How many of the Laker titles were legit?

[Fabbs]

From the rigged Kings Game 6 in 2002 to yet another freethrow fest to give "6-24" a WWE title vs the Celtics (Gasol for Kwame the true MVP), makes one ask: just how many of the Laker titles have not been rigged? Any?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01348058b73d970c-800wi

[Venti Quattro]

1999*
2007**

*half a season
**cheated (clotheslined) en route to the title

[pass1st]

2002 was rigged, can't deny that much. Nothing really wrong with 2010 though, Kobe just drew a lot of contact and the C's had 2 games to finish it.

[Giuseppe]

Just the 5 that put the tired old shit bag Merlin in the crapper.

tee, hee.

[Daddy_Of_All_Trolls]

How about none were rigged, for any team. The NBA isn't championship wrestling.

[LkrFan]

1999*
2007**

*half a season
**cheated (clotheslined) en route to the title

Good stuff man. Horry FTW!! :lol

[Nathan89]

2002 was rigged, can't deny that much. Nothing really wrong with 2010 though, Kobe just drew a lot of contact and the C's had 2 games to finish it.

Duncan-- 4
Mr.6-24-- 4(if that)

[Giuseppe]

Duncan-- 4
Mr.6-24-- 4(if that)

Uh, uh. None of that crapola:::

Kobe: 5

tired old shit bag Merlin: 4

[LkrFan]

Duncan-- 4
Mr.6-24-- 4(if that)

Where was TD when Kobe was going 6-24? I mean, we know he wasn't participating in the Finals. Maybe he was courtside? No? Well, was he at your crib watching the Finals? No? Well, was he getting another back tat? Maybe he went out and got another non-manly body part pierced?

So many questions... :downspin:

[Deuce Bigalow]

2002 was rigged, can't deny that much. Nothing really wrong with 2010 though, Kobe just drew a lot of contact and the C's had 2 games to finish it.

If it was rigged, it was rigged for both sides to extend the series to 7


2002 WCF
Free Throw Attempts

Game 1: 22-17 LA (LA wins)
Game 2: 38-25 Sac (Sac win)
Game 3: 35-15 Sac (Sac win) (Largest discrepancy of the series)
Game 4: 27-26 LA (LA wins)
Game 5: 33-23 Sac (Sac win)
Game 6: 40-25 LA (LA wins)
Game 7: 33-30 LA (LA wins)

Sacramento shot more FTA for the series
and dont forget the the Kings had Homecourt, and game 7 was in their house, but they choked in OT

[pass1st]

Duncan-- 4
Mr.6-24-- 4(if that)

You can't really take away a ring. A win is a win, even if it involved a shortened season or well you know (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LT_C7o5ZGM). History remembers the number, not the event.

[Giuseppe]

Webb got his happy on. Horry put him to his knees and lodged one right behind his ear.

BOOM! Just like that.

[Giuseppe]

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[BlackSwordsMan]

^ fail

[BlackSwordsMan]

Seppe come ta pappy I'm going to show you how to use a computer....let us proceed...

[Deuce Bigalow]

In Game 7, Sacramento shot 16-30 from the Free throw line

[pass1st]

If it was rigged, it was rigged for both sides to extend the series to 7


2002 WCF
Free Throw Attempts

Game 1: 22-17 LA (LA wins)
Game 2: 38-25 Sac (Sac win)
Game 3: 35-15 Sac (Sac win) (Largest discrepancy of the series)
Game 4: 27-26 LA (LA wins)
Game 5: 33-23 Sac (Sac win)
Game 6: 40-25 LA (LA wins)
Game 7: 33-30 LA (LA wins)

Sacramento shot more FTA for the series
and dont forget the the Kings had Homecourt, and game 7 was in their house, but they choked in OT

Game 6 had 27 in 1 quarter. 27/12 = 2.25 FTApm which about a FT every other possession. The game was notorious for phantom calls and ignored offensive fouls committed by the Lakers. There is a lot of video evidence of the offensive fouls if you want to see, but I'm sure you seen the game.

