As a Kings fan I may be biased, but I think that it was pretty blatant that that game 6 was given to LA. I think the NBA wants the best TV revenue possible, and they know that Los Angeles draws the hot ticket. The Kings lost game 7 on their own, but without those calls in game 6 they would have been in the finals.

The commish was on Craig Kilborn during all-star weekend and he asked about Shaq and the foul calls he gets. 'He's a hard player to officiate', that's what he said, he pretty much took no stance. I think Shaq is hard to officiate but he draws big money for the league and if they called all the contact he initiates he wouldn't be useful on the court, and therefore not useful to the NBA. To their credit, they're pretty consistent on giving him the benefit of the doubt, so teams just need to figure out a way to work around that (Yao has done a good job a few times).