One of the great NBA playoff series of all time! The intensity of games 4-7 was high-octane! Horry's shot saved the series and the Lakers showed up big-time in Gms 5 & 7!

@@edkiely2712 You mean Games 6 and 7. The Kings won Game 5.

@@joesakic91 Yes! Thx buddy!

Sean T. & stupidest!

Facts

Hell yeah!! I remember being locked in on the TV not getting out of my spot on some superstition shit😂😂

The momentum would of been gone if the lakers went down 3-1 in positive kings would of won my issue is Kobe an shaq tries to down play the kings calling them the queens as if we didn’t see them struggle to win this series

of course, and the championship

same. Lebron should never have been a laker,. I don't follow any of it

Yeah, but the Kings still had the lead for most of the game and should've won the race to 100 points and failed to grab one rebound on the final play.

forgotten my ass lol. everyone, especially laker haters, always bring this up. so the lakers are down another 3 going into the second half; so what? they would have played as if they were down 3 more points. they were already playing desperation basketball the entire 2nd half while the kings started play not to lose instead of to win. kings shouldve won this game easy tbh

over 24 minutes, the lakers would have adjusted to the score.

I don't know what Divac was thinking tapping the ball out. He grabs that rebound and the Kings win.

@@xaviervega468 Or one of the Kings' players should've guarded the three-point line to grab Vlade's slap. All five Kings' players were in the paint and nobody guarded Robert Horry.

@@xaviervega468 I was thinking the same thing. All he had to do, was get the rebound and they go up, 3-1.

@@joesakic91 Tapping the ball out was the wrong play period. Grab the rebound and make the Lakers foul you.

@@xaviervega468 I think he was trying to do what he saw Magic Johnson do in Game 7 of the WCF in 1991 vs the Blazers. Magic threw the ball across the court and ran the clock down to nearly zero. It was a brilliant defensive play that won the game and the series. Unfortunately, Vlade is no Magic. 😆

Peja didn't play in this game but I agree could have subbed in Bobby Jackson for that possession

because the Kings were a beast of a team, but they didn't have 2 of the best player on the planet so there was no clear alpha to kick the ball too. They did the right thing and passed it around the outside forcing Shaq to come out to try and foul

The momentum would of been gone if the lakers went down 3-1 in positive kings would of won my issue is Kobe an shaq tries to down play the kings calling them the queens as if we didn’t see them struggle to win this series

Yes I missed the refs rigging this series

@@ec7057 Yet, the Kings still choked.

Instant replay was implemented in 2002-03.

He looked like Manu, Kawhi and George Hill when they missed a FT

And Chris Webber must be mumbling, "I should've stayed with Big Shot Rob at the three-point line."

Dam right,that's for sure. Real ball players.

@@rickyalcoser6052 sick of the comparison of these soft players vs what we grew up watching. Smh the audacity 😂

@@regulator674 Audacity ain't the word the thing is LBJ tries tooooo tooooo hard to be these guys from this era which is ridiculously absurd no two ways about it. He ain't never gonna be no MJ or Kobe ( RIP Mamba) now that's the real crime 😂.

and yet they somehow needed the refs to win this series 🤫

@@deadringer2349 Yet, the Kings choked away their chances to win it all in 2002 and 2003.

@@joesakic91 with a little help from the refs, yeah they did choke. 🤭

@@deadringer2349 So, it was the refs who blew a 24-point lead and failed to grab one rebound on the final play of Game 4. It was the referees who fouled and gave the Lakers 40 free throw attempts and saw the Lakers made 34 of them in Game 6. It was the refs who went 16 of 30 from the free throw line and 2 of 20 from downtown in Game 7. Nope, it was the Sacramento Kings themselves. Keep being a sour grapes crybaby.

@@joesakic91 "a little help"

was looking in the comments for this

as an avid kobe fan: this is one the most L takes i have ever seen lol. shaq is a top 10 player of all time, no question.

The Pedowitz report says no.

Doug Christie shoots a unneeded 3, and a contested 1 handed runner, Bobby Jackson and Mike Bibby missing critical 3s, Hedo dancing in the 1st half and joking laughing with Chris Webber. Bringing in Speedy Claxton at the wrong time, Semeke Walker hitting a 3 at the buzzer before the half to bring the lead to 24, Pedrag not Peja not hitting 3s and not getting the ball in the inbound when Lakers fouled Vlade bc he is a 60% ft shooter and Chris Webber shooting a shot with 1 second to go on the shot clock and Shaq blocking that ball in the 6th or 7th row while still in the air. 3 fouls were called on Scott Pollard that made me scratch my head and 3 fouls were called bc Shaq was too dominant and Vlade Divac is the original flopper.

@@danielwilliams5139 Speedy Claxton didn't play for the Sacramento Kings in 2002.

No, it was Game 6. The Sacramento Kings blew their chances to win it all in 2002 by losing Games 4, 6, and 7 of the 2002 WCF to the Lakers.

nah it was webber . only if he did not leave horry alone

@@taelabaho Divac secures the rebound instead of tapping the ball out and the Kings win.

@@xaviervega468 Or Chris Webber stays on Robert Horry and picks up Vlade's slap.

dude screwed us on the court and off the court

Los Angeles Lakers, GENUINE 2002 NBA Champions!

Nah, the Kings choked.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda.

@@joesakic91 that was a good team the Lakers was just in the way

@@beyoncebillings6625 2003 was a better chance for the Sacramento Kings with a better defense and deeper team than in 2002 until Chris Webber injured his knee against the Dallas Mavericks.

​@@beyoncebillings6625 Lakers got league assistance

@@2002films please. Anytime someone gets a slight advantage homecourt or whatever people start complaining. If ur gonna bring up any bad calls their were many that went both ways. Kings had Game 7 at their place and choked it.

Game 6 the refs completely screwed Sacramento. Everyone knows this except Lakers homers.

The refs admitted to fixing the games

@@jjktng Pedowitz report squashed Tim Donaghy's claims.

@@xaviervega468 Nah. The Kings blew their chances by losing all three of Games 4, 6, and 7 of the 2002 WCF.

@@joesakic91 Game 4 and 7 I agree. Game 6 was a screwjob. There was no way the refs were letting the Kings close the series out. Without the refs the Lakers lose game 6. Full stop, end of story.

Did you just call Rasheed Wallace better than Dirk?

Lol on Duncan’s and KG’s level even tho Webber was known for choking in clutch plays throughout his career. KG and Duncan end up killing the same Lakers team in the 2003 playoffs. They raised their level of play vs them unlike Webber.

Mr time out

@@Theterminato2013 KG killed the Lakers in 2003? No he didn't..KG never got outta the first around until he had Sam Cassell & Spree & that was just one season. Then he wins a chip on a superteam, albeit only one when that team should've won more

I always got to be one

Um, it was Lakers 100, Kings 99.

Your hating tears are so delicious! Can I have some more please? 20 years later, the Kings completed a snakebitten hat trick while the Lakers tack on three more titles in 2009, 2010, and 2020.