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Kings lakers 200212/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() This rivalry was about all the moments that made the matchup must watch TV. It happens.īut that rivalry was about more than just the wins and losses-after all, if we only cared about that, this wouldn't be a rivalry at all. The bounces (as well as some calls) just went the Lakers way in that series and they ended up on top. No, those Kings teams were excellent, and the fact that the Lakers were able to beat them in the playoffs (especially in the famed 2002 Western Conference Finals) speaks to how good the Lakers were (with some luck thrown in), rather than any indictment of the Kings not being a good enough team to win. “Every (timeout) he came to the bench (ticked) and a few of them he went to other guys and yelled about something they weren’t doing, or something they did wrong.”įor the record, Bryant acknowledged his profane rants during a formal news conference after the Lakers’ loss to the Celtics in Game 2.īryant said he was particularly upset as the Lakers fell behind by as many as 24 points in the fourth quarter.The Los Angeles Lakers/ Sacramento Kings matchup in the early 2000s was one of the better rivalries in the past 20 years. Both teams had fantastic players, they played some amazing games and year after year they met in the playoffs.Īnd while the Lakers came out on top in every playoff series they squared off in, any Lakers fan that can't admit the Kings were a great team is likely holding on to some bad feelings from those games and is being spiteful. “From the first tip until about four minutes left in the game I saw and heard this guy (ticked off) at his teammates,” Schilling wrote on his Web site. Shrill sounds: Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, never shy about sharing his opinions, had some harsh words for Kobe Bryant after sitting courtside at Game2 in Boston. “There’s a lot of things going on in these games and they’re suspicious, but I don’t want to throw it to back there.” … I’m not buying it,” said Johnson, who now serves as co-owner of the Lakers.Īsked about Game 6 in 2002, Lakers coach Phil Jackson said, “Was that after the fifth game after we had the game stolen from us after a bad call out of bounds and they gave the ball back to Sacramento and they made a 3-point shot? “I’ve been a part of this league going on almost 30years (and) I’ve never seen it happen. Although it’s not mentioned specifically, the details indicate it was Game 6 of the Lakers-Kings series.ĭonaghy will be sentenced next month on felony charges that he took cash from gamblers and bet on league games while working as a referee. The letter further alleges that two referees Donaghy refers to as “company men,” wished to extend a 2002 series to seven games. Van Gundy, who now works as a TV commentator, later backed away from his statement. The letter, filed Tuesday in a Brooklyn, N.Y., court, also describes how referees working a first-round playoff series between the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks in 2005 targeted Yao Ming of Houston for fouls after complaints about the officiating in the first two games from Dallas owner Mark Cuban.įormer Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy said he was told by one of the referees that Yao was targeted during Game 3 of the series. They went on to win the deciding Game 7 in overtime in Sacramento and then defeated the New Jersey Nets for their third consecutive league title. The Lakers won a foul-marred Game 6, tying the series at three victories apiece. Convicted ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy alleges in a letter filed in a sentencing court that referees altered two recent playoff series, including the 2002 Western Conference finals between the Lakers and the Sacramento Kings. ![]()
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