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NBA2002 Western Conference Finals Game 7

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2002 Western Conference Finals Game 7 · Jun 2, 2002

Los Angeles and Sacramento ended their controversial, brilliant West finals series with an overtime Game 7.

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Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five
Sacramento Kings
StarterCWChris Webber
StarterDCDoug Christie
StarterHTHedo Turkoglu
StarterMBMike Bibby
StarterVDVlade Divac
Away starting five
Los Angeles Lakers
StarterDFDerek Fisher
StarterKBKobe Bryant
StarterRFRick Fox
StarterRHRobert Horry
StarterSOShaquille O'Neal

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.

Before the game

Spoiler-free context

Sacramento had pushed the two-time champion Lakers to the edge in a series still shadowed by the officiating controversy of Game 6. The Kings returned home with the league's best regular-season record and their best chance to end Los Angeles's reign.

  • The series was tied 3–3, with the Western champion widely expected to win the Finals.
  • Sacramento had never reached the NBA Finals and was trying to complete the franchise's rise around Chris Webber.

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