish.. refs are like cops, they fuck up often and unintentionally. we can petition and acknowledge officiating malpractice if there is any to recognize, and do so by rewatching the entire game with hundreds of objective onlookers.
Not a kings fan but I'm really mad just from watching this.
Cashnasty's favorite doll he didn't even show some of the more ridiculous calls
But LaVar, Lonzo plays for the Lakers
Same
What happen in game 5
Same.
most depressing game I ever saw on live tv :(
J Sales due in football it's different cos the bigger the team the better
GTFO
lol. Can not rely on refs to win you the game
Toastty you must of cryied like a bitch when kobe Lakers won the NBA finals huh
the lakers did tho
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I lived in Sacramento at the time, but wasn’t in to basketball, but my coworkers were and were watching the series, so I did too. Even a non-fan like me could tell it was rigged. I remember at one crucial point, the refs blew the whistle on Divac every time he got his hands on the ball.
I'm a kings fan after this series I gave up on basketball
lol
I don't blame you whatsoever.
i stopped watching ALL sports event just because of finding out this rigging in EVERY sport.
i played and watched basketball in my entire life.
i also watched many other sports, soccer, football, tennis, baseball etc
so sports is my love.
randomly i investigated rigging issues on sports a year ago,
after digging out many "rigging" issues on sports,
not just this game, not just officials, not just players,
but involved billionare team owners
and the connections between team owners and betting companies, etc,
i stopped watching sports for good.
i cant believe how much time i wasted in my entire life.
it is all for marketing, money etc...
i love sports and i will play my whole life, but watching it, HELL NO.
i m done.
same, not a kings fan at all, but after this game I stopped watching basketball until around 2013. Even still I am in and out.
@@bilgin89 soccer is not that rigged if that was true we would have have seen real madrid vs Barcelona(messi vs ronaldo) in the ucla final this game alone would have gave UEFA more than a billion dollars it would have generate lots of money for both teams but it never happen
Despite being a Laker fan, I can't deny that these series was fixed.
WOW, big respect to you!!! I had no horse in the race, but LOVED NBA basketball my whole life. TBH, I was a Duncan fan, and usually rooted for underdog. After what I saw in game 4,6, and 7, I lost all faith in NBA! When Bibby hurt Kobe's elbow with his broken nose and blood, I realized the Kings has NO CHANCE!
Respect!
this is no conspiracy it's fact my kings got cheated.
Kings were balling out that year offensive juggernaut..and Bibby was a star in that run. Wonder where he's at now. Just wish Christie would have got benched in the 4th or told not to shoot those horrible shots.
that game was rigged,(im saying that as a lakers fan) but you cant pin it all on that one game. the kings missed a lot of chances in game 7 and blew a big lead in the 4th game
+Lil C yes they did miss a lot of chances 😓
+Lil C shouldn't have been a game 7 lol
That's because they were supposed to end the series at game 6, but it reached game 7 due to this bullshit which gave the lakers momentum.
5:45 That actually made me cry. Thinking about where he was, that no matter what he did, they'd lose. How crushing does that have to be?
He already knew at that point ... it must’ve been brutal
That made me cry so much
And then only about 2 minutes later, he gets elbowed in the face! Kobe was a savage R.I.P
Wow what a bogus call
@@joejay4646Kobrick was an arrogant ballhog that was favored by refs his whole career. Carried by 2 HOF centers as well as multiple other all star players and he missed more shots than he even made in his career. The guy was statistically more likely to throw up 2 bricks in a row before he could hit 2 shots in a row.
most rigged game ever in nba history
Anthony O There were even worse
Anthony O Thunder vs clippers game 5 a couple years ago. Even worse
*Cameron Rotten Lemon* Nah you're dumb
@Kyle Haughy hahahaha yeah bec. The ref help kyrie in 3's on curry face in last min. Curry 3 attempts 2 missed got locked by a power forward kevin love
Chris Webber had horrible flashbacks of this game last night lol
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NathTheProGaming At the time of me posting this comment it was Game 2 of the Thunder vs Spurs series when at the end of the game (about the last 10-20 seconds) there was horrible officiating and calls that weren't being made. Webber was calling that game and sounded very upset and when I heard him ranting on it, all I could think of was when it happened to him in 02 lol
The Thunder (and Le'Bron) were pampered the entire playoffs when it comes to calls
this is sickening to watch
Imagine being their 😐
The thing that really gets me is that it's as though the Kings realized and understood exactly what was going on. It's all over their body language. There were so many bad calls or missed calls favoring one team that it's unbelievable.
