Box Score - Los Angeles Lakers (112) vs. Sacramento Kings (106) - June 2, 2002 Assisted by Chris Webber.Scot Pollard made Slam Dunk. Beyond the controversy discussion, this was one of the most memorable playoff series in the past 20 years. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > trodgers Administrator Staff Member.
They were a couple of plays away from reaching the Finals. Assisted by Doug Christie.Mike Bibby made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
This was the first playoff meeting between the Celtics and the Nets.In Game 1, the Nets stayed within striking distance, but This was the first playoff meeting between the Nets and the Lakers. May 30th, 2002, Game 6 Western Conference Finals. Assisted by Lindsey Hunter.Kobe Bryant made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Assisted by Brian Shaw.Kobe Bryant missed 13 ft Jumper. Blocked by Doug Christie.Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup.
People will often forget teams like the Kings years later because they never won a title, because they never reached the Finals, but that team was stacked and cohesive. Writing for ESPN at the time, even Bill Simmons called it “from an officiating standpoint, the most one-sided game of the past decade.”Chris Webber would later say he didn’t think the NBA was “out to get” him or his team, implying the impropriety came on the part of the officials.
The day that the Sacramento Kings would love to have erased from their memory.
There are allegations that the game was affected by the referees in relationship to the Game 7 was tense, featuring 16 ties and 19 lead changes. Assisted by Chris Webber.Predrag Stojakovic missed Layup. Assisted by Bobby Jackson.Chris Webber made 18 ft Jumper. “But the referees/league didn’t allow the better team to win.”The 2002 Kings-Lakers series has been considered controversial for years. Bibby scored 23 in all, and Webber had 29 points and 13 rebounds in support. Kings vs. Lakers game 6 2002 WCF I'm sure many of you know why this game is infamous, it's the game by far most referenced when talking about NBA game rigging or suspicious reffing.
Most of the old school NBA fans will remember one of the most notorious playoff games as it was game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals, when the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers staved off elimination by defeating the Sacramento Kings.Many die-hard NBA fans swear by the theory that this series was rigged by the NBA for one reason and one reason only. After O'Neal hit 1 of 2 free throws, Bibby was fouled by Bryant and made both free throws to force overtime. Kings vs. Lakers 2002, Game 6 - fixed? I searched this game on YouTube and it brought up few videos of game. Bibby grabbed Bryant at the same time, perhaps just before Bryant’s elbow hit. O'Neal scored 35 and Bryant added 30 in the victory, as all five Lakers starters finished in double figures. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.Chris Webber made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.Shaquille O'Neal made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Kings vs. Lakers, 102-106, Box Score - 2002 Playoffs Stats from the NBA game played between the Sacramento Kings and the Los Angeles Lakers on May 31, 2002 with result, scoring by … Assisted by Kobe Bryant.Derek Fisher made 16 ft Jumper. Shaquille O'Neal manhandled his way to 41 points and 17 rebounds as the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers staved off elimination with a 106-102 victory over the Sacramento Kings.The Boston Celtics clearly have the formula to create problems for the Toronto Raptors.Jimmy Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo go head-to-head when the fifth-seeded Miami Heat and top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks open a best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series Monday night at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando.Vlade Divac missed 5 ft Jumper. The Sacramento Kings aren’t so lucky. They whittled it down to 2 on the final possession with a chance to tie or win it, but Bryant missed a running layup and Shaq missed a put-back attempt. Lakers were averaging 25 free throws per game over the first five games of the series.The allegations are some of the strongest ever made against the NBA. Blocked by Samaki Walker.Chris Webber made Two Point Shot. Bryant’s contact was much more flagrant, but it might have been the second foul. The 2002 playoffs are best remembered for that year's Western Conference Finals between the defending champion L.A. Lakers and the Sacramento Kings, which served as the de facto NBA championship, as the Eastern Conference champ, the Nets, were clearly inferior to both teams, and were eventually swept by the Lakers. Summary and statistics for the 2002 NBA Western Conference Finals - Lakers vs. Kings game 6 2002 lakers vs kings? Update: dude bulls vs jazz game 6 3 calls is not a fixed game roberty horry game winner was in game 4 not game 5. This was the first playoff meeting between the Mavericks and the Timberwolves.This was the first playoff meeting between the Mavericks and the Kings.The Spurs led going into the fourth quarter of four out of the five games, yet were able to win only one. Assisted by Bobby Jackson.Hidayet Turkoglu made Two Point Shot. However, the Lakers cut the lead to 14 at halftime with a Samaki Walker 3-pointer at the buzzer that should not have counted (replay was not used at the time), and to 7 after three quarters. Beyond the controversy discussion, this was one of the most memorable playoff series in the past 20 years. Blocked by Robert Horry.Bobby Jackson missed Layup. Also in that game, Kings centers Vlade Divac and Scot Pollard fouled out, and Kings coach Rick Adelman was highly critical of the officiating afterward.We remember that series as being legendary not just because of some missed calls. As members of the This was the first playoff meeting between the Magic and the Charlotte Hornets/Bobcats franchise.This series involved two teams that had exceeded expectations during the season. On June 10, 2008, convicted NBA referee The Lakers and Kings split the first two games in Sacramento. In Game 3, the Celtics were down by as much as 26 points (21 coming into the 4th quarter), but they accomplished the biggest comeback in NBA Playoff history as the Celtics outscored the Nets 41-16 in the fourth quarter.