Why did lakers and kings series in 2002 go to game 7, & also did david stern set it up as a fix?

Question

Why did lakers and kings series in 2002 go to game 7, & also did david stern set it up as a fix?

Answer 1

B/C robert horry hit a buzzer beat in game 6 to send it to a game 7

EDIT: I'm sorry i watch a espn classic on the series i could have swor it was game four but oh well, and i the show they said tim donaghy was the ref, and that he had 500,000 dollars bet that the series would go to seven

Answer 2

it was fixed by david stern because he liked the lakers more than the kings and the Kings were the best teeam in the NBA they were the 2002 champions. lakers and stern cheat.

Answer 3

Robert horry I Still Want To Beat The $H!T Out Of Him For That

Answer 4

In 2002, if my memory serves me correctly, it should have been Kings in 4.

That blue light was the thing; wasn't it? Ahhhhhh.

Answer 5

kings had homecourt advantage at start of series but lost game 1. they quickly regrouped and won games 2 and 3 and almost game 4 too. momentum had definitely shifted to kings and they continued with a win in game 5 to go up 3-2.

game 6 saw the kings get a comfortable lead that soon evaporated as the entire staple center erupted against them. and if ref donaghy is to be believed, even the refs officiating the game were against them. lakers won game 6 and then game 7 to completely destroy the kings.

Answer 6

A ) 27 freethrows in 4th quarter for the Lakers

and 9 for the Kings...elbow from Kobe to Bibbys face

was called a foul! on Bibby. And NBA wanted revenue.

B) David Stern is a NY Attorney. The answer is YES!

Answer 7

Best case scenario:  The refs had a horrible night and called one of the worst (if not the worst) games in NBA playoff history.  

Worst case scenario:  The refs, in the interest of the league and prolonging a great series, intentionally called the game in the Laker's favor.

Take your pick

Answer 8

hey duminic... horry hit the three pointer in game 4 not game 6.

Answer 9

okay for many of you who say daivd stren liked the lakers get it right..........

The people liked the lakers ......

Lakers get more Viewers than anytime in the Nba...and if lakers loses in that WCF finals the rating would be bad but if they go to the finals ...the nba would get more views and rating ....Got it

So i think he fixeed the game and he is blaming on tim Doungey ( or what ever his name is ).....

Answer 10

TV Ratings if the latter question is a yes.

I was outraged when I watched that game (I moved to Oakland and no Eastern coverage was on my TV so I watched the Lakers/Kings series).

The Kings were up by double digits and miraculously the Lakers get 27 freethrows or so in one quarter and win by a small margin. It was just awful watching all of those cheap calls by refs especially the one when Bibby got ran over by Bryant's elbow late in the game.

Answer 11

Weird huh? I remember that series like it was yesterday.... I just new that the Lakers were going to win for some odd *** reason but they kept playin like S then in game seven they were down by double digits going into the fourth and I still was like they are going to win this like I subliminally new the fix was in. Crazy I thought maybe I was one of the only one's who thought that and h**l I am a Laker fan but I love the game to much to see it BSed like that.