Mike Bibby's Game 5 Winning Shot - NEW ANGLE!

Bibby's greatest shot - Game 5 Western Conference Finals, Kings vs. Lakers.
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• Mike
• Bibby
• Sacramento
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• Western
• Conference
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• Lakers
• 2002
• Kobe
• Bryant
• Shaq
• Chris
• Webber

[rap08]

Sacramento Kings were robbed here by the referees, especially by Tim Donaghy! The game was FIXED. Game 6 of the 2002 WCF was fixed by two referees. That Referees A and F wanted to extend the series to 7 games. Tim knew Referees A and F to be 'company men', always acting in the interest of the NBA, and that night, it was in the NBA's interest to add another game to the series. The Lakers won Game 6, attempting 18 more free throws than the Kings in the 4th qtr, and went on to win the 2002 Finals.

[rap08]

@longstocking100 The Kings were robbed by the referees. The Kings should have gone winning this series.

[longstocking100]

Lakers still won the series

[mdd07c]

Oh My God. Bibby looked so F****** Blood Thirsty.

[jhofay]

flop like a fish

[playoffexpert1]

@shimmyshimmyyahhh The biggest difference between those two was Portland blew their lead on their own, the Kings did not. It wouldn't have been as much of a problem if Webber didn't want to shoot, but he also didn't know where to pass either. If he knows he doesn't want to take the big shot, whatever, but know who you're going to get the ball too. Mavs had balance yes, but they still had Nowitzki. Not the same. Webber only slightly stood out to the others.

[shimmyshimmyyahhh]

@playoffexpert1 It was remarkable that the Kings had such balance, its what allowed them to win 50+ games and almost get the #2 seed when Webber sat out most of 03-04.

But like the 2000 Blazers, no one player really stood out, other than Webber. But even in college, he preferred to let others take the big shot.  If Webber was a ball hog he'd be a first ballot HOFer.

I have to say last years Mavs had similar balance/depth as the Kings at their peak, even with Caron out, they were sort of decent.

[playoffexpert1]

@shimmyshimmyyahhh That just shows the balance of the Kings. The point is, 1st step or not, Peja wasn't fast in the first place. If he was, he'd be near unstoppable, certainly capable of beating Rick Fox for 48 minutes game by game. This Kings team was a great team, and undoubtedly deserved a ring. They were the last TEAM in that dying realm of the NBA. Now any team that has a chance at success is built like this lakers team. A couple greats or hard to stops and a bunch of shit role players.

[shimmyshimmyyahhh]

@playoffexpert1 Fox was only one year younger when he shut down the same Peja Stojakovic in 2001.

Peja may move well without the ball, but he still doesn't "explode" the way a track star like Rip or a savvy vet like Reggie or Ray, and certainly the Kings are no Boston when it comes to setting hard screens.

If Peja had a first step, he would be in the hall of fame.

Kings could play w/o Peja the whole season and still win 50+ games. With Kobe sick, the Lakers would struggle to get 40 wins.