First of all the Lakers have won no threepeat. I doubt that the Nets will give LA much trouble, but just as the Kings did and the Sixers last year, the Lakers are vulnerable to an athletic team that moves the ball and can shoot from every spot on the floor. The trophy isn't handed out until the games are won.
Whatever David Stern wants, he gets, riggggght! How many of you really believe he DIDN"T want a Boston vs. LA match up? Come on now, let's see a show of hands!
Game 6, bad calls huh? Every time a Laker was touched, there was a foul? Like the drive Kobe made for a reverse dunk and Webber GRABBED HIS ARM and made the ball fly straight up. Oh yeah, there was no call on that play. Never mind. How about all those touches on the arm by Bibby every time a Laker took a shot? Oh yeah, no calls there either.
Did this guy cry in all the other games when the Kings got way more calls? I guess that's OK since after all they were the more aggressive team, right? Was he screaming like I was when Vlade GRABBED SHAQ BY THE JERSEY and no call was made? I think not.
Now we come to the part where this guy really shows his ignorance. On the inbounds play where Bibby got his nose whacked, Bibby was using the classic move a guard tries in desperate situations. Position yourself in front of your man, force a collision, and pull the offensive player toward you to make it look like a charge. The right call would have been a foul BEFORE THE BALL WAS INBOUNDED, resulting in free throws for LA plus the ball out of bounds! But this guy is too dumb to know it. Look at the replay and you'll see Bibby's right arm wrap around Kobe's back. Anybody's who's played the game could spot it a mile away.
Next we get into the funny stuff. Yeah, Jerry West "tampered" with O'Neal. He never had any thoughts of leaving the Magic till that wicked man, who's profile just happens to be the NBA logo, put evil thoughts in his head. Then comes the capper- Jordan never caught a break from the ref's. I guess this guy's never heard of "Jordan rules".
If the Nets, however unlikely, manage to beat LA for the title it will not be because the series is fixed, it will be because they play better and want it more, the same way the Lakers beat the Kings.
I agree that Jordan received favorable officiating, but I believe the "Jordan Rules" was the defense the Piston's "Bad Boys" used to shut him down in the early 90's.
This is nothing but a bunch of whinning from the Kings of whinners. Vlade needs to take some more floperoo lessons before next season.
Until then the Kings fans need put their bells back on their cows & keep quiet.