Seven games of the NBA Western Conference finals, and which one do you remember? Game six.

The Kings fought so gallantly. They were going to take it, they were going to win. Some people called it the worst officiated game ever.

Unfortunately, they still lost. Regardless of how well the Kings played or how poor the officials called the game; they still lost. So just get over it!

The Lakers won. You might figure that after three years in a row, bowing out of the playoffs to the Lakers in rounds one, two, and three, Sacramento would be used to it by now.

As a Lakers fan, one can?t take the pressure of possibly losing. The Lakers had to win. Every game given up to the Kings was terrifying. Shocked by the valiant efforts of Mike Bibby and Bobby Jackson and appalled by the less than par performances from Doug Christie and Predrag (I love that name) Stojacovic, the Lakers ran away with another one.

Destined to be a team of “woulda, coulda, shoulda?s,” the Kings fell flat on their faces in their home town where screaming maniacs with cow bells earned themselves the title “the loudest fans in the NBA” for the fourth year in a row.

Let it be known that with Shaq and Kobe under Phil Jackson?s wing, the Lakers will never lose a Championship. Although that statement may have been tested near the beginning of June as Kings fans felt raped of their Finals dreams, what?s done is done.It should be agreed upon that Kobe?s elbow to Bibby?s jaw was in fact, a foul. No Lakers fan can deny that. It was clear from any angle as NBC replayed the final seconds of game six that Kobe connected. However, it “was not” flagrant. When you?re Kobe Bryant, or any one for this matter, and it looks as if this is your final game of the season, there is less than 10 seconds remaining, and the ball is passed you?what do you do?

Well, what did he do? Giving one fake to the left and a drop step to the right, Bibby had to play him close. Otherwise, dare you give Kobe more than a few inches, you?re done.

The cut wasn?t intended to connect with Bibby?s jaw. Kobe was focused on the basket so that?s what he went for. It was by far from being intentional. It just happened to be that Bibby was playing too closely and in the unlikely situation of a “no-call” it cost him the game.

So it was the ref?s fault. Well, you can say that as much as you like. The referees are just as much a part of the game as the players are. They call what they see and don?t call what they don?t see.

Either way, it happens to both teams and it?s no reason to blame a season because of one missed call. If the Kings were better, they would have won the next game. The harsh reality for Lakers fans that reside in Sacramento is that they have to bear the ridiculous complaints for yet one more year. Then if the Kings finally do win, the talk will only become worse.

Nevertheless, put in the words and voice of the NBA?s most annoying announcer, Grant Napier: “If you don?t like that, you don?t like NBA basketball.”