num_pages: 366
description: In an incisive look at the dark side of the NBA, the author of The Last Amateurs describes a 1977 brawl between the Houston Rockets and L.A. Lakers and its repercussions, especially for two players--Rudy Tomjanovich and Kermit Washington--in terms of such issues as race, violence in sports, and conspiracy. 175,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
titlecomplete: The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
genres: Sociology, Sports, Audiobook, History, Biography, Basketball, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3409
publisher: Little, Brown