2002 Kings as a Lakers fan

My team has never won the lottery since the LJ draft and we have been in the lottery all but 3 years since 2004. In this time the Cavs have won the lottery 4 times out of 11 times in the lottery.

The 2000 Blazers got screwed by the refs too

2001 Bucks. Screwjob to get AI’s Sixers team in the Finals.

06 Mavs and the Wade free throw parade

That 72 USA team that was screwed out of the gold by the crooked refs on the 3rd redo if I’m remembering correctly.

Man I remember watching the t wolves lakers series in the 2000s and being livid at the officiating. So many phantom calls and I hated both teams

The 2025 Mavs. They could’ve gone to distance, but some genius decided against that.

1997 Knicks essentially had the same thing as the 07 Suns. At the end of Game 5, a fight broke out after PJ Brown flipped Charlie Ward. Ewing, Houston, Larry Johnson, and Starks were all suspended for a game for leaving the bench. The suspensions were spread out over Game 6 and 7. Knicks lost both, losing the series.

2004 Pacers. The punishments handed down after the Malice completely derailed what was looking to being a season where the Pacers had genuine championship aspirations.

Reggie deserved better.

Screw David Stern.

2025 Pacers. 

Although every title is earned, but pacers had the most heartbreaking in a while

27 FTs for LA in the 4Q of game six.

Probably not the worst of all time but I want to highlight scott foster and the 2018 WCF, particularly game 7 where multiple made 3s with fouls were waived off (27 in a row should never have happened). Was so bad even c webb on the broadcast was going nuts.

Came here to say 2007 suns as well before I saw the full post. Hard agree. We got absolutely fucked that series with the spurs. I hate that Wemby is making me not hate the spurs as much as I used to lol

As a Spurs fan, Imma sit out on this one lol.

2006 Mavs.

“It was in the NBA’s best interested to add another game to the series”

Tim Donaghy referring to the 2002 Kings/Lakers WCF.

Literally admitting it was rigged.

2001 Bucks have just a strong if a case, if not more so. It’s just not as many people remember it.

My team when we are losing and I don’t like it

Man the early 2000s really had a LOT of suspect playoff series. ‘00 WCF, ‘01 ECF, ‘02 WCF, ‘06 Finals, ‘07 WCF. Probably not a coincidence this was when Donaghy was around.

Most “screwed”, I’d say any team with Wilt. 

Pistons got robbed of a three peat hut it’s harder to complain about a three peat being stolen than one ring.

Edit: I’m talking about game 6 of the lakers pistons series in 1988

17-18 rockets. Had to play arguably the greatest team of all time

‘00 Blazers, ‘01 Bucks, and ‘02 Kings come to mind. Fuck David Stern.

I feel like Robert Horry is getting represented in this post.

I’ll pitch one for the Wolves homers.

The punishment for the under-the-table Joe Smith contract was 5 first-round picks during the peak years of KG that only let us put together one competitive team and ultimately led to our franchise GOAT leaving.

The reason this “screwed” us (when a punishment was justifiable) was because plenty of other teams were doing similar deals (and might still be?) but the league wanted to make an example out of somebody and we had the most open-and-shut case.

This set our entire franchise back for well over a decade and limited KG’s accolades significantly. He was ranked 21st in the NBA Top 75, but advanced stats make the argument that he was a top 10 player, above other players with more MVPs and championships and playoff runs.

2020 bucks looked like a historically great team before covid and just never looked close to what they were pre-covid in the bubble. 2021 softens the blow a bit but that 2020 team was special.

Peja being injured/underperforming during the whole 2002 Laker series was a far bigger factor in the Kings losing that series than the foul calls in Game 6.

the 2020 raptors pretty easily. on pace for 65+ wins and probably would’ve won another finals had not been for covid

Amare went more than a few feet. Stop being disingenuous. Also, leaving the bench was a very hot button issue, and they should have known better.  More importantly, what happened the rest of the series when amare and boris played?? You weren’t ever going to beat the Spurs, so just deal with it 

One rigged game doesn’t rig a whole 7 game series.

The Kings massively choked at home in game 7, from both the ft line (16-30) and the 3 pt line (2-20). If they had shot half of their season avgs they would have made the Finals.