The Punch

The Fight that Changed Basketball Forever

By: John Feinstein

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Paperback | 4 November 2003 | Edition Number 1

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400 Pages

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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 after-math 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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'...required reading for anyone who loves sports or sports history.' NY Daily News 'A scrupulously fair-minded and thoroughly researched account.' - Houston Chronicle 'A chilling book... Every NBA player, if not every pro athlete, should be required to read THE PUNCH.' - New York Times 'Compelling...Feinstein is a reporter at heart and this, his thirteenth book, is a fine display of his curiosity and tenacity.' - San Diego Union-Tribune

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