The Kings-Lakers beef had coaches insulting fans, suspicious refs, and… poison?

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  • Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
  • We don't often do a team vs team beef, but with this one there were so many participants it only seemed right. When the Kings got good at the turn of the century and challenged the Lakers, you had stuff like Shaq declaring LA had supplanted Sacramento as California's capital. You had Phil Jackson calling Kings fans rednecks. You had the refs allegedly choosing sides. You had a Sacramento hotel allegedly poisoning Kobe Bryant via cheeseburger. There was a lot going on, from a lot of angles.
    Enjoy this beef, and you just have to trust me that it's not poisoned.
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  • @CasterShellz
    @CasterShellz 4 місяці тому +735

    The 2002 Western Conference Finals was basically the real NBA Finals that year. It felt like a movie. Even with the controversy, Lakers-Kings 2002 is still arguably the best and most iconic non-Finals playoff series in NBA history in my opinion. Celtics-Bulls in 2009 is up there too but there was just a certain weight and magnitude to Lakers-Kings 2002.

    • @chrisuncleahmad
      @chrisuncleahmad 4 місяці тому +5

      Nah
      Nets would have swept Sacramento (who played no defense)

    • @fortynights1513
      @fortynights1513 4 місяці тому +56

      Celtics and Nets was six or seven games itself, but neither of those two had a shot against the Kings or Lakers.
      Both conference finals were more competitive than the actual finals arguably.

    • @chrisuncleahmad
      @chrisuncleahmad 4 місяці тому +1

      @@fortynights1513 either East team could have beat Sacramento (who played no defense)

    • @eksdeetheemoji
      @eksdeetheemoji 4 місяці тому +18

      Nope it was Mavs/Spurs 06 second round

    • @chrisuncleahmad
      @chrisuncleahmad 4 місяці тому +10

      @@eksdeetheemojithat series needs a rewind

  • @robertcasas6659
    @robertcasas6659 4 місяці тому +655

    Shout out to the entire SB team, but I got to say, every time a video starts with Seth or Clara, you know it's going to be great

    • @arizonaFIREent
      @arizonaFIREent 4 місяці тому +19

      Seth yea.... Not so much the other

    • @marcusmcgraw3519
      @marcusmcgraw3519 4 місяці тому +14

      @@arizonaFIREentagreed. I like listening to Seth. I feel this girl tries too hard to fit in with “hip” expressions, and despite her knowledge of the subject it kind of kills my interest in the video

    • @David-iv6je
      @David-iv6je 4 місяці тому +119

      @@marcusmcgraw3519 Great vid Clara! Ignore the incels.

    • @StarkNews
      @StarkNews 4 місяці тому

      @@marcusmcgraw3519 u have small pp

    • @marcusmcgraw3519
      @marcusmcgraw3519 4 місяці тому +10

      @@David-iv6je why does me having a valid criticism of her make me unable to attract women?

  • @psymar
    @psymar 4 місяці тому +153

    I vaguely recall Bill Simmons saying something like if the home team needs a win in game 6 to take the series to 7, here's who the refs are going to be. He thought he was joking. Then those exact three refs were announced for game 6.

    • @rafikz77
      @rafikz77 4 місяці тому +20

      Damn
      That’s how scripted the league is

  • @drphot6050
    @drphot6050 4 місяці тому +79

    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times!"
    - Early 2000's Kings Team

    • @Trancymind
      @Trancymind 4 місяці тому +3

      1987: Lakers 40 Kings 4 at the end of 1st quarter. LOL!

  • @KingC89
    @KingC89 4 місяці тому +368

    I actually almost cried when Robert Horry hit that "buzzer beater" 3 in the conference finals. It still hurts thinking about it.

    • @shanecharles4589
      @shanecharles4589 4 місяці тому +14

      me too man, i felt like i was getting unlucky personally as i watched my team somehow get their victory stolen away.

    • @Jason-uw9ex
      @Jason-uw9ex 4 місяці тому +23

      As a Piston fan... I know the feeling of a Robert Horry big shot..

    • @barkevvv
      @barkevvv 4 місяці тому +10

      as a ten year old lakers fan, literally one of the best moments of my life

    • @ayoaight
      @ayoaight 4 місяці тому +10

      Best duo in my book
      Kareem with the skyhook
      Magic with the no look
      Was leaving ‘em so shook.
      It is a team game
      The crown’s on King James
      Jack Nicholson courtside
      Oooh look the score’s tied.
      Wham! Don’t give a damn punk
      Kobe down the middle, throw to Shaq... SLAM DUNK!
      The story for me
      Is Horry for three 2, 1, ANNHH!

    • @latinoheateddieguerrero7644
      @latinoheateddieguerrero7644 4 місяці тому +5

      The Lakers and Warriors would like to thank Sacramento for making the Kings the third most popular team in Sacramento.

  • @mike91mdk45
    @mike91mdk45 4 місяці тому +39

    "That's a complete CRAP!" - Darko Rajakovic, watching the officiating somewhere in 2002

    • @bjax211
      @bjax211 4 місяці тому +3

      😂😂😂😂😂💀

  • @briannao9251
    @briannao9251 4 місяці тому +58

    The fight between Rick Fox & Doug Christie is one of the most iconic pre-season breaks of all-time!!

