God I loved the saltiness from Kings fans back then. I was at university at the time watching that game on a small ass TV with a dormmate. When that shit ended, I went all over the other dorms to all the Nor-Cal fans who just discovered basketball and was talking trash to me for 2 weeks. We tore their Sacramento banners down from their windows, too. So glorious. I didn't even care I got a citation for being too loud on Finals week.
Had a friend who was a true blooded kings fan. He talked big while I was quiet. I bought him a 2002 Lakers championship hat and gave it to him a week later for his birthday.
edit: Yao was one of my faves of the past decade, but he's not high on my wish they won list because well, he never got close. Not his fault and he had all the heart/desire. Just hard for me to do it when he played so little.