2002 lakers vs sac town game 6

He has no credibility.Edit: Ok, before people get into the whole "the 2006 finals was fixed" debate, you should consider these 3 things:Why would the nba rig the 2006 finals? Of course, not all calls count for the same value (a change in possession call counts for much more than a personal foul leading to a sideout), so to make it more insightful it's worth attempting to calculate the potential points value of these calls. At the end though, my scoring of the calls amounts to seeing As a whole, these plays suggest to me the refs were calling the game honestly, if perhaps not well. 0% - 'yes' grade (has a 0% chance of being an incorrect call) The other notable non-call which I rated an "all refs" situation was on the inbounds at 0:12 where Kobe knocked Bibby to the floor with an elbow to the face, but Bibby was also grabbing Kobe at the time it happened so both were really guilty of infractions to some extent. So let's make the assumption that Bavetta and Bernhardt are the ones under scrutiny and yes they both had some calls that went for the Lakers. At first I was in agreement with Bill Walton that this was a "terrible call" but having watched the play over ten times in slow motion I changed it from 'dubious' to 'maybe' in my grading since it's one of those plays where I believe a case could be made for a defensive foul, an offensive foul, or even a dual fault let them play no call. Now though the stakes are different -- the NBA's had to deal with a full blown ref scandal, and the original bad seed Tim Donaghy isn't done yet. Laker fans down vote others.It doesn't really lend too well to this kind of analysis, so to suggest this definitively says there was no rigging like this was an empirical study isn't correct either. Not content with pleading guilty to betting on games he officiated, he recently alleged that the NBA had two "company men" work the Lakers-Kings game and make calls that would help the Lakers win and set up a Game 7.

This game was the darkest day in nba history.

Still let's remember the accusation being made here -- not that there were some questionable calls that were imbalanced in the favor of one team (a frequent occurrence everyone can probably admit in basketball), but that

The block/charge/no call situation is also about the worst of these in that it's such a snap judgement with significant effect. There is two shots where Shaq literally was not touched.

There is no proof that what he is saying is true either. Let's go to the videotape. The author examines all the calls the whole game, ranks them as YES, PROBABLY, MAYBE, DUBIOUS and VERY DUBIOUS, and ultimately concludes that it wasn't as obviously rigged as we often hear. Still an offensive foul on Kobe there could have changed the outcome!

There was one non-call I rated a "Maybe" and allocated to only the total rather than a specific ref, so the total "maybe/dubious" call sheet was 17-12 Lakers or 59% in their favor. So that's my take on the officiating at the specific play level, but perhaps you saw it different? Still let's remember the accusation being made here -- not that there were some questionable calls that were imbalanced in the favor of one team (a frequent occurrence everyone can probably admit in basketball), but that No Laker fan can rightfully say anything until you see the videos. And that didn't even include Kobe's elbow on Bibby which the authro graded a maybe. 0% - 'yes' grade (has a 0% chance of being an incorrect call) On the other hand a personal foul that awards two free throws, both made, is only a +1 value despite the team scoring two points: if the foul doesn't happen we still expect on average a point from the possession.

Now though the stakes are different -- the NBA's had to deal with a full blown ref scandal, and the original bad seed Tim Donaghy isn't done yet. Yet there is a fair amount of left arm push off from Webber and Bernhardt was right on top of the play with a good angle. That sums it up why the officiating was pointed in that direction....Thank you mr. NBA commissioner.How do you think about the answers? Get your answers by asking now.Surprise star fills in on 'AGT' after Cowell injuredDisability activist calls out parents for TikTok prankWashington 'used to lie' about Denzel being his dad First of all, Mr. T, that was game 4, not game 6.