It’s hard to win 8 on 5 fuck stern🖕🏾
Bad calls are always a part of the game. They still had a game 7 its not like this was game 7.
@@metalmacabre9991 that’s true, however I watched that entire series and the Kings knew they were gonna beat the Lakers. The Lakers knew the Kings were gonna take the series, and they couldn’t stop them. The Kings needed one more to move on to the finals. Game 6 changed everything for the Kings, you could see it by the 3rd quarter they had this look of complete and utter shock the entire team. The Kings knew they got robbed that night, anyone watching that game knew they got robbed that night. It was heartbreaking to watch, as a lifelong Kings fan it’s hard being a Kings fan. But definitely the best fans in the nba imo.
@@metalmacabre9991 there wouldn't be a game 7 if David Stern didn't put the fix in and make the refs rig the game
@@metalmacabre9991 This was not a case of bad calls, it was obvious to anyone watching the game what was happening.
David Stern was the Lex Luthor of the NBA
this is just disgusting, i still cant understand how shaq and kobe are not embarrassed.. i get it they werent on the scam, but they HAVE to see how fuckin obviously rigged this was. Shaq's always talking shit about the kings aswell, fuckin bullshit. I wonder if they had a clause in their contract not to talk about that kind of stuff or what, but if i was on that lakers team id be really embarrassed and apologise even tho it wasnt probably the players' fault...
I think they got threats that they would be suspended or the nba would make life hell against for them. They really couldn't do much about it.
True, it's honestly disgusting and I hate it when this happens and it makes me but want to watch basketball
Shaq made a joke about it to Chris Webber on one of those NBA talk shows once, I'm not sure exactly what he said though
If they were not in on it then why Kobe Elbow Mike Bibby in the nose in the closing secs of a 1 point game ? If called fair he would of eliminated them ? Are you saying Kobe in Incompetent or in on the fix knowing the ref would call it for him ?
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the ref would call that for the Lakers not for Kobe. Im saying I doubt any of the players were in on this. If anything was rigged it was by the league or the refs. League would want the Lakers in the finals=more money. Refs would want Lakers if they or their friends bet on the Lakers(same as it was with Jordan and the Bulls, doubt Jordan was ever on it tho he is more suspicious due to him actually being addicted to gambling). NBA players dont rig the games, they'd need to have the full team behind them or if the coach or anyone found out they'd be taken off. That Kobe Bibby moment is just basketball, no player is going to say "oh yeah sorry that was a foul, let them get that one and let them eliminate us". My point was why after Shaq retired and now Kobe, neither of them have talked about it, admitted it being handed to them or apologising or whatever.
Kobe doesn't deserve five rings. No hate. Because this was some bs. The Kings should've been the real 2002 NBA champions
As a Laker fan here and know this series is rigged, that when "shit happens".
Tj Samson yep
I think he still deserves a decent amount of rings for how great he is, but I agree this series is rigged
Kwame Amparbeng We can't know would they have won the finals tho.
Jamming InDaStreets yeah, you're right. cuz Jason Kidd and the Nets weren't a joke since kobe& shaq's star power wasn't enough to give the Lakers their 14th NBA title
You left out the refs not calling Shaq illegally stepping over the free throw line on every free throw that series. Also the refs blew calls in game 4, which would have put the Kings up 3-1. I still can't get over it. Loved it when Doug Christie punched Rick Fox during the preseason the next year.