I'm an LAL fan through and through, but nothing was normal about that game.

[Deuce Bigalow]

Game 6 had 27 in 1 quarter. 27/12 = 2.25 FTApm which about a FT every other possession. The game was notorious for phantom calls and ignored offensive fouls committed by the Lakers. There is a lot of video evidence of the offensive fouls if you want to see, but I'm sure you seen the game.

I'm an LAL fan through and through, but nothing was normal about that game.

1. Kings got in the penalty early
2. there was like 2 bad calls

[Deuce Bigalow]

and on the inbound play, where kobe hit bibby in the face, before that bibby was holding kobe, he was grabbing him and kobe was trying to get away
so that was not a missed call, it was a foul on bibby

[LkrFan]

1. Kings got in the penalty early
2. there was like 2 bad calls

This will happen when you force feed the low post versus crappy low post defenders. I also recall Peja bricking some 3ptrs. They had their chance and they choked.

As far as those two bad calls - I call it home cooking. Every team gets it. Lakers just took advantage and seized the moment. The rest (NBA Finals) was history. :toast

[pass1st]

1. Kings got in the penalty early
2. there was like 2 bad calls

There were 27 free throws in 1 quarter, more than the Kings in the entire game. :wakeup

If it was a normal game, then Kobe should have gotten a flagrant and Shaq fouled out. It doesn't matter if he grabbed him, there should have been SOME sort of call.

The ref knew what he was seeing
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There is a point where being a fan of the game will conflict with being a fan of a team. If you don't accept game 6 for what it is, you aren't a fan of the game. I'm happy LAL won, it was exciting seeing AI n Kobe dueling it out in the finals. This series had a lot of hard fought games, but it wasn't a good series if you are a fan of the game.

[Deuce Bigalow]

are you blind?
bibby bear hugs kobe

[pass1st]

Caught up in nostalgia, mixed 2001 with 2002

[Deuce Bigalow]

Leon Powe, celtics scrub in game 2 of the 2008 finals attempted 13 freethrows, the entire Lakers team attempted 10, and btw Powe only played 14 minutes
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200806080BOS.html

shit happens

[pass1st]

are you blind?
bibby bear hugs kobe

A bear hug is just a foul

An elbow is a flagrant

[pass1st]

Leon Powe, celtics scrub in game 2 of the 2008 finals attempted 13 freethrows, the entire Lakers team attempted 10, and btw Powe only played 14 minutes
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200806080BOS.html

shit happens

Rigged games happen, yeah. 27 in 1 quarter, you can't justify it.

[Deuce Bigalow]

A bear hug is just a foul

An elbow is a flagrant

the bear hug happened BEFORE the elbow

[Deuce Bigalow]

Rigged games happen, yeah. 27 in 1 quarter, you can't justify it.

that can happen if a team got in the penalty really early , and when you have shaq and kobe on that team, its a possibility

[pass1st]

What happens if you elbow somebody at any point during the game, even after a foul?

[pass1st]

that can happen if a team got in the penalty really early , and when you have shaq and kobe on that team, its a possibility

Why did the LAL bias announcers pick up on the bad officiating in the 4th? They would be the last people to admit anything was going on.

The crowd didn't react to fouls like they usually did either. We all knew something wasn't right.

[Deuce Bigalow]

What happens if you elbow somebody at any point during the game, even after a foul?

what
but the first contact is what should be called, and it was

[Deuce Bigalow]

Why did the LAL bias announcers pick up on the bad officiating in the 4th? They would be the last people to admit anything was going on.

The crowd didn't react to fouls like they usually did either. We all knew something wasn't right.

im not saying it was a good reffed game lol

[pass1st]

what
but the first contact is what should be called, and it was

Either a technical or ejection. Neither happened, did it?

