2000 NBA Finals: Pacers at Lakers, Gm 6 part 12/13

[@JSwanKilowJ]

refs bailing L.A. out in the end as usual. can't say I expect better from the NBA. it's a business. the most marketable teams/players are always chosen to be the victors.

[@BloodyandEnchained]

i didnt see any bad calls, maybe except for the loose ball foul after davis rejected glen rices drive to the basket, and still questionable but other than that, the pacers got within 1 pt, they had a number of opportunities, then reggie miller feels the need to shoot a 35 foot 3pter with 30 seconds left? then they foul kobe (people think if your hand caught all ball, its not a foul, but some seem to forget that if your body makes a significant contact with the shooter, its a foul)... and if the most marketable are chosen to win, why didnt the 2004 lakers beat the pistons? oneal bryant malone and payton are surely more marketable than hamilton billups and wallace

[@JSwanKilowJ]

BloodyandEnchained "people think if your hand caught all ball, its not a foul, but some seem to forget that if your body makes a significant contact with the shooter, its a foul" I guess the refs forgot that when Shaq fouled Steve Smith in game 7? lol. Ben Wallace was actually kinda marketable. but even so, there was no way the refs could get away with cheating the Lakers through the whole series.

[@JSwanKilowJ]

BloodyandEnchained in 04, the Pistons defense was too dominant. they would've had to do too much to keep the Lakers in it. but also, that team was full of conflict, especially the Kobe rape trial thing. didn't have that same appeal at the time.

[@mikekillagreen9432]

JSwanKilowJ You're a moron.

[@Abstrack23]

The celtics/lakers game was worse, and obviously the kings vs lakers in game 6 of the 2002 WCSF.

[@jonwood5072]

horrible call on the loose ball block by dale davis. rice wasn't fouled, should have been pacers ball. stern and the nba loves those big market victories though.

[@razkable]

joey crawford during the most rigged time in the nba...what do we expect refs called that kobe foul for the point spread...

[@bogartpif]

no foul on rice after the block from dale davis

[@gilarenas000]

Wtf Rice didnt even get fouled...cost Indiana the game right there

[@bogartpif]

no foul on kobe from croshere...without this whistles man no championship on LA

[@bizarrobeats]

I miss NBA on NBC :(

[@stevewilliams5026]

These refs really blew this one smh Rice didn't get touched and Kobe didn't either pathetic!

[@NBAisfixed2002]

it was on Croshere

[@lionelangemario]

the referee had the" stern radio" in his ears to tell him "every drive of the lakers is a foul". come on,is this playoffs basketball?? the foul on kobe and rice was bullshit..thank you david stern.

[@TwoThreeForever]

@MISSDIAMONDGIRL101 true that. can't forget about that foul by Shaq on Steve Smith in the '00 WCF Game 7. the ref's just wanted the Lakers to go to the finals.

[@MrSlik25]

Reggie deserved a ring

[@BIGLARRY100]

dflowers30 but do you not see the last 2 calls. I'm pretty sure Reggie worked every bit as hard as Shaq but he didn't have the whole league behind him.

[@liljuve13]

lakers for the win

[@Motivationalwave3000]

That dale davis foul on glen rice at the end was a scam they cheated the pacers

[@jonwood5072]

you can't call that foul on croshere on bryant with 13 seconds to go. all ball, can't make a cheap call with the game on the line, let the players decide it.

[@TckL0ver]

i totally agree bro

[@gr81_gr81]

Should of been 8 second violation on lakers at 7:07 count

[@redpillfreedom6692]

It was 10 seconds in 2000

[@shanetrimble9265]

5:40 what the heck????!!!!!

[@choop3004]

NBA favors big markets. It's just business rather than sports.

[@razkable]

joey crawford lol at it again....rice flopped come on

[@CDubb2k8]

why did reggie shoot from so far with that much time left? smh

[@StylistecS]

I was just about to type that.

[@realjoeholland]

StylistecS Doug Collins explains it. Plus, shooters gonna shoot.

[@dsfddsgh]

Joe Tomcheck Reggie was one of the great 3 point shooters in NBA history and was great in clutch time so it was a good shot for him.

[@Dommy521]

he was frustrated and confident

[@arturoJjz123]

I miss when the staples center was actually raucous

[@TwoThreeForever]

@TechnoEnergy279 I know that. irrelevant to what I said though

[@MrSlik25]

The one 3 pointer Reggie really really really needed to drop in his whole career didn't drop...sucks.

