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Controversial ending to basketball gold medal game in 1972 between USA and USSR

In the most controversial game in international basketball history, the U.S. lost its first ever Olympic contest, ended a 63-game Olympic winning streak and a string of seven consecutive Olympic gold medals.

 


Solenoid DH

I won't give it 5 stars, because for sheer atrocity, the murder of those Israeli athletes was the worst Olympic moment of all time. But when it comes to blatant thievery, that basketball game was in a class all by itself. The refs kept replaying the ending of the game over again until the Russians were able to get ahead, and then declared the game over. If the Russians were truly proud of that win, then they were morally bankrupt. It's hard to believe that grown men would be so dishonorable as to cheat in a game like spoiled children. (I also remember the imposter who tried to keep Frank Shorter from winning his race - those Olympics were probably the worst ever).
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• Review posted on 08/25/2004
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