The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
Language: English
Published by Little, Brown, 2002
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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- Title
- The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
- Author
- Feinstein, John
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0316279722
- ISBN 13
- 9780316279727
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 612 grams
- Dimensions
- 16.51 centimeters width by 24.45 centimeters height by 3.18 centimeters depth
The punch dislodged Tomjanovich's skull, and he was never the same player after. Now he's head coach for the Rockets and coached the U.S. Olympic team to a gold medal in 2000. In the years since the fight, every team in the NBA has turned Washington away.
With his unique insight, style, and bone-deep knowledge of basketball, John Feinstein finally reveals the truth of that night and all the years after. Through this one cataclysmic event he casts a light on the NBA's darkest secrets, exploring race, conspiracy, violence, and how one mistake has haunted two good men for 25 years.
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