Sacramento blew a 20-point lead in G4. even with questionable calls .... Sacramento BLEW that lead on its own.
@@dhinton1 doesn't change anything that I said.
@@dhinton1 Don't give me that shit dude, They should beat them in game 6 and go for championship. This was the lowest moment of nba
@@prezlamenprah1164 crazy how with all this rigging stuff, sacramento still shot 204 freethrows this series and had one of the most calls in their favor in a playoff series in NBA history. Lakers shot less freethrows than the Kings and it wasn't close
Wow, okay, I've never noticed that before, but you can see it even here in the little riot. Where Shaquille throws a free throw and just stands a full shoe length over the line.
I would throw the ball at the refs if I was a kings player
Me Too lmao
That's a flagrant so you would be out immediately and coach probably reduce your minutes depend who you are
I'd retire
i'd kill them
Bibbys reaction said it all
Ummm... Tim Donaghy admitted during his investigation by the FBI that this game was one that he fixed. Why is this even questionable or labeled a conspiracy theory?
Aaron T yup
Thanks you
Donaghy actually didn't ref this game.
@@JohnJudkins he did
@@kitkat6782 The refs for that game were Dick Bavetta, Bob Delaney and Ted Bernhardt
Anybody here after the Tim Donaghy interview?
OMFG! Yes mindblowing s*** man
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I was here after my lunch
Donaghy was nothing but a fall guy. The decision to screw the Kings over came from Stern.
detroit did everyone a favor as they beat nba's darling in 2004. man the guys upstairs I guess were fuming lmao
They choked in like 5 finals in a row (not being mean)
MANCHESTER UNITED I could give less shit about soccer
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C STFU
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walter stop being salty. kobe and shaq where the reason we lost that series
That game was clearly rigged, Poor Sacramento may never get a championship even with Demarcus Cousins
Matt Scott Demarcus can never carry such a sad team lol
Matt Scott when he comes to Boston he will get a couple
The Kings had a double digit lead in Game 7 and choked
Wu Liwei
There would be no 7th game if game 6th werent fixed. FFS, man. Open your eyes.
Matt Scott They don't have him any more
You look at the 2002 King's lineup and you wonder how they didn't get a ring. This is your answer.
Hahha That Lakers lineup was great? 2 players +10 Role players?
@@lavart7043 Doesn’t change the fact that game 6 was rigged.
@@Abbad1579 Game 5 was rigged for the kings.
@@josecarranza7555 No it wasn't
@@Abbad1579 You haven’t seen game 5 then.
I’m a Kobe fan and even I admit that a lot of those calls were blatantly in favor of LA
You mispelled "blatant".
same
not even fishy😂 it’s obvious it was RIGGED. everyone knows that😂
This was the saddest series and game I ever watched, I LOVED those Kings teams with Bibby, stokakovic, Webber, unsung hero’s like BOBBY JACKSON, Doug Christie, Hedo Turkaglu I just love them
LOL at 5:28 you can see that Shaq steps over the free throw line before the ball hits the net. And no call. Gotta love the NBA
W
If I'm correct, as long as you don't jump, you can cross the line before it hits the net
+Treskka so you can slide your feet across the floor to the basket and hit a layup?
+Bubba Kehner AFTER the shot is taken
+Bubba Kehner how ft are you supposed to slide in basketball shoes? And the ball has to leave your hands before you walk but...
As a lakers fan this game was definitely rigged, you cannot even lie and say it wasn't. The NBA just like any other sport most of the times rig games for the favorites to generate as much money as possible before the season ends smh. Anything that generates millions of dollars with politics is likely to do things like this.
Dont mean you blame Lakers, you blame the refs & their pockets!
I'm a Laker fan and I cant believe how bad those calls were. Shit I feel like that 3 peat was a lie. ( I was about 7 or 8 when during these years so I did not pay that much attention to basketball back then.)I feel bad that Chris Webber did not get his ring. The refs/NBA were wrong for this. I wish that the NBA was actually fair and the refs would be more accurate with their calls.