    • @lakersworld2125
      @lakersworld2125 4 місяці тому +1

      Shaq with bud broken toe trying to break it up lol

    • @fantasyEXX
      @fantasyEXX 3 місяці тому

      Christie's wife attacking him with the purse 👜

    • @SalaciousBCrumb-md3lk
      @SalaciousBCrumb-md3lk Місяць тому

      It's not really a fight. And definitely not a real brawl!

  • @user-jw5qj8kv2y
    @user-jw5qj8kv2y 4 місяці тому +130

    The late 90’s and early 2000’s, Sacramento Kings were some of the most beloved teams in NBA history.
    They were incredibly deep, with seven players averaging double figures in scoring, led by Chris Webber's 24.5 points per game. Webber (10.1 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.7 steals, 1.4 blocks) served as the focal point and did a little of everything, although he had plenty of help.
    Peja Stojakovic was a rising sniper in the league, drilling 41.6 percent of his three-pointers en route to 21.2 points per night. The Kings also featured playmaking from Mike Bibby, hard-nosed defense from Doug Christie, a versatile veteran center in Vlade Divac and a deep bench, headlined by Bobby Jackson and Hedo Turkoglu.
    The 61 wins marked the highest in franchise history to date, and landing just one game short of the NBA Finals was an extremely disappointing finish.
    Sacramento has never been as good before, or since, and may never have as talented a starting five.

    • @OrionOodama
      @OrionOodama 4 місяці тому +10

      2003 was even deeper with Keon Clark and Jim Jackson.
      Problem was, too much depth can be a disadvantage.
      Hedo Turkoglu became the forgotten man, only used after CWebb went injured (and never the same again) in 2003 West semis (G2).
      Then salary cap becomes an issue. With Bibby's huge extension taking effect while added Brad Miller, the Kings lost Hedo, Clark, J. Jackson, and mainstay Scot Pollard in 2003 offseason.

    • @eyeconqueror1185
      @eyeconqueror1185 4 місяці тому

      they were completely robbed in 2002. NBA is a joke.

    • @johndavis9321
      @johndavis9321 4 місяці тому

      ​@@OrionOodamaall facts

  • @forzaacmilan36
    @forzaacmilan36 4 місяці тому +15

    Bruh this is like the 10th Shaq beef video , I’m dead💀

  • @andresparry8104
    @andresparry8104 4 місяці тому +311

    In fairness to the King’s fans, sometimes you have a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell…

    • @jasonruby3311
      @jasonruby3311 4 місяці тому +9

      Why is it that I can hear this comment in Seth’s voice ffs

    • @Polo22546
      @Polo22546 3 місяці тому

      😂😂😂

  • @andrewholmes3116
    @andrewholmes3116 4 місяці тому +36

    7:00 "cheat" was definitely not the first word that came to mind here lol

  • @kingdave31
    @kingdave31 4 місяці тому +186

    I don't believe a lot of the NBA conspiracy theories, but David Stern definitely rigged Game 6 in 2002. He was terrified of possible low TV ratings from a Sacremento-New Jersey Finals.

    • @MrOctober44
      @MrOctober44 4 місяці тому +38

      While I don't disagree it was rigged, the irony is how many people watched the finals of The Lakers sweeping the Nets? The Nets Kings would have been much more fun, exciting and competitive.

    • @kevinj5225
      @kevinj5225 4 місяці тому +10

      ​@@MrOctober44its the Lakers. Sadly everyone loves hollywood actors

    • @joesakic91
      @joesakic91 3 місяці тому +2

      A Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics 2002 NBA Final would've been better.
      It has been going on since 1980 where a big market team like the Lakers, Celtics Golden State Warriors, and Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan and/or a super/megastar players like Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry made the NBA Finals at least three times.

    • @thebasketballhistorian3291
      @thebasketballhistorian3291 3 місяці тому

      @@MrOctober44 And if Kings-Nets went to, say, 6 games, that would've been 2 more games worth of revenue!

    • @777DonMakaveli777
      @777DonMakaveli777 2 місяці тому

      the kings lost game 7 at home after going 16/30 at the freethrow line and 2/20 from 3. They didnt deserve to go to the finals

  • @matthewforbes2969
    @matthewforbes2969 4 місяці тому +50

    We still need a rewinder of that game

    • @Jonics18
      @Jonics18 4 місяці тому +9

      Theres already one. Came out years ago.

    • @philarscott
      @philarscott 4 місяці тому

      ua-cam.com/video/dN8wDRsUuOg/v-deo.html

  • @shanecharles4589
    @shanecharles4589 4 місяці тому +70

    i was a teenage kid on a basketball team just following my favorite team. This changed how i would view the NBA for the rest of my life.

    • @xandercrews4729
      @xandercrews4729 4 місяці тому +6

      I was never a huge NBA fan since my city doesn’t have a team. But the I grew up during Jordan’s later years with the Bulls. The Eastern Conf finals vs the pacers and the Finals vs the Jazz were so much fun. I still had some interest after that but it wasn’t as much and this series just killed it for me. I occasionally watch a Finals game and I generally know what’s going on, but I can never be emotionally invested in those games again.