[@LuigiLaker]

The Lakers once again get the benefit of questionable officiating..taking nothing away from their victory and title here, they earned it. But the only series they really didn't have trouble with that spring was with Phoenix in the conference semifinals..Sacramento took them to the limit, and they should have lost to Portland..even then..Indiana came damn close to forcing a seventh game in which we all know anything could happen. But Shaq was the world's best player in 1999-2000, and ultimately the Lakers were the best TEAM in the world. Whether legitimately or not is anyone's guess.

[@LuigiLaker]

Mark Joseph Two of their titles won were shady, no doubt..I'll give them 2001, though..for certain. They laid waste to their opposition in the playoffs that year..

[@ExistentHope]

+Cat Aguirre The Blazers were the better teaam in 2000 they just lost focus in GM 7 of the WCF however the Lakers were the best team in 2001 by 2002 they had begun to show vulnerability an in 2003 the spurs beat them cause of that.

[@TwoThreeForever]

7:38 TERRIBLE CALL! that was a PURE block!!!

[@sagcrossroad]

you must be high...7:48 clearly shows kobe got knocked out

[@FlyHighGunz]

that last play with kobe you really shouldnt call that!!!

[@ig3ntl3man3]

even with the "lil bump" he got all ball -no call

[@edwardrichardson9543]

Why did the Pacers trade away Dale Davis to the Blazers?

[@KMT15]

Edward Richardson because they got Jermaine O'neal who ended up being way better than Dale.

[@Motivationalwave3000]

Rik smits retired and they needed to go young so they traded for j O’Neal however dale davis returned for Reggie’s final season in 2005

[@dogan5594]

referees' decisions identified to champ

[@19BLUEHAZE]

They robbed the kings and the pacers

[@bobbyjohnson9409]

Are u on crack Indiana boy

[@cubanbarb]

Did i just see them using baby power lol

[@MikeFromBensonhurst]

Bad call Rice was no fouled but the Lakers were a better team anyway

[@TheBrainMachine78]

Rice was clearly fouled on the shot attempt, if anything that was the foul and it was a late whistle.

[@TechnoEnergy279]

@frusionnn >"refs wanted" hey u can say shit to the Lakers who are the Back to Back champs but they're still one of the best teams in the NBA. You can't deny that.

[@Revolutionary642]

The people on here questioning the officiating during this game really sound ignorant. Here are 2 major key points to why Pacers lost Game 6 and not one of you can refute these statements. 1. Several key possessions the Pacers ran dumb offensive plays through players other than Reggie Miller or Jalen Rose. The shots these other players were taking were not shots you run late in the 4th quarter. 4th quarter is crunch time. 2. Indiana shot selection in the last 1:50 in game was terrible. Lakers were in foul trouble and Pacers instead settle for low percent shots. Championship teams execute down the stretch and Indiana did not do so. Although the Lakers did not make all of their shots down the stretch they were able to get the shots that they wanted to take and Indiana was forcing tough shots.

[@razkable]

yet lakers fans claim the heat cheated lol thats funny

[@deja.vunathan]

Reggie Miller fan here - you are 100% right. Two possessions in a row, with the Pacers down 4 with about 2 minutes to play, they missed Reggie wide open for a 3 and instead took low percentage 2-pointers, both of which missed. Against a team as good as these Lakers, that is going to prove costly and this was no exception. Yes, there were 2 fouls called on the Pacers late in the game that probably should not have been called ... but the Pacers should never have been in that situation in the first place. I'm not gonna full on say the Pacers beat themselves, because the Lakers earned this championship as they were the better team. But those decisions and shot selections down the stretch certainly did not help them.

[@whatzit2ya160]

the music they're playing on the speakers is cringeworthy af thank god music evolved

[@NBAisfixed2002]

I agree but tim donaghy never rigged any games

[@Ronarks]

blazers blew game 7 by blowing a 15 point lead and missing 10 straight shots during that Lakers come back, Lakers only went to the line twice during that come back also and wallace missed two HUGE free throws down the stretch. Blazers lost, NO EXCUSES.

[@Luis241989]

8/27 fuken kobrick cryant

[@SuperMathewson]

Stern is definitely one of the shadiest commissioners in sports. When a referee comes out and admits to rigging games, how do we know which games are legit? He implicated other ppl in his testimony.

[@StylistecS]

That was a stupid three point attempt by Reggie with 35 seconds to go.

[@BIGLARRY100]

StylistecS He shot it for a 2 for 1. Basically they were getting 1 possesion & the Lakers were getting 1 more unless the Pacers shot it in under 6 seconds. By shooting it quick he had a chance to tie & they still would get 1 full position. It did look like a terrible shot but he actually figured out the math in a time out prior.

[@bobbyjohnson9409]

Yup