Don't hate Kobe, hate the system that has allowed him to get away with palming the ball every possession, shoving people out of the way for shots and rebounds, and otherwise break every rule in the book whenever he feels like it and never NEVER gets called for it. Kobe is an ***, but I blame the system of broken officiating that Dounahe exposed in his legal proceedings and in his forthcoming book. It is hard to repute the fact that officials are NOT UNBIASED in the least. It is apparent that the officiating of the NBA isn't just bad, it's closer to fixed. If it were bad, it would be bad for both teams. But as we all saw last night, the first half was officiated correctly, then all of a sudden in the second half, every single call went against the Kings. The Fakers went to the line twice as many times even though they committed 4 times as many fouls that just were not called. In the last 2 minutes, every Fakers player committed numerous fouls that just werent called. And they KNEW that the fouls would not be called. How is it that they KNEW?? The fouls they committed would be considered stupid fouls if they were called. Many were of the unnecessary bullying type. It is hard to play 5 on 5 basketball, but when you have to play 5 on 8, it makes the game un-winable. I would like to believe that the officials are on the up an up. That the officials are calling the game fairly and unbiased. But it is games like this one that make people suspect that the NBA not only has a problem with officiating, but that they do nothing year after year leading one to believe they KNOW the officiating isn't fair and they are PART of the problem. Until games are called unbiased and officials are held accountable for poor games that cost teams wins, the NBA will always have a credibility problem. Maybe when Stern retires, the next commissioner will care more about the fairness of the officiating and less on the star power/marketing of the NBA. You have to have a FAIR product on the floor. If fans start believing that the NBA isn't fair, no amount of marketing is going to bring those fans back. Lets hope that the "Knack for wining at the end of games" that Paul Westphal talks about, which is code for "officiating called in your favor in a ridiculous manor that leave no doubt in the losing team's locker room" comes the Kings way now that they have so many young stars. I saw that the officials were giving Evans some calls and that gives me hope as a Kings fan that we will have the ability to compete in close games with a player that will get foul calls fairly and unbiased. That is all anyone can ask for. A fairly refereed game with no controversy at the end (you know, like pushing off at the end of a game with the game on the line and you shove your defender into the back court to get open for a 3 and the refs are looking at your feet just to make sure you are behind the line ignoring the blatant foul just committed.) Lets hope the games going forward are better refereed and are more fair to the Kings. I mean really, Derrick Fisher only had ONE FOUL CALLED? REALLY?? SERIOUSLY!! HE MUST HAVE COMMITTED 20 FOULS !!