That's every league, even kids leagues
Drknight1212 i once caught the ball at the corner, took zero steps, and they called a travel on me.
not gonna happen my dude. NBA is a business its all about making money, LA were the most marketable team at that time, no way the NBA werent going to cash in on the shaq n kobe show while it was running
The ref Tim Donaghy was gambling on those games.
The only one who got caught
@@dansmith935 the scapegoat
Hes not even one of the referees that game
@@yournoasshole wow one game
He didn’t ref that game but did say it was definitely rigged. He said the NBA and stern wanted it to go to 7 games and so they did. Tim Donaghy doesn’t have a lot of credibility but I actually believe him on this one
Kings where screwed
were
BIG TIME!!!
Where?
No they weren't. The CHOKED!
o7 where?
The 2002 Sacramento Kings are one of my favorite teams of all time! I wish more teams would play like the 2002 Kings. Instead we have teams just stacking their rosters in order to win a Championship.
What ever happened to team work, unselfishness, and fundamentals?.?.?
Judging by what you are saying, the Warriors are the new Kings
Teamwork, ball movement,
Sort of, but the Warriors are still a little stacked and have a few star players. Where as the Kings really didn't.
The 2002 kings were probably too unselfish for their own good... Bibby and webber were taught to hit the open man all year but in that series they clealry had the advantages and confidence while the other guys were struggling especially in game 7..sometimes you just have to go for 30+...put the bench on your back for 1 night and play 46 minutes.
Asmosis Jones unselfish Ball is the best ball, that’s why current teams like the spurs and jazz gets respect
even though I am not a Kings fan, all those bad calls made me mad!
This should be the shortest “What If?” episode ever. If the Kings hold on to win Game 4, David Stern has three games rigged instead of two. No way in Hades that Stern was going to allow Sacramento to be in the finals over a big market team.
Was the 2002 West Finals rigged? Does a bear shit in the woods???
Had the Kings won game 6, I think they beat the Nets in the finals and win their first championship for the city of Sacramento and never fall into the discussion of relocation.
Kings were suppose to win it in 2001 & 2002.
Nestor Medina lmfao ! Lakers whooped their ass in 2001 fuck outta here
cesar salazar nigga u probably a warriors fan now shit fake ass
Nestor Medina fucking facts.. I keep telling everybody they got robbed back to back years!!
Javier Ramos whats wrong bitch you can't accept a lost bitch
Maribel Lemus lmao who are you?
This series crushed my city, screw the lakers. I was small but i still remember that game 6, and the suffering faces of my dad and uncles
Liminality stfu buthurt
Team 5 It was rigged tho you butthurt
@@Team-fj5xg stfu
@@badatusernamestm2919 It wasn’t
@@Abbad1579 it was even one of the refs said it was rigged
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Can you please do did the NBA make LeBron go to his hometown team
One of the toughest losses I’ve had to watch. Kings backup PG Bobby Jackson was from my hometown of Salisbury, NC. Everyone was so proud (and still am) of Bobby and his accomplishments and thought they were headed to the finals. Even though it was a loss for my team, it was one of the best series I had seen on tv.
NC n the building
@@dominiquejones3805exactly Charlotte
Every time I look back into this, I just can't remove the fact that this is some disgusting display from them.
As a Laker fan, I think this is disgusting. I
Bruh it's confirmed that the game was rigged the refs went to jail Bruh accept the FAX. Hold this L little boi
fucking wrecked
Phillip, I think he meant that it was disgusting that the series was rigged
+Very Tasty Bleach exactly
Those Kings are champions in my book
Jimmi Juice yes
2002 and 2003 most definetely. One of the best teams ever assembled.
As a Kings fan this was the hardest thing to watch. It was so blatant that someone in the NBA wanted the Lakers to win and they made it happen. I knew a bunch of Laker fans at the time and they were loving it but they definitely knew there was some shady shit going on.
Hey Mike, What if Lebron James played college basketball?