    • @jlui21
      @jlui21 4 місяці тому +4

      @@xandercrews4729 -- i still enjoy basketball, but I agree. The Lakers getting way too many favorable calls over the Kings left an annoying taste. I figured the NBA was rigged -- at times.
      Shaq was so dominant. Kobe found his footing and was MJ-esque. But the Kings? They had C Webb, Divac, Peja shooting the 3, with Bibby at the point -- with Christie as their lanky defender and Bobby Jackson as the spark plug off the bench. That was team was great all around VS the Laker's 2 headed monster.

  • @aarondorman8442
    @aarondorman8442 4 місяці тому +199

    As a Pacers fan, my entire life has been questionable calls/no calls benefitting the big market team in crunch time that decides the game. This was egregious and you'll never convince me that the NBA didn't rig this game for LA

    • @OrionOodama
      @OrionOodama 4 місяці тому +11

      Feel you and totally agree.
      So it is special a fellow ABA transferee and small market SA Spurs have able to overcome these league interventions (proven or not).
      Or they learned a lesson the hard way don't engage with big market teams in close, crucial games despite a victim on separate occasions.

    • @MOCdude
      @MOCdude 4 місяці тому +4

      Agree. This and the 2007 SemiFinals Suns Spurs series were rigged for different reasons

    • @johndavis9321
      @johndavis9321 4 місяці тому +3

      Their was still a game 7 kings lost get over it

    • @MOCdude
      @MOCdude 4 місяці тому +11

      @@johndavis9321 saying get over a series that screwed a franchise its first championship, yeah no thanks, history will always remember it

    • @johndavis9321
      @johndavis9321 4 місяці тому +1

      @@MOCdude it wasn't a championship even wit that series you still would have had to beat jersey

  • @Jarekthegamingdragon
    @Jarekthegamingdragon 4 місяці тому +33

    The lakers complaining about the refs will always be hilarious. Absolute lack of self awareness. Early 2000s lakers were especially easy to hate.

  • @j.madsus
    @j.madsus 4 місяці тому +130

    If Phil Jackson actually complained about the noise, he should never step foot in a European Court.

    • @joshlewis575
      @joshlewis575 4 місяці тому +31

      Foreign crowds are insane. I wish our baseball stands looked like the ones in the Latin or Asian leagues

    • @jojijoestar7233
      @jojijoestar7233 4 місяці тому +15

      @@joshlewis575Could you imagine an open air game in the twilight lit with flares and crowds chanting war cries for the team in the NBA? European basketball Know what’s up

    • @fantasyEXX
      @fantasyEXX 4 місяці тому +5

      You think the best basketball coach of all time cares about the fans and noise? He was a master at mind games, this was all to psyche out the other team

    • @onlyone23km
      @onlyone23km 4 місяці тому +2

      He coached in Puerto Rico for a bit.

    • @MDCxThePG
      @MDCxThePG 4 місяці тому

      @@onlyone23km Puerto Rico isn't in Europe

  • @kylebenbow431
    @kylebenbow431 4 місяці тому +41

    I love in the heart of beef there was a WWE event in Sacroment0 and Rock sang a song called "leaving Sacramento" and had one of the loudest boos after saying "and I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May". Fun times

    • @slyfox2022
      @slyfox2022 4 місяці тому +2

      ROck got booed out the city

    • @chrisuncleahmad
      @chrisuncleahmad 4 місяці тому +4

      2003
      Both teams though got knocked out in round 2

    • @cjvaye99
      @cjvaye99 4 місяці тому

      hilarious 😂😂😂

    • @jerry85g7
      @jerry85g7 3 місяці тому

      Sing along with The Rock is over.

  • @MrSpeed-lt8gr
    @MrSpeed-lt8gr 4 місяці тому +180

    This is when we all realized the NBA was a work like pro wrestling.

    • @DiagonalByte
      @DiagonalByte 4 місяці тому +41

      NFL fans are realizing the same thing.

    • @MrSpeed-lt8gr
      @MrSpeed-lt8gr 4 місяці тому +2

      @@DiagonalByte 💯

    • @David-iv6je
      @David-iv6je 4 місяці тому +27

      That's ... too strong. Just a thumb on the scales now and then. Like when you might be looking at a Nets-Kings Finals and really low ratings. But the key is to do it infrequently.

    • @psymar
      @psymar 4 місяці тому +32

      ​@@David-iv6jeMore than a little at times. You go back and look at what people said about this series BEFORE the Donaghy case went public. And you can't convince me Donaghy was the only crooked ref; he was just the only one blatant enough to be prosecuted.

    • @GinkgoPete
      @GinkgoPete 4 місяці тому +18

      The entire sport isnt rigged just because the officiating in america is garbage lmao

  • @Jmurda1983
    @Jmurda1983 4 місяці тому +23

    8:40 😂😂😂 the ref is looking dead at the play and called the foul on Bibby lol

    • @Kelenae
      @Kelenae 4 місяці тому +6

      He's fault for having his face on kobe's elbow - the ref

    • @Bigedub101
      @Bigedub101 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Kelenae😂😂😂exactly

    • @MikeHawkBurns208
      @MikeHawkBurns208 4 місяці тому

      I literally had a laker fan at a bar the other night look me dead in the eye and with a straight face tell me it didn't happen.😂😂😂

  • @HellaADZ
    @HellaADZ 4 місяці тому +104

    That game 6 was so rigged. It was an embarrassment

    • @melvynsngltn27
      @melvynsngltn27 4 місяці тому +4

      Like game 5

    • @LeA-gp3mj
      @LeA-gp3mj 4 місяці тому +2

      Diving is not a foul

    • @lonniejolly5882
      @lonniejolly5882 4 місяці тому +3

      All sports are rigged.

