runner or two on base that would have beaten the Mets. And the Kings missed free throws and shots that would have beaten the Lakers. You take care of business, the refs don't matter.

Ken

I agree with what you said. But how about this, "had the Kings won the first 4 games, Games 5, 6* and 7 wouldn't have mattered." I'd like to humbly add that while the Kings missed their FTs and the NY Giant's blew a big lead, those are part of the game. Missing FT's and blowing leads are legitimate factors that ARE part of the game. Teams putting themselves into a position to lose a game happen in any sports - basketball, football, baseball, soccer, swimming, track and field, pingpong, car racing....... those are just part of the game.

Incompetent refs, however should never be part of the game. You can argue that refs' mistakes are also part of the game. Yes, I'd give you that. But in vital situation like championship games, no excuses can justify any kind of bad officiaton that directly alters the outcome. Some athelets spend their whole life working to win that championship and when they get this close but only fail to get it because of some refs' incompetence, that is flat out unforgivable. I really want to get over with last year's WCF, and all these "Kings fans always cry and whine" comments are extremely tiring. But since it was brought up once agin.. let me note that the fact that the Kings missed FTs in Game 7, a game which should not even have existed, does not justify the horrible/biased/incompetent/inconsistent/however-you-call-it officiation in Game 6*. In other words, had the refs just done their job right (which has since been proven to be too much to ask for in the NBA) in Game 6*, there should not have been even a slightest possisbility for the Kings to miss those FTs.

The excuses that have been used to deny that Game 6* officiation has indeed costed the Kings the game and the series are as lame as saying, "had the Kings been given a chance to play a Game 8 and Game 9, the Kings would have beaten the Lakers 5-4, and those missed FT's in Game 7 would not have mattered."

"Yes, say I am whining all you want, but the fact that I am whining does not mean I am wrong."

Game 6* was called the way it was called mainly becasue NBC needed a game 7 for TV rating. Period. As for the Giants being robbed, I don't disagree with Giants fans who say they were robbed. However, what the Giants were robbed of was not the W, but the CHANCE to get that W. Peace.