Duddddeee^^
His team would have won the championship
+iamontwitter damn it wouldve been THE OHIO STATE probably too... dammit
+iamontwitter nah
Would've been 1 and done, won National Championship, still would've been #1 overall, just a year older.
David Stern is the kind of Jew that Jesus warned us about! The son of a viper!
LMFAO
+Joe Thompson funny joke but im a jew and thats a little offensive
The 2000 Blazers and for sure the 2002 Kings were robbed and this is coming from a Lakers fan
Parth and the Boston Celtics in the 2010 finals versus the Lakers. Refs called enough fouls in Game 7 to put the Celtics in the penalty with 10 minutes left in the 4th Quarter. Ten minutes.
Right, 2000 WCF game 7 was terrible as well.
Shouldn’t have watched this. Now I’m mad af🤣🤣
My dad watched this game and he said this was super rigged
He just bad cuz his ass is old
@forgem nos shouldn’t be talking no ones parent like that
I watched this game and the QUEENS CHOCKED!
Forgem Nos or you’re ignorant and closed minded cause ur ass is young
@@michaelfreestone9539 or ur just as old as his dads ass
I was 1 year old, I had no idea this happened
*Chris Webber fouls out for "blocking foul"*
Me- *throws computer* I'm freaking done with this bullcrap. THIS IS BULL CRAP.
(I'm a Chris Webber fan)
Time out....oops
Chris Webber never fouled out dummy
The Rock: “But I’ll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May.”
Kings Fan: *Loads AK47*
I remember watching that game and was absolutely stunned how horribly that game was called. I remember Bibby sitting on the bench trimming his finger nails and his shoes off before the refs threw the game for the Lakers. The felon ref who specifically pointed this game out as a rigged game was right. Guess what, criminals work in criminal organizations, it doesn't mean he was wrong. Not only does the NBA want the most popular teams in the finals but they also want to extend games for as long as possible. More games means more revenue. Simply math.
I was 9 years old at the time and a big fan of the nba and kings it broke my heart when they lost. I didn't watch a single nba game after that until 2012.
It’s 2022 and it’s been 20’years for me. Bye nba
I saw this entire series live with my friends, and we all could see that it was rigged - it was so obvious. You can't "rig" a game exactly, but you can give one team more chances than another team by the way you call the game and they DEFINITELY were messing around with that kind of stuff
Even MLB NHL & NFL players at the time were commenting on how the KINGS were ROBBED sad moment for all sports!!
Guess who killed the very hard to beat Warriors?! Yep that's right. The Lakers.
+Kevin Murphy not as badly as the Celtics did, and who are the Celtics all time rivals, that's right, the Los Angeles Lakers!!?
+Daniel MacPherson of course they are
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Hype beast lmao lakers won fair and square
There was nothing questionable about that game, Warriors couldn't shoot and lakers played lights out.
The lakers had a bit of a dirty game but the refs were shit also the Kings should have won
no doubt about it. NBA saw no money in a lil town like sacramento
As a Kings fan, I think the league's main motivation was they just desperately wanted a Game 7, regardless of who eventually won. This WCF was extremely popular and was considered the real Finals.
And yes, I do think the fourth quarter was actively rigged rather than abysmally officiated. The Bibby-Kobe thing gets all the focus but I think it's probably a good no-call, as Bibby has him around the waist. The most egregious officiating errors are the Webber offensive foul, the call on Christie when Kobe jumps into him and Webber blocks the ball, the foul call on Pollard against Shaq's hook shot, and several you didn't show, including one sequence where Derrick Fisher clearly scrapes Bibby's arm on a jump shot in the late 3rd, Bibby loses it, Kobe grabs the ball and has a layup on the fast break where Pollard is called for a phantom foul.
It's a fucking shame that Bavetta and Delaney got away with this (Bernhardt seems innocent and just had a bad night). The final joke is that Golden 1 Center is on "David J. Stern Walk".
