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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.

Correct... I only watched the last few minutes, and it was totally outrageous... The Kings were totally robbed... that last elbow not only should have been a foul.. it should have been a technical as well... THE REF WAS LOOKING RIGHT AT IT, and just swallowed the damn whistle...

The big honchos may also not be interested in having a team "that looks like the community" play for a title. Who knows?

You all are concentrating on the WRONG bad call(s). I thought the non-call on Kobe's forearm was correct. The swim-move is used all the time. Bibby was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Kind of like the Simpson's episode where Homer grabs a pie and tells it that he's gonna chomp his jaws and if the pie happens to get in the way and get eaten that it's the pie's fault. But I digress...

Shaq changes his pivot foot two or three times each time he moves to the hoop. Never gets called for travelling. Plus, anytime Kobe goes up for a layup or dunk, a whistle is automatically blown if a defender is within five feet of him.

But they weren't the only two players getting the calls tonight. Webber almost tore Horry's arm off right before Divac fouled out (on a terrible call, IMO) and the whistle wasn't blown.

The Lakers will get the majority of the calls in this series because they have two "golden" players (Shaq and Kobe) to the Kings' one (Webber). Eventually Bibby will become one of the chosen ones, but not this year.

Hopefully more people will join Mark Cuban in his crusade for refereeing accountability. But despite the refs, this series should already have ended. No way the Kings should have lost game 4. If they lose, it's their own fault.