[pass1st]

im not saying it was a good reffed game lol

Playoffs often have bad reffed games but announcers and the crowd lets it go more often than not. It's not normal for them to criticize the game for an entire quarter and the crowd suddenly losing energy when pivotal fouls were called.

[Deuce Bigalow]

either way
Sac town had their chance in game 7 AT home

and how did Sacramento get 20 more FTA in game 3 than a team with Shaq and Kobe in their primes when LA was AT home?

[pass1st]

either way
Sac town had their chance in game 7 AT home

and how did Sacramento get 20 more FTA in game 3 than a team with Shaq and Kobe in their primes?

Meh, never said Kings didn't get a little home cooking too. If both teams win rigged games, it doesn't mean the winner had a fair win. You're basically agreeing with me that the series was rigged.

[Deuce Bigalow]

Meh, never said Kings didn't get a little home cooking too. If both teams win rigged games, it doesn't mean the winner had a fair win. You're basically agreeing with me that the series was rigged.

well, if it was rigged, the allegation was to extend the series to 7, not to make one team win a series
wasnt that the allegation?

[Nathan89]

Up 3-2 and the refs rigged the game for the Lakers. It's really sad that it took all that for Kobe to win with the best player in the game(maybe second best). Sad is a understatement it's flat out pathetic. I guess that's just Mr. 6-24.


BIGGEST CONTROVERSY: The Lakers' 106-102 victory against the Kings in Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference finals
The Lakers had a 40-25 edge in free-throw attempts, including a 27-9 advantage in the fourth quarter alone. "Obviously, [the Lakers] got the game called the way they wanted to get it called,'' Kings coach Rick Adelman said after the game. Convicted referee Tim Donaghy would allege that two of the referees conspired to influence a Lakers victory in order to produce a Game 7, a charge vehemently denied by commissioner David Stern.

[pass1st]

well, if it was rigged, the allegation was to extend the series to 7, not to make one team win a series
wasnt that the allegation?

If you rig a game to extend a series, you rig it so a team doesn't win a game. Some games were legit, by NBA standards, but it wasn't a true 7-game series. Kings had a chance to finish at 6, but it wasn't to be.

I'm not saying LAL wouldn't win if it was an even game, start to finish. I'm saying they won a rigged series and it wasn't earned(nets were just a give win for either). If Kings won, might as well say the same, although probably to a less degree due to the nature of game 6. It's an asterisk and we can't say whether or not LAL would have won.

[pass1st]

Up 3-2 and the refs rigged the game for the Lakers. It's really sad that it took all that for Kobe to win with the best player in the game(maybe second best). Sad is a understatement it's flat out pathetic. I guess that's just Mr. 6-24.

It doesn't have much to do with Kobe besides the inbound foul. The whole team had the officiating treatment. I think you focus on Kobe too much.

[Nathan89]

It doesn't have much to do with Kobe besides the inbound foul. The whole team had the officiating treatment. I think you focus on Kobe too much.

That wasn't my point but I don't even want to banter with a sensible Lakerfan.

To being a sensible Lakerfan.:toast
You have excel against all odds:toast

[Venti Quattro]

Game 6 was rigged but the Kings could have done something about it. Instead, they choked from the foul line at Arco.

[pass1st]

That wasn't my point but I don't even want to banter with a sensible Lakerfan.

To being a sensible Lakerfan.:toast
You have excel against all odds:toast

Every team has their cartoon lovers and baby daddies

[Venti Quattro]

That wasn't my point but I don't even want to banter with a sensible Lakerfan.

To being a sensible Lakerfan.:toast
You have excel against all odds:toast

Sensible lakerfan to a spurfan = one who kisses their ass

[Giuseppe]

Sensible lakerfan to a spurfan = one who kisses their ass

Venti, gettin' his autobiographical on.

[LkrFan]

the bear hug happened BEFORE the elbow

Did someone say elbow? :lol

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[Deuce Bigalow]

Did someone say elbow? :lol

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