    • @at1212b
      @at1212b 4 місяці тому +7

      As Stern said, his dream was Lakers vs Lakers in the Final. Game 7 2010 was also rigged in favor of the Lakers. Portland series too. Lakers should have lost in 6. They just handed Shaq the fouls (Free throws). Watch all these series in a row and you'll see how lopsided the calls are. Truly ugly NBA games that are hidden from replay.

    • @roboninja3194
      @roboninja3194 4 місяці тому +5

      @@LeA-gp3mj Is elbowing someone in the face a foul? Cause Kobe elbowed Bibby right in the face and the foul was called on Bibby. The clip has been on youtube for years. In slowmo too. I guess some people expect everyone to not believe their own eyes.

  • @JMOP1715
    @JMOP1715 4 місяці тому +10

    The '00 Kings v. Lakers deserve 30 for 30. RIP Kobe.

  • @Magskillz
    @Magskillz 4 місяці тому +22

    Still despise the Lakers because of this era. Makes me hope that we can at least see them in the playoffs soon so that we can sit behind their bench again and ring cowbells in their ears

    • @latinoheateddieguerrero7644
      @latinoheateddieguerrero7644 4 місяці тому +7

      You had your chance to play LA in the playoffs last year but Sacramento lost to the Warriors then the Lakers ended the Warrior Dynasty.
      Maybe you need Will Ferrell to show you how the cowbell is done.

    • @rileyholden-zc9ip
      @rileyholden-zc9ip 4 місяці тому +4

      The Lakers will beat you again and prove why the Lakers are more superior

    • @drphot6050
      @drphot6050 4 місяці тому +3

      Haha as a Lakers fan I hated that the Kings got hosed... But its funny how Doug Christie's son plays for the Lakers now lol

  • @MrFreedomFries
    @MrFreedomFries 4 місяці тому +9

    If I recall correctly, the cowbells came to the Arena after Sacramento was called a "cow town"

    • @CrazyxEnigma
      @CrazyxEnigma 4 місяці тому +1

      Was it Phil who called them that? Or did it come from somewhere else? Don't remember exactly.

  • @beenieweenie1986
    @beenieweenie1986 4 місяці тому +7

    Someone over 6'10" exists
    Shaq: And I took that personally

  • @zionreid2537
    @zionreid2537 4 місяці тому +5

    Love how the 2002 finals had the Eastern Conference Champions as an afterthought

    • @OrionOodama
      @OrionOodama 4 місяці тому

      Good point.
      Some forgotten G3, when Paul Pierce led a huge comeback that gave Celtics the lead (2-1), but turned out to be their final win in the series.

  • @DaygoCityMack
    @DaygoCityMack 4 місяці тому +35

    I enjoy that you guys decided to document this but I feel like this should be at 3 Part series... Cause we haven't seen beef like this between two teams since

    • @typedrat
      @typedrat 4 місяці тому +9

      Honestly, if we ever get a full on Dorktown series on basketball like the Mariners, Falcons, or Vikings ones, I don't think there's a better choice for a team to center it on than the Kings. We've got a long, weird history that's almost entirely invisible to people from outside the fanbase because we've been so... well... bad this whole time.

    • @mat-sd7eh
      @mat-sd7eh 4 місяці тому

      @@typedrat i was thinking about making it on the clippers but yeah wouldn't be as good. for hockey they could bring the canucks or either put the coyotes though i didn't found anything on them during my search

    • @CrazyxEnigma
      @CrazyxEnigma 4 місяці тому

      What would need a three parter is Lakers v Celtics.

    • @jonnstewart2023
      @jonnstewart2023 4 місяці тому +1

      heat and the celtics played each other for 3 straight years when bron was there and those teams hated each other

    • @DaygoCityMack
      @DaygoCityMack 4 місяці тому

      @@jonnstewart2023 that part too... That's definitely a 5 part series... Cause LeBron dismantle that big 3... With his own big 3

  • @dero90
    @dero90 4 місяці тому +18

    Jazz fan here who hated the Webber/Bibby/Pollard Kings....that Game 6 is atrocious. Kings got robbed. Mad respect for that team. So much talent and an incredible fan base. That officiating was criminal.

  • @jmiddleton6428
    @jmiddleton6428 4 місяці тому +6

    I may have commented this before, can't remember, but I love Clara's sign off of "goodnight and good game" so much! so familiar and wholesome, like a friend reminding you that you'll see them again. big fan, no notes 🙌🏻❤

    • @nyyfanvkamath
      @nyyfanvkamath 4 місяці тому +2

      It’s a callback to Edward R Murrow’s signoff of “good night and good luck.”

