![]() ![]() After a two month suspension, Washington retook the court but had lost his touch. Although he nearly died, Tomjanovich recovered from his injuries. ![]() The punch, so brutal on impact, left most of the bones in Tomjanovich's face broken and spinal fluid leaking from cracked vertebrae. But instead, his face met the powerful fist of Kermit Washington. ![]() Dropping the ball, Tomjanovich approached the tussling men hoping to break up the fight and resume the game. The game began and as Tomjanovich trailed a play up the court, a small skirmish broke out between Washington and another Rocket player. As two players, Houston's Rudy Tomjanovich and LA's Kermit Washington were warming up, they were unaware their lives were about to be destroyed. It was a chilly December evening and the Los Angeles Coliseum was buzzing as the Lakers hosted the Houston Rockets. Tearing open the deepest wound in professional sports, Feinstein uncovers the secrets of the NBA before and after that fateful moment in December of 1977 when the face of professional hoops was changed forever. ![]()
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