This is why I freaking hate the NBA it is so rigged
at least we can find satisfaction in knowing that the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead
bravo2060 that shit was rigged too Draymond Suspension terrible Game 6 officiating, the Fagaliers were basically handed a tainted title victory by the NBA and the Refs at least we got our redemption Warriors 2017 NBA Champions bitch😂😂🤣🤣4-1
Harley Quinn be quiet bandwagon
Rockets vs Warriors game 7 also rigged.
Luis Rosario Rockets missing 27 threes in a row isn't rigged
The Lakers during that era were getting away with everything, and even getting calls when defenders weren't even within a foot of a Lakers player.
I'm glad that Lakers hype/bandwagon period is over so real basketball can be played.
+giraffe
Bingo!
Stern is done, too.
+giraffe too bad real basketball is long gone my g
Adam Silver was the answer
lmao what do you mean real basketball to me it looks like it's getting worse lmao. And did you watch game 2 and 5 & 7 they got there calls stop crying
+giraffe your complaing over 1 game did you watch game 2 and game 5 of that series? or did you just watch this video and say it's rigged stfu
in all honesty, the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals was very controversial between the Celtics and Heat. Besides this Lakers-Kings series, I have never seen a more blatant showing of calls going a teams way. The call against the Celtics in this series were absolutely ridiculous. Especially in OT of game 2 when Rondo drove to the hoop and would've gone up by 4 but got literally smacked in the face by D Wade. ridiculous calls.
Yeah that was clearly rigged
When Rondo hit them for 40. Then on the game winning drive they let Wade clear as day slap Rondo straight across the face. Remember it like yesterday. Not to mention I think Pierce fouled out too.
Well some of the calls in game 2 of the 2008 finals were controversial as well. Phantom apps were made on the Lakers and the Celtics won.
Calls*
+filthy boi The NBA rigged that series for the Lakers to win then got caught fixing it so they stopped rigging it and the Celtics won 4 straight not to mention blowing them out. Then in 2010 they rigged the Lakers to win. I may sound biased but you can see the ridiculous calls on the Celtics
C-Webb really deserved a ring that year smh :(
Sacremento Kings - the real 2002 NBA champions!
then you woke up...
Forgem Nos Yeah we suck nowadays
A1 Video Gamer naw. You just one Star and coach short of a great team
Forgem Nos We beat the Cavs too. We might make the playoffs this year...... Only to be swept by Golden State. :\
A1 Video Gamer I'm a lakers fan so I just enjoy the fact I got 6 in my life time. cuz it's gonna be years before we celebrate again.But kings...if you sign Paul George then it might be something special. give it 2-3 years.
This series made my friend's, who was a die hard Kings fan quit watching the NBA.
I remember like it was yesterday. It was sooo fixed 100%
Mike Bibby's reaction says it all. This series was proof that the powers that be control the outcome of games.
You should have your own TV show in all seriousness
OMG YES
David Stern a.k.a the worst commissioner in sports history he was a shady guy.
Brandon Walter you have clearly never heard of sepp blatter
Clearly it was rigged, Shaquille actually made a free throw.
Alpha's Dank Shit You are worrying about Shaq making a free throw? It was rigged when Shaq went 12 for 16. 5:27
I'm a SoCal guy. Big Time Lakers Fan. Wish Lakers could win It every year. But seeing this really Pisses Me Off. Damn Shame how those Kings Players/Fans were SCREWED out of the Title. No Way the Nets beat THESE Kings. SMH
Watch game 5 “Lakers Fan”
Game 5 was rigged for the Kings to win to set up game 6
Then look at the stats sheet for the series. Kings shot more FTs than the Lakers in the series (with a prime Shaq)
2007 Western Conference Semi-Finals was fixed. Tim Donaghy bet against the Suns and it was shown in the suspensions and calls throughout the series
AZCardinals 4 Life Hell yeah, I remember that
AZCardinals 4 Life a suns fan right? Yeah there's no bias with you.