  • @BostonCeltics147
    @BostonCeltics147 4 місяці тому +45

    There was a documentary on UA-cam called The Greatest Tragedy in Sports which goes into insane detail on game 6 as well as other games between the Kings and Lakers where the calls were beyond questionable. I think the full video has been deleted but you can still find clips of it online. I highly recommend it.

    • @eddieG667
      @eddieG667 4 місяці тому +10

      I’ve seen it. And as someone who watched the TV rights switched to NBC and Jordan going 6-1 after leads me to believe money talks.
      A small market team like Sacramento in the finals vs New Jersey would’ve been disastrous for the nba and the networks (whoever it was in 2002)

    • @OrionOodama
      @OrionOodama 4 місяці тому +5

      @@eddieG667
      Although it happened a year later (San Antonio vs. New Jersey).
      NBA has no choice but to go along.
      San Antonio dodged the bullet with a Horry miss (2003 WCSF, G5).
      And as sort of premonition, the Spurs dominated the Lakers the next game's 4Q, knowing if it is close, referees will be allowed to weave their "magic".
      Saw that "The Greatest Tragedy in Sports" docu too.

    • @eddieG667
      @eddieG667 4 місяці тому +4

      @@OrionOodama yeah that same ref said that they can’t really do much if it’s a blowout

    • @joesakic91
      @joesakic91 2 місяці тому

      Only part 7 remains in NFLranking's UA-cam channel.
      BTW, the Pedowitz report dismissed Tim Donaghy's claims.

    • @NoNameWillBeGiven-ii5hu
      @NoNameWillBeGiven-ii5hu 16 днів тому

      @@eddieG667 be quiet trolll

  • @evoextremeX
    @evoextremeX 4 місяці тому +9

    This still irritates me to this day!
    TO THIS DAY!!
    TO THIS DAY!!

  • @Peynal
    @Peynal 4 місяці тому +8

    4 min in and I'm like Prof Farnsworth "if anyone needs me, I'll be in the Angry Dome"

  • @eddieG667
    @eddieG667 4 місяці тому +11

    Was there a better international squad than the Kings? Vlade, Peja, and Hedo..
    That probably a common thing now, but back then.. their GM assembled a good team

  • @catman422
    @catman422 4 місяці тому +9

    The Kings vs Lakers beef, narrated by Clara? Let’s go!

  • @ProfessorZo
    @ProfessorZo 4 місяці тому +7

    SB is the King of sports media rn.

  • @iAintSayDat
    @iAintSayDat 4 місяці тому +18

    I need Shaq mocking the Kings to the tune of the Cheers theme on Spotify. He might go platinum again.

  • @matthewburr5075
    @matthewburr5075 4 місяці тому +8

    I remember the collapse series of this ❤

  • @SacKing123
    @SacKing123 4 місяці тому +1

    Love your SK content. It always hurts to re-live it but your analysis and storytelling make it so damn entertaining. Along with your other work of course, thanks SB!

  • @Mark_Cadden
    @Mark_Cadden 4 місяці тому +22

    I’m not a Kings fan or Lakers hater whatsoever but this actually has me heated for the Kings. That Game 6 rigging by the crooked refs is truly such a disgrace

  • @AirRusher1992
    @AirRusher1992 4 місяці тому +18

    Man they came close of their first Playoff meeting since 2002 last season as the Kings came one game closer to renew this rivalry losing Game 7 against Golden State who would eventually lose to the Lakers in 6 games.

  • @jaystacks5249
    @jaystacks5249 4 місяці тому +5

    Man the Kobe trying to be like Jordan is scary. The refs rigging the playoffs for the lakers and it being documented was the last straw on sports integrity

  • @brand88
    @brand88 4 місяці тому +4

    This playoff series got me into the NBA full time

  • @KingDizzleLTDinc.
    @KingDizzleLTDinc. 4 місяці тому +5

    Kings had game 7 on their court,what happened?

    • @THE_BEAR_JEW
      @THE_BEAR_JEW 4 місяці тому

      Doesn't matter. It shouldn't have gone to that.

    • @latinoheateddieguerrero7644
      @latinoheateddieguerrero7644 4 місяці тому

      The Kings choked in game 7. Peja Stojakovic (the best shooter in Sacramento) air balled a wide open 3 in the corner with under a minute left to essentially end the game.
      The Kings did not have the poise to be a championship team and game 7 exposed that.

    • @THE_BEAR_JEW
      @THE_BEAR_JEW 4 місяці тому +3

      @@latinoheateddieguerrero7644 That's all fair and all, but the point remains... it shouldn't have come to that. The refs rigged Game 6. If the refs hadn't done that, there's no Game 7.

  • @Xylord79
    @Xylord79 4 місяці тому +8

    It's absolutely a no brainer that it was rigged, and I'm not a Kings fan. LA's population, size, popularity essentially allows the NBA to create a money printing machine. The revenue comparison between Sac in the finals vs LA is astronomical worse for the NBA with having Sac there. There's no way they're going to allow that. And poor officiating doesn't guarantee the NBA's team wins but the goal is influence the outcome, not directly control it. David Stern was even quoted back then as saying that his dream finals match up would be LA vs LA. Hint, hint...

