[Aslan]

Sacramento had the best team in basketball at LEAST two years and played their guts out in the famous 7-game series. Kobe and Shaq could do whatever they wanted, I know of at LEAST 2 games that Divac and Webber had 5 fouls, and Shaq had like 2 or 3.

I will not say that the referees/NBA wanted the Kings to lose, but they sure wanted the Lake-show to win.

Maybe it is just my bitterness knowing that the Kings were the 2nd best (or best) team in the NBA for 3 or 4 years, and never getting a ring. It was killer to watch it unfold knowing that when I was younger I was loving some Mitch Richmond while everyone else drooled Jordan. Then FINALLY the Kings get one game away from the NBA finals.......

Same thing happened to the Jazz during the Jordan Era. I was really wanting Stockton/Malone to get that first ring.