ntender than that moment in the 2005 Ashes series when Andrew Flintoff bent down and offered a consoling hand to Australia’s Brett Lee. However, the vote count won’t be known until the NBA hosts its inaugural awards show in New York on 26 June. Then suddenly he was one stroke down and once again re?establishing his claim for the title of the finest player never to have won a major. He scored again and the Fire — undefeated since his arrival — won again.