    • @nikosvault
      @nikosvault 4 місяці тому

      Why did a corrupt popularity contest allow SAS win 5 titles?

  • @rickyrichreacts9667
    @rickyrichreacts9667 4 місяці тому +2

    Greatest rivalry of the 2000s and up. I miss this rivalry 😢😢😢

  • @mrmacross
    @mrmacross 4 місяці тому +2

    That 2002 playoff series... I still can't believe that Kobe's swinging elbow got fouled by Doug Christie's nose in game one and Mike Bibby's in game six.

  • @tannerolson6552
    @tannerolson6552 4 місяці тому +2

    We need a Lakers Celtics beef history

    • @CrazyxEnigma
      @CrazyxEnigma 4 місяці тому +1

      That's a three parter. *Do it*

  • @DiscGolfLeagueMVP
    @DiscGolfLeagueMVP 4 місяці тому +2

    Beef History: Me vs Living up to my potential

  • @Catdaddyacab
    @Catdaddyacab 4 місяці тому +1

    This topic has been done to death… and I’m still here for it every time. “Horry for the win!”

  • @shawncharles6077
    @shawncharles6077 4 місяці тому +2

    I love this channel.

  • @post_obamacore
    @post_obamacore 4 місяці тому +1

    I grew up in Sac and was in middle school during this era of beef. My friends, family, and I were all rabid Kings fans (still are), and I think the whole city still suffers from the trauma of Game 6. Its felt great to finally watch good Kings basketball again.

  • @WorldSportsDocu
    @WorldSportsDocu 4 місяці тому

    Whenever I watch videos about the 90s-00s NBA, I wish I was able to watch it at the time

  • @orlandocardoza974
    @orlandocardoza974 4 місяці тому

    Cool Clara! Keep the Beef coming!
    Drinking water!

  • @DrAlFishman
    @DrAlFishman 4 місяці тому

    A new Clara video is exactly what I needed today

  • @typedrat
    @typedrat 4 місяці тому +3

    I don't care how many times I see it, I still almost believe that the Horry buzzer-beater isn't going to go in and get my heart broken every time I see that clip.

  • @benjaminbrown5143
    @benjaminbrown5143 4 місяці тому

    I love these. Please keep them coming

  • @MrWoodMan23
    @MrWoodMan23 4 місяці тому +9

    This was a case of no one wanting a Kings vs Nets Finals.

    • @blaisereed-jenkins8362
      @blaisereed-jenkins8362 4 місяці тому +2

      Exactly 2 small market teams would be boring

    • @benlewin3724
      @benlewin3724 3 місяці тому +2

      @@blaisereed-jenkins8362yall are the reason I hate big markets. Yall don’t like basketball only fans of big teams. Bozos

    • @blaisereed-jenkins8362
      @blaisereed-jenkins8362 3 місяці тому +1

      @@benlewin3724 It's not our fault big market teams get more attention that's how it always has been in all sports

  • @Gweb52
    @Gweb52 4 місяці тому +1

    I was a HUGE lakers fan during this period and I just want to say how much fun this rivalry was . Sports needs these types of rivalries to come back !

  • @Bakerman2801
    @Bakerman2801 4 місяці тому +1

    I love all episodes in this series, but I really love the team vs team Beef History ones

  • @Miller2h41
    @Miller2h41 17 днів тому

    I remember that look on Adelman's face at the 8:28 to 8:38 mark live and I felt for him. The look of a coach who's been scorned and gotten the short end of the stick.

  • @rickym936
    @rickym936 4 місяці тому

    Love these videos!!!!!

  • @paulgaither
    @paulgaither 4 місяці тому +2

    Having lived through it as a Kings fan, I can tell you that this video just tip toed through this topic delicately.

    • @paulgaither
      @paulgaither 4 місяці тому

      @@mquigg25 - Reply filed.🚮

  • @shovellware
    @shovellware 4 місяці тому

    I love these history videos thank you

  • @skm4459
    @skm4459 4 місяці тому

    Love your channel! ❤

  • @FootyInsights_
    @FootyInsights_ 4 місяці тому +1

    I've been waiting for this one for awhile lol

  • @killgronia5815
    @killgronia5815 4 місяці тому

    Kings fan since 2000. That 02 series was the finals. Man, I wanted to beat the dubs so bad last year to finally get that rematch. Great video.

  • @thetruth1862
    @thetruth1862 4 місяці тому +2

    Shout out to Jason Williams "White Chocolate" was and is the coolest dude in the room.

    • @OrionOodama
      @OrionOodama 4 місяці тому +2

      In a way, thanks for reminding JWill eventually won a ring in Dwayne Wade-led Miami alongside Shaq (of all players) in 2006.
      Scot Pollard followed in 2008 with Boston.
      Peja was with Dallas when he helped the Mavs to clinch franchise's first (and so far, only) Larry.
      And during that run, the Mavs dethroned the Lakers.
      So it was a double whammy for Scot and Peja.

  • @user-bp4zt8fg1e
    @user-bp4zt8fg1e 4 місяці тому +18

    I hate ESPN but please pay these guys money to take a 30 min special presentation on your network. this company deserves millions

    • @OrionOodama
      @OrionOodama 4 місяці тому

      Well, having UA-cam gives non-network and objective (cross-fingers) journalists to create their own channel.
      So far, so good for Secret Base, and there are select few sharing similar caliber and credibility.

