tomjanovich, rudy

In 1977, a one-punch assault by NBA player Kermit Washington on Randy Tomjanovich changed the lives and careers of the two players and continues to affect the game itself.

Recounts the events surrounding a fistfight between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers in 1977 in which Rudy Tomjanovich was nearly killed by a blow from Kermit Washington and discusses how both men's lives, and the game of basketball, were affected by the fight.