You seriously went through the trouble of analyzing every ****ing call of Game 6? I hate to break it to you, but the ref who called the game literally admitted it was rigged, so that entire post is null and void.
Re: Does LAL s 2002 championship have an asterisk?
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Originally Posted by CJ Mustard
You seriously went through the trouble of analyzing every ****ing call of Game 6? I hate to break it to you, but the ref who called the game literally admitted it was rigged, so that entire post is null and void.
What was he name of this ref that said the game was fixed?
Re: Does LAL s 2002 championship have an asterisk?
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Originally Posted by Whoah10115
This is the problem. Your lame ass is here being just bitching against Kobe and his teams. You have an agenda that has no basis in truth, but just uses that as a guise to not shut the **** up.
Calm your f.aggot ass down, b.itch. Don't make me take my belt off and beat u again
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The officiating was lopsided in game 6, but the calls were also lopsided in game 5 against LA.
People complain about free throws, but who on Sacramento played anywhere near as physical as Shaq or got to the line nearly as much? Who attacked the basket as much as Kobe on the Kings? Nobody. Webber settled for a lot jump shots for a power forward and Bibby and Peja both did a lot of their damage on jumpers while Divac was a finesse player.
In the series, Shaq averaged 9.9 FTA per game and played 41.1 mpg. Kobe averaged 7 FTA per game in the series and played 43.9 mpg. During the season, Shaq averaged 10.7 FTA in 36.1 mpg and Kobe averaged 7.4 FTA in 38.3 mpg.
Hmm, so the series was rigged yet Shaq and Kobe attempted less free throws than usual despite a significant increase in minutes?
The Lakers averaged 26.1 FTA during the regular season, and that would be higher with Shaq playing 82 games instead of 67. The Kings averaged 26.3, but usually played at a much faster pace than the Lakers, and of course that becomes equal with both teams playing each other.
The Lakers averaged 26.4 FTA, which is right around their average(and probably lower than their average when Shaq played). The Kings averaged 29.1 FTA, easily topping their season average, and the biggest free throw disparity was not in game 6, but actually in game 3 when the Kings attempted 20 more free throws than the Lakers.
Alright, so the series was rigged in the Lakers favor, yet there was a game on the Lakers homecourt when the Kings had 20 more free attempts than they did? And the Kings attempted significantly more free throws than the Lakers in the series?
The only evidence people even have that the game was somehow "fixed" is that the Lakers took 40 free throws to 25 for the Kings.
That's true, but let's extract the six that came from intentional fouls so it's now 34 to 25. And having watched game 6 all the way through twice with many plays reviewed over and over, there was a clear difference in aggressiveness between the two teams. The Lakers were incessantly taking the ball into the paint and to the basket, while the Kings took more outside shots. That's not to say there weren't some bad calls but the free throw discrepancy doesn't surprise me.
Re: Does LAL s 2002 championship have an asterisk?
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Originally Posted by CJ Mustard
You seriously went through the trouble of analyzing every ****ing call of Game 6? I hate to break it to you, but the ref who called the game literally admitted it was rigged, so that entire post is null and void.
So we just go by what one referee said while under trial for betting on games, trying to save his ass by blaming the NBA? And not actually look at each individual play?
Re: Does LAL s 2002 championship have an asterisk?
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Originally Posted by CJ Mustard
You seriously went through the trouble of analyzing every ****ing call of Game 6? I hate to break it to you, but the ref who called the game literally admitted it was rigged, so that entire post is null and void.
The officiating was poor throughout the series. There's no conspiracy, these series aren't rigged. The Kings lost because they choked at the free throw line in game 7 and Peja airballed a wide open 3.
at using Tim Donaghy to support the fixed theory. He has numerous reasons to lie (to make himself not look as bad, sell a book etc.) and given what we know about him, he certainly doesn't seem like a guy who would be above lying. And he certainly picked an easy target in that 2002 WCF which fans have been bitching about for years, not like he picked one that was never suspected.
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You seriously went through the trouble of analyzing every ****ing call of Game 6? I hate to break it to you, but the ref who called the game literally admitted it was rigged, so that entire post is null and void.
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