  • @owright369
    @owright369 4 місяці тому

    Oh now I’m def hyped for this one

  • @arizonawrestlinginterviews1040
    @arizonawrestlinginterviews1040 4 місяці тому +1

    Great way to start the morning, a healthy dose of beef!

    • @arizonaFIREent
      @arizonaFIREent 4 місяці тому

      It would be better if Seth narrated this

  • @Madmax0581
    @Madmax0581 4 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful video ❤❤❤

  • @joecaljapan
    @joecaljapan 4 місяці тому

    I lived through this rivalry from start to finish and the hate was very very real between the teams and the fans. I miss those times, very fun to watch.

  • @MetalGod999
    @MetalGod999 4 місяці тому

    Another very interesting and funny Beef History video by Secret Base! 👍👍 But during the video, Clara Morris was showing a pic of Rick Adelman that could pass off as a Renaissance painting. You can say the same thing about that pic of Chris Webber that was shown before Clara’s farewell speech at the end of the video. That sad look on poor C-Webb’s face? I can imagine a painted version of that pic hanging in an art museum somewhere…and who knows? Maybe someday it will.

  • @chriscravens3949
    @chriscravens3949 4 місяці тому

    Bro I hit like before watching! Kings vs Lakers BEEF!!! Let’s go!!!

  • @bashdash4
    @bashdash4 4 місяці тому

    First memories of watching TV were seeing these guys get at it!
    Though I don't remember LITERAL beef being involved...

  • @Dtown1996
    @Dtown1996 4 місяці тому +63

    Shout to the refs for helping the Lakers get past the Kings to get to the NBA Finals. They were lucky social media didn’t exist yet.

    • @jasonwolfe3252
      @jasonwolfe3252 4 місяці тому +21

      I still can't believe that was allowed to happen. I become enraged whenever I hear Laker fans complain about not getting calls. They were gifted a championship by refs.

    • @latinoheateddieguerrero7644
      @latinoheateddieguerrero7644 4 місяці тому

      Shout out to the Cowtown Kings for completely choking at home in game 7 as 17,000 slack jawed redneck watched in tears.

    • @melvynsngltn27
      @melvynsngltn27 4 місяці тому +1

      Then how did Sacramento win game . The refs clearly cheated for Sacramento in game 5

    • @d3adyoutubeaccount
      @d3adyoutubeaccount 4 місяці тому

      Shoutout to the refs for helping the Kings even get to a game 7 (game 5 rigged for Kings), oh not to mention poisoning Kobe. 😂

  • @MrNrj6490
    @MrNrj6490 4 місяці тому +2

    Early 2000s Lakers have to be one of the most dislikable dynasties ever

  • @quinceyb921
    @quinceyb921 4 місяці тому +4

    This era of the NBA for me, was simply hating Kobe. I live in Jersey on the east coast and I'd stay up late to catch the West Coast games for years rooting for Sacramento and praying on the downfall of the Lakers and to no avail. The Kings would literally almost die trying to beat Shaq and Kobe and they'd just always fall short. I actually miss those days 😢

  • @user-zu3fo8ck3p
    @user-zu3fo8ck3p 4 місяці тому +5

    4:47 "He doesn't have enough ass to play against a guy like me" Shaq 💀

    • @money345atherley2
      @money345atherley2 4 місяці тому

      Pause..... Even back then Shaq was zesty

    • @user-zu3fo8ck3p
      @user-zu3fo8ck3p 4 місяці тому

      @@money345atherley2 fr 😐

    • @Bigedub101
      @Bigedub101 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@money345atherley2exactly thats weird to say

    • @money345atherley2
      @money345atherley2 4 місяці тому

      @@Bigedub101 mad weird and that why whenever he tries to talk tough on TV I be like man you are still zesty and emotional 😂😂

  • @ShakeDiesel
    @ShakeDiesel 4 місяці тому

    Clara is such a gem. She did her thing.
    Once again. As usual.
    Great video, SB!

  • @Tdull-tv1ds
    @Tdull-tv1ds 4 місяці тому +5

    This beef was bound to happen. Both teams operate in California, one team is pretty much Hollywood’s premier franchise historically while the other has struggled to put together a winning organization. It mostly took one game where almost everyone knew that the NBA wanted the Lakers in the Finals and I really believe that because the officiating was very one-sided in regards to number of fouls and of course we have hearsay from Tim Donaghey who, yes, did commit a crime by throwing games away for the mafia but the simple fact that he had inside knowledge on who the NBA favored should be enough evidence contrary to what the league said at the time. Donaghey may have wanted to bury the league with himself by coming out with all this but that playoff game between the Kings and Lakers was no better proof of the NBA showing favoritism for one team.

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall 4 місяці тому +1

      The FBI wanted to use Donaghy to get info on any other refs who were also cheating, but Stern leaked the story to the press so that the element of surprise was lost.

  • @keeganhillsman3393
    @keeganhillsman3393 4 місяці тому +1

    Please do more team beef history videos!

  • @spencewarren6404
    @spencewarren6404 4 місяці тому

    Good game, Clara Morris! Good game!

