Quote Originally Posted by ImpartialObserver
Like I said before, the Kings lost Game 7 straight up by shooting themselves out of the game. The NBA was rightfully facing a public relations disaster at that time because of what happened in Game 6, so a repeat of that in Game 7 would have damaged the NBA's reputation perhaps permanently in a lot of folks' minds. , it might not have been the NBA at all that was behind the Game 6 disaster rather it could have easily been a big gambling syndicate.

After the Game 6 fiasco, a lot of people imo were turned off by the NBA and stopped watching like I and some others I know did. I honestly believe that one of the reasons the NBA has been on the decline in terms of tv ratings is because of the perception that the officials have too much influence on the games to put it mildly.
Ah. Game 6. My bad. I'll have to check that one. The fact remains that the Kings had plenty of chances to win game seven and didn't, and the officials had plenty of chances to just give game seven to the Lakers and didn't.

BTW, I will address the rest of your post later. I wanted to get the mea culpa in now.