[gura]

Kings left bloody!

[marvlus]

Damn!!

[jdontom]

Show-down at Arco>p> Great Game===Go Kings

[bybybill]

Let`s face it, the NBA wants LA in the play-offs. Example, the in bounds play at the end of the game when Bibby was hit in the face and knocked to the floor--ref is looking right at it, no call. Shaq travels half the time, rarely called. He lowers the shoulder and plows through opponents who then are called for a foul. The NBA has two sets of rules, one for the stars and one for the rest

[gueroloco]

Lakers Stole is more like it. With a one point lead and 12 seconds left, Bryant elbows Bibby in the face and runs him down like a truck. No foul, even though it was blatantly obvious, was called against Bryant. Instead, in the continuation, Bryant gets the benefit of a foul against him. We go from the Kings having two foul shots and the possibility of taking a one point lead to the Lakers getting two shots and a three point lead. The corruption shown by the referees in tonight's (rigged) game was breathtaking. Anything for NBA ratings-what a farce. BTW, I'm a fan of neither team-I just think the officiating sucked, and I think honest fans would agree.

[kampeska]

It is time to admit the NBA is fixed.

[ambrose]

Yeah... nice to see the refs bought and paid for... that no-call on the elbow to Bibby was the difference...

[BunnySlippers]

TERRIFIC!!! LAKERS!!!

[Sir Gawain]

I hate Chargin' Shaq and the Flakers.

[Golden Eagle]

I'm not a fan of either team, but I'm not much of a fan of the game of NBA Basketball either after that little exhibition. That was probably the worst officiating I have ever seen in professional sports! They should have just called the game with about 5 minutes to go and said "That's it! Lakers win!" And they wonder why their ratings are sagging? Who wants to watch a game where you know there's nothing the other team can do without getting a foul called. They're obviously marketing a "I love L.A./I hate L.A." type of sport right now.

[Cultural Jihad]

With $234,000,000 in ad revenue riding on each game, the NBA claims it was all a fair fight, and denies their matches are rigged or choreographed!

Mike Bibby and Kobe Bryant shaking afterwards

[staytrue]

I thought I would repost my reply to diamond6 of a few days ago.

To: diamond6

"I don't believe it will go 7" by diamond6

I think ad revenue is severely down at NBC and it will definitely go 7. Did you see the foul they called on Funderburk near the end ? Even Michael Jordan did not get calls like that. The refs handed the game to the Lakers. And the refs will hand game 6 to the loser of game 5. How often to you hear an annoucer say "If that is not a foul, then why have a rule book" (quote by Bill Walton and Shaq elbowing Divac and Walker grabbing Divac while driving to the basket).

41 posted on 5/27/02 2:41 PM Eastern by staytrue

[hole_n_one]

Student gets suspended for not participating in a Sacremnto Kings Day at his school..........

What a bunch of morons!