Scot Pollard and Vlade Divac fouled out and the Lakers won the free throw battle 40-25 in Game 6. The Kings were up 3-2 in the series, but the Lakers came back and won Games 6 and 7, and then went on to sweep the Nets in the Finals. If the league was so hell bent on making sure they sucked as much money as possible out of every series, it makes no sense as to why the Lakers were able to sweep the Nets, but it also might be interesting to go back and look at the details of that series just for fun.

As for the Kngs series, here's what then coach Rick Adelman had to say after the game. "Our big guys get 20 fouls tonight and Shaq gets four? You tell me how the game went," Adelman said. "It's just the way it is. Obviously, they got the game called the way they wanted to get it called."

Even if these allegations are false, the damage is likely already done. I know when I was reading the new stuff I couldn't help but think back to the free throw discrepancy in Game 2 of this year's Finals. When the Celtics outshot the Lakers 38-10 at the line with Leon Powe shooting three more than the entire Lakers team. I'm not suggesting this year's Finals are fixed in any way. But if Donaghy's cliams are true, the thought has to at least cross your mind.

On the flip side, if Donaghy was going to pick a game to falsely claim was fixed in order to take some of the spotlight off of what he did, he picked the right one. Stern has already dismissed Donaghy's latest claims because they come from a cheater, but you also shouldn't be surprised if this isn't just the tip of the iceberg.

"My reaction to Donaghy's lawyer is that clearly as the date of sentencing gets closer and the things he's thrown against the wall haven't stuck, he's rehashing a variety of things that have been given to the FBI, have been investigated, and are baseless," Stern told reporters.

"He's a singing, cooperating witness trying to get as light a sentence as he can."

Other highlights (or lowlights, if you will) from the new information include:

Officials were instructed at times not to call technical fouls or to eject superstars, because ticket sales and television revenue suffer when that happens. There's even an incident recounted that states an official was reprimanded in 2000 for ejecting a star in the first quarter of a game.

League officials would tell referees to focus their foul calls on certain players if they wanted a game's outcome to be influenced. "Referees then would call fouls on certain players, frequently resulting in victory for the opposing team," the defense attorneys letter stated.

There is an amazing column on FoxSports.com that you should check out if you want more details. Stories about Mark Cuban's request for more policing of illegal screens by an opponent, and Jeff Van Gundy's record fine because he said an official actually told him of the plan ahead of time. Some of this stuff makes it seem that Donaghy's story possibly contains more truth than lies.

I sincerely hope the new information is not true. But even if it isn't, there is going to be some damage done by the latest headlines. And while Stern survived the first round of blows last summer, he may not make it out of this one in one piece. And for you conspiracy theorists out there...This has to feel pretty darn good.