Scot Pollard and the Kings battled with Robert Horry's Los Angeles Lakers in what became arguably the most controversial series in NBA Playoff history. Pollard, along with many of his teammates and others around Sacramento, came to the belief that the 2002 Western Conference Finals were refereed unfairly against the Kings. After the Kings took a three-games-to-two lead in the series, the Lakers came back and won the last two games to advance to the NBA Finals.