not Detroit – the Hawks had won 57 games and had the best scoring margin in the conference," Hollinger wrote. "But third-seeded Detroit surprised them in five games, winning two of them by a single point, and should have defeated top-seeded Boston in the conference finals, too."

Surprisingly, the 1988 Pistons didn't make the list even though that team could have – and probably should have – beaten the Lakers in the Finals.

The Pistons were leading the series 3-2 and Game 6 by a 102-101 score in the final seconds when Laimbeer committed what many still call the "phantom foul" on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, whose two free throws gave the Lakers a 103-102 victory.

Game 6 was when Thomas played perhaps the most memorable game of his career, scoring 43 pointsthe personal interview with Cantwell, became a passenger in the van transporting Cantwell and others from one place to another. She was accompanied by a top camera man. His shots of her and the scenes taken during the protest professional.

The Cantwell interview is available free on You Tube. Twenty two minutes. I recommend it to you.

I am going to share portions of the interview and comment on certain video shots of the protest with you as my blog for today. What happened in Charlottesville and in the few days since are important to all Americans. As are the rantings of President Trump yesterday.

The video started with a shot of white supremacists walking down the street carrying large torches. A long shot. Hundreds parading. Intimidating.

Loudly chanting in unison as