Luke Hartman he not lying tho. Just Becuz he a fan, doesn't mean he wasn't wrong. Everything he said was facts
N8ve Jay right. 😒😒😒 Him being a fan he has no bias bullshit right? You a suns fan? Lol
Luke Hartman where's the lie tho? Tim Donaughy admitted it, a hip check from Horry takes out Amare & Diaw from a stupid ass rule that shouldn't be there... where's your logic 😒fucking denying ass bitch
I remember watching this series as a kid. It was the second time I ever saw a true fix. First time you can't forget game 7 of the wcf the year before vs the Blazers, I haven't seen anything like that and still haven't. Lakers were a great team but the Kings and Blazers had them beat both years. The fix was in for the Lakers.
Houston 2019 against Warriors!!!!! Missing all those shots on purpose smh the losing team knows the fix is in. They're all millionaires, what do they care about lying to fans and people spending their hard earned money to support them and see them win it all??? They just care about their own pockets. Sellouts
@@QueensNewYorkguy bro that 2019 was not rigged, that was just the playstyle of the rockets, theirs this quote that fits in with that team "live by the 3 die by the 3" and how could they rig their own players when harden wanted a ring so bad and now will go down as a great player with no ring
This was just the final 3 minutes. The whole game was terribly refereed all in favor of the Lakers. Look up "The greatest tragedy in sports" on TH-cam, it's a breakdown of the whole game.
Long time Kings fan, that always happens to the Kings...
It's funny he pronounces Horry as "Whorey" lol
You really have the best basketball channel. Keep it going
Hey man, i came across your channel a few days ago and i have watched a few of your videos as they were being suggested to me after watching the first one. I really have enjoyed your work and especially this video, keep it up i look forward to more videos. You just gained a subscriber. Go Spurs Go!!!
+IchimonjiBlade Thanks man! Means a lot
I watched that with my ex. We sat there like we were watching the end of a tv thriller. It was unbelievable how blatant they rigged that series.
I really start to like this channel. I rarely subscribe to anything but this stuff is must see. Plus updates a quite frequent.
+HatchVision Thanks man!
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Congratulations for reaching 70,000
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Wow it's been 6 months and now he has 400K!
I remember this game my kings were never the same after this game :(
The nba didn’t want a relatively unknown team to win a ring, they wanted their poster boys to win one. I’m a Lakers fan but damn, this was fucked up.
For all those wondering why this or that fan can't stand the Lakers or Kobe, 6:13 is your answer.
They are little girls that's why . So many players have done dirty fouls . It's part of the game don't fuck with the mamba .
This video pisses me off so much, not mikes video, that was great, just the straight bullshit that was this freaking game
6:59 if u r an NBA ref and u miss that many calls in a game, then u r not human
kobe says, how dare your face hits my forearm. bibby says ,I sorry fake referees.
thats way i hate the lakers so much
Bradley James you hate the lakers because the NBA rigged a series that's stupid as fuck
Bradley James Bet you never knew about this game before this video LMAO
I dont hate lakers for just one reason whan you hate a team you just hate the team and what a said is thats one more reason I hate lakers
No maybe you didint now your mamas vegine
David Stern fucked us over in 2011, clearly he is on no one's side.
The Kings were screwed, nuff said
I love your videos man . But i do have 1 critic.
I went on your channel to find more videos like this. But i got lost in nba 2k videos?! I feel like you should have 2 seperate channels so each one has more of an identity .
One for gaming
One for conspirancy sports videos.
Its confusing & hard to find certain videos.
agreed
+Jimmy Stewson true
Playlist....
+Asa Barnes yep
Go to his playlistss
Short version: Yes.
Awesome video, I did a presentation for school about this series, and it was cool to hear someone else's perspective on it.
+Ryan Lutz Sick man? What grade did you get?
+Mike Korzemba I got an A on it, I talked about the NBA conspiracies as a whole, including the 2001 Bucks 76ers series.
+Mike Korzemba R u in College
+Ryan Lutz Nice dude!
+Ryan Lutz that's awesome dude nice job
Yes that shit was rigged as fuck -Lakers Fan
Do a what if Brandon Roy didn't retire or get injured.
I feel bad for The kings, they never stood a chance ! The game was decided before it even started