The punch written by John Feinstein is not just a story but a true, interesting
and fascinating story. I chose to write a report about this book because it was a story
that change not just only the game (basketball) but also a story that change lives and
also because the incident tend to happen in the sports that I also play.
The incident happened on December 9 1977 a date I think that after reading this book
won't be forgotten and will always be remembered by a lot of basketball players and
fans around the world. It was a rivalry game between the Los Angeles Lakers against
the Houston Rocket and it was between Kermit Washington a Los Angeles player who
punched Rudy Tomjanovich who was a Houston Rockets' player …show more content…
Kermit
Washington is a power forward and he was a really important player for the Lakers
because of what he could do to protect the paint, block shots, get rebounds, was
really good around the basket, play good defense, set hard screens and most
importantly protect the teams key scorer. It was a tied game at half time and the
Houston rocket has gone up at the beginning of third quarter and the Los Angeles
Lakers just missed a shot that was rebounded by the Rockets and Rudy began
sprinting knowing that they had the chance to beat the Los Angeles defense. While he
was running waiting for the ball to be thrown to him, he heard the sound of the whistle
behind the play, he turned and saw his teammate fighting with a then young superstar
Kareem Abdul Jabbar who was a laker player throwing punch at his teammate. …show more content…
Tomjanovich will be transported immediately to
the hospital the doctor who operated on Rudy Tomjanovich's is a specialist in head
and neck trauma, also compare the injury suffered by Tomjanovich to someone thrown
through the windshield of a car traveling almost fifty miles per hour. Kareem Abdul
Jabbar who was Washington's teammate compared the punch to a melon loading on
concrete and he also said that the incident happened twenty four years ago but he
could hear the sound of the punch.
This was an incident that will change both Kermit Washington and
Rudy Tomjanovich lives and even NBA, both of players never had the chance to come
back to their normal selves, Rudy Tomjanovich who doctors said was even lucky to
have survive the kind of punch that cracked his skull, couldn't come back and did not
play that season while Kermit Washington was suspended without pay for more than
sixty days and even when he was back his career was never the same again
and fascinating story. I chose to write a report about this book because it was a story
that change not just only the game (basketball) but also a story that change lives and
also because the incident tend to happen in the sports that I also play.
The incident happened on December 9 1977 a date I think that after reading this book
won't be forgotten and will always be remembered by a lot of basketball players and
fans around the world. It was a rivalry game between the Los Angeles Lakers against
the Houston Rocket and it was between Kermit Washington a Los Angeles player who
punched Rudy Tomjanovich who was a Houston Rockets' player …show more content…
Kermit
Washington is a power forward and he was a really important player for the Lakers
because of what he could do to protect the paint, block shots, get rebounds, was
really good around the basket, play good defense, set hard screens and most
importantly protect the teams key scorer. It was a tied game at half time and the
Houston rocket has gone up at the beginning of third quarter and the Los Angeles
Lakers just missed a shot that was rebounded by the Rockets and Rudy began
sprinting knowing that they had the chance to beat the Los Angeles defense. While he
was running waiting for the ball to be thrown to him, he heard the sound of the whistle
behind the play, he turned and saw his teammate fighting with a then young superstar
Kareem Abdul Jabbar who was a laker player throwing punch at his teammate. …show more content…
Tomjanovich will be transported immediately to
the hospital the doctor who operated on Rudy Tomjanovich's is a specialist in head
and neck trauma, also compare the injury suffered by Tomjanovich to someone thrown
through the windshield of a car traveling almost fifty miles per hour. Kareem Abdul
Jabbar who was Washington's teammate compared the punch to a melon loading on
concrete and he also said that the incident happened twenty four years ago but he
could hear the sound of the punch.
This was an incident that will change both Kermit Washington and
Rudy Tomjanovich lives and even NBA, both of players never had the chance to come
back to their normal selves, Rudy Tomjanovich who doctors said was even lucky to
have survive the kind of punch that cracked his skull, couldn't come back and did not
play that season while Kermit Washington was suspended without pay for more than
sixty days and even when he was back his career was never the same again