Anyone that watched that game knew what was going on. As I said in the other thread, the Kings had been badly outshooting the Lakers from the line all series long and then, with the Lakers on the brink of elimation, all of a sudden they get a 40-25 free throw edge, including an amazing 27 attempts in the fourth quarter alone. In all of my years, I've never seen anything like this. Even the Laker beat writers were at a loss trying to explain what happened. I hope I never see anything like it again. But I don't believe that was the first time. Look at the 2000 West Finals against Portland. The first six games, the free throws were dead even. All of a sudden, the Lakers get a 37-16 edge in the final game. That Lakers won that King game by four and the Blazer game by five. Both were at home.
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