As Chauncy Billups was missing a shot in the final minute and four seconds of game six with the Pistons up by two points, Flip Murray was positioning himself perfectly for the rebound. Then the haunting happened, Tayshaun Prince breezed in from NOWHERE, and with his hand on Flip's back, gently but convincingly nudged Flip's back for what seemed like an eternity, (it was actually only half a second) until Flip had been moved completely under the basket.

Tayshaun was now positioned where Flip had been just a moment earlier, also known as the best spot on the floor to get the most important rebound of the game. Tayshaun then easily tipped the ball back to one of his teammates.

If Flip had held his ground he would have been in the absolutely perfect position not only for a rebound but for an over the back foul on Tayshaun if Tayshaun decides to challenge Flip for the ball.

The Cavs were down by two at the time with just over a minute left to play in game six. This critical moment in the final minute was a very frustrating to watch because Tayshaun probably fouled Flip but because Flip let Tayshaun push him without resisting Tayshaun got away with it.

That one play was the most important play in the final minute of the sixth game of the playoffs.

On the brighter side, at the end of the 3rd quarter, Flip made a great "length of the floor" dribble and scored on a layup just before the buzzer sounded, a very critical play that kept the Cavs down by only 2 instead of four.

We would not have gotten this far this season if we had never acquired Flip from Seattle, so my frustration with this one play is only about this one play, and that so far nobody else has commented about this play.

I think without Flip, Lebron would have been on edge the rest of the season and had a very bad taste in his mouth about staying in Cleveland. The Flip acquisition was the single greates mid season move we have ever made because it made our team better and in the process kept Lebron happy.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 27, 2006 11:38 PM: Message edited by: Alex ]</font>