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The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
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by John Feinstein

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With a bone-deep knowledge of basketball, this sportswriter reveals the truth about the cataclysmic event in 1977 between the Houston Rockets and the L.A. Lakers that changed two lives, the NBA, and all of professional sports.

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With unerring insight into the deeper truths of professional sports, John Feinstein explores in riveting detail what happened one night in December 1977 when, as a fistfight broke out on the court between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers, Kermit Washington delivered a punch that nearly killed All-Star Rudy Tomjanovich. The punch -- now legendary in the annals of American sports -- radically changed the trajectory of both men's lives and reverberates throughout the National Basketball Association to this day. Feinstein's compelling investigation of this single cataclysmic incident and its aftermath casts a light on the NBA's darkest secrets, revealing the true price men pay when they choose a career in sports.

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He had always worried about the scoreboards.

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  • Title The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
  • Author John Feinstein
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 366
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Back Bay Books, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2003-11-04
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780316735636 / 0316735639
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.26 x 5.56 x 1.02 in (20.98 x 14.12 x 2.59 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
  • Category Sports & Recreation
  • Library of Congress subjects Violence in sports - United States, Basketball - United States - History - 20th
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002016210
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.323

About the author

John Feinstein is the author of many widely acclaimed and bestselling books on sports, including One on One, Moment of Glory, Are You Kidding Me?, Living on the Black, Tales from Q School, Last Dance, Next Man Up, Let Me Tell You a Story (with Red Auerbach), Caddy for Life, Open, The Punch, The Last Amateurs, The Majors, A Good Walk Spoiled, A Civil War, A Season on the Brink, Play Ball, and Hard Courts. He is also the author of five sports mystery novels for young readers. He writes for the Washington Post, Washingtonpost.com, and Golf Digest, and is a regular commentator on The Golf Channel.
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