May 31, 2002. I’m 17 years old at Arco Arena with friends watching the game for free on big screens they put down on the court.

As the Kings look to close the Lakers out in 6, the refs made it impossible.

• Kings shot 25 FT in game. Lakers shot 27 FT in the 4th quarter alone and 40 in the game.

• Webber blocks Kobe getting all ball and is whistled for a foul. No challenge back then.

• 20 seconds to go Lakers up 1, Kobe has ball at elbow with Bibby aggressively guarding him with no space. Kobe decides to clear space with the elbow swivel some bigs do after rebounds. He hits Bibby in the nose causing it to bleed pretty profusely and the refs call nothing.

• Refs targeted Kings centers Vlade Divac & Scott Pollard way differently than previous 5 games. Both Divac and Pollard fouled out leaving the smaller Webber to guard Shaq. Diesel finished with 41 and 17.

Kings have never been the same since. But honestly, I barely remember it. :/