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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 11/04/2003
ISBN: 9780316735636
Pages: 366
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.56w x 1.02d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 76716 / Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
Reading Level: 6.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 20