  • @cukeumberr
    @cukeumberr 4 місяці тому

    the return of clara the goat!!!!

  • @no1uknugamingchannel
    @no1uknugamingchannel 4 місяці тому

    I've loved the Kings since they moved to Sacramento and grew up with a Dad a serious Lakers fan . This video was an amazing look at 2 of the best teams ever in my opinion... Thank you Clara , Charlotte and SB ✌🏾

    • @Trancymind
      @Trancymind 4 місяці тому

      At the end of 1st quarter in 1987: Lakers 40 Kings 4. LOL! LOL! A Laker team without Shaq, Kobe nor Phil Jackson.

  • @PassFirstPost
    @PassFirstPost 4 місяці тому +1

    "chairs are being thrown" was probably hyperbole

  • @Mudboy44
    @Mudboy44 4 місяці тому +1

    Clara Morris my GOAT

  • @timmy-bo2891
    @timmy-bo2891 3 місяці тому

    I ❤ Clara videos

  • @Dud512
    @Dud512 4 місяці тому +2

    RIP Kobe but cheeseburger and cheesecake sounds like a stomach issue to me lol

    • @CrazyxEnigma
      @CrazyxEnigma 4 місяці тому

      Yeah I'm a Lakers fan and I don't buy the poisoned on purpose theory. Kings fans ain't like Celtics fans were back in the day. They'd have done 💩 like that if they thought they could get away with it.

  • @jonmichael3280
    @jonmichael3280 4 місяці тому +2

    It's been over 20 years and it still bothers me lol
    I laugh to mask the pain!

  • @guru_basketball_kiero
    @guru_basketball_kiero 4 місяці тому +1

    #GuruBasketballKieroSays the good old days of Kings-Lakers rivalry

  • @heavymetalweatherman7774
    @heavymetalweatherman7774 4 місяці тому

    Seeing this in my feed was the Vince McMahon meme:
    1. Beef History 😯
    2. 90s Basketball 😲
    3. Clara Morris 😵
    Hell yes.

  • @tobypiva4306
    @tobypiva4306 4 місяці тому +1

    getting poisoned is the second worst thing that can happen to someone in Kobe Bryant's hotel room

    • @nikosvault
      @nikosvault 4 місяці тому

      maybe. Remember that when you put your head on the pillow.

  • @thegoat2874
    @thegoat2874 4 місяці тому

    Another W Clara Morris vid

  • @kehubbard4386
    @kehubbard4386 3 місяці тому

    Awesome!!

  • @hulk6785
    @hulk6785 4 місяці тому

    My favorite moment of this rivalry/beef is one that doesn't involve anyone on either team. It's when The Rock was singing some songs on an episode of RAW in Sacramento as a part of his Rock Concert and sang this immortal:
    I can't wait to come back when Lakers beat the Kings in May!

  • @avecashley6480
    @avecashley6480 4 місяці тому +1

    I clicked this video so fast, I LOVE BEEF HISTORY 🩵🥩

  • @user-ft6wo8rs5g
    @user-ft6wo8rs5g 4 місяці тому +2

    Sacramento Kings Actual 2002 NBA Champions

    • @OrionOodama
      @OrionOodama 4 місяці тому

      But failed to turn the hype and billing into reality.

  • @nanagyambibi7426
    @nanagyambibi7426 4 місяці тому +4

    Once the Kings changed their jerseys that was the end of that run. Same thing with the Rockets after 95.

    • @DiagonalByte
      @DiagonalByte 4 місяці тому +2

      Someone should do a study on how uniforms affect games. I swear the Lions play worse when they wear those gray onesies.

    • @KWCline91
      @KWCline91 4 місяці тому

      Not really! The Rockets had one more chance in 97. It just didn’t happen.

    • @supahsean6710
      @supahsean6710 4 місяці тому

      Amen ... What Clara was too scared to tell you is that the beef is REALLY about the ownership of purple.

    • @OrionOodama
      @OrionOodama 4 місяці тому

      Inasmuch we should not believe in lucky charm or superstitions, somehow outcomes speak for itself.
      Or as cliche goes: If ain't broken, why fix it?
      Mario Elie didn't like the new unis, looking them like the Harlem Globetrotters.
      And that old but classic Houston outfit gave them back-to-back Titles, including recovering from 2-3 deficit in 1994 Finals and an improbable 1995 run, so why change?
      The next year, their new look was concluded by dethronement via sweep by Seattle.
      Ironically, after years of Playoff disappointment including an upset from 8th-seed Denver, Seattle dons a new outfit that year that made them all the way to the Finals.
      Same goes to Utah in 1996-97.
      As for the Kings, that new uniform plus a more deeper and talented bench in 2002-03 would turned out the beginning of the end. CWebb's injury in 2003 WCSF G2 marked the end of his athleticism, and so the Kings' fate.
      (And pardon the litany.)

    • @OrionOodama
      @OrionOodama 4 місяці тому

      @@KWCline91
      It just happens the Jazz are the better and probably more determined team.
      Guess the debut of new uniforms and new-look Delta Center worked wonders for Utah that season.

  • @flyforce16
    @flyforce16 4 місяці тому

    Clara is a great narrator. Keep it up!