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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (Lew Alcindor), 49, 61, 154, 158, 181
Abrahamian, Ara, 191
Afif, Luttif “Issa,” 7, 20, 24, 25, 26–27
African Americans, 58
Aicher, Otl, 14
Alcindor, Lew. See Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
Allen, Forrest “Phog,” 121–22
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), 49, 57, 60, 64
Amdur, Neil, 14, 15, 30, 45, 111
American Basketball Association (ABA), 49, 59–60, 159
American Hoops (Cunningham), 50–51
Anderson Daily Bulletin, 116
Andreyev, Vladimir, 50
Andrianov, Konstantin, 39
Animal Farm (Orwell), 143
Anne-Marie (queen of Greece), 80
Antetokounmpo, Giannis, 128
Anthony, Carmelo, 178
Arabadjian, Artenik, 96, 97; background of, 128; Belov allowed free throws by, 130–31; CIA information on, 132; Edeshko allowed to enter game by, 98, 131; fouls called by, 129–30, 133; hand gestures by, 101, 131–32
Arafat, Yasser, 18
Argento, Phil, 52
Australia, 70
Avilov, Mykola, 74
Babb-Sprague, Kristen, 193
Bach, Johnny, 44, 46, 72, 86, 155; biographical information, 59; character of, 59, 166; as NBA assistant coach, 166; on Pearl Harbor camp, 65; at team reunion, 176–77; and title game final seconds, 98, 99, 100, 123
Back from the Dead (Walton), 61
Baglajewski, Adam, 111
Bain, Jim, 132
Baker, Vin, 191
Bannister, Roger, 68
Bantom, Mike, 32, 177; on Iba’s style of play, 67; later career of, 163; at Pearl Harbor camp, 64, 66; reaction to title game outcome, 112, 165; on silver medal nonacceptance, 197; in title game, 84, 88, 89, 91, 129–30
Baram, Bela, 40
Barret, Michael, 43
basketball: in Europe, 60, 127–28; international growth of, 127; invention of, 38; at Olympic Games, 38–52, 120, 152–53, 177–79, 184; in Soviet Union, 40, 46, 127–28. See also USA basketball team; USA-USSR title game; USSR basketball team
basketball rules: Americans unfamiliar with international, 68, 71. See also FIBA rules
Bass, Bob, 60
Baumert, Horst, 125
Beard, Butch, 66
Behagen, Ron, 4
Bellamy, Walt, 42–43
Belov, Alexander: background and experience of, 46–47; Kondrashin regard for, 167–68; later career of, 144; in title game, 81–82, 84, 85, 89–91, 98, 105; winning basket scored by, 102, 115
Belov, Sergei, 61, 105, 141, 144–45; background and experience of, 47; later career of, 144, 168; as Red Army member, 134–35; in title game, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91; in title game final seconds, 96, 102, 130, 133
Berlin, 48; 1936 Olympics in, 11–13, 33, 38
Bestgen, Willy, 126
Bierbauer, Charles, 32
Bigot, Edmond, 114
The Big Red Machine (Brokhin), 39
Bird, Larry, 184
Blackman, Rolando, 162
Black September, 18, 20, 24, 26, 32, 37–38
The Blood of Israel (Groussard), 33–34
Bloomberg.com, 143
Blubaugh, Doug, 186
Bobick, Duane, 31
Bogut, Andrew, 178
Bowerman, Bill, 16
Bradley, Bill, 49
Brainerd Daily Dispatch, 116
Brewer, Jim, 64, 71, 99, 177; in college basketball, 157–58; at Colorado Springs trials, 53, 62; NBA career of, 149, 158; reaction to title game outcome, 163; on silver medal nonacceptance, 197; in title game, 81–82, 85–86, 88
Brezhnev, Leonid, 117
Brundage, Avery, 40, 97, 140; biographical information, 33; on Jones, 121–22; and terrorist attack, 24, 27, 35–36, 38
Buck, Clifford, 16, 97, 145, 146
Buckner, Bill, xiv
Burleson, Tommy, 64, 155; on bad coaching decisions, 100, 142; later career of, 154–55; as NBA player, 154; at North Carolina State, 1–2, 3, 143, 151; Olympic team made by, 3–4, 5; and silver medal controversy, 189; and terrorist events, 5–7, 29–30, 38; youth of, 2–3
Calipari, John, 81
Carlos, John, 14
Carter, Jimmy, 183
Cartwright, Mark, 183
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 132
Chamberlain, Neville, 6
Chamberlain, Wilt, 2
Chapin, Dwight, 18, 23, 109–10
Chappe, Pedro, 70
Chicago Bulls, 95, 156–57, 166
Chicago Tribune, 69
Chones, Jim, 60
Chopard, Andre, 145
Clarkson, Rich, 110
Coccia, Claudio, 111
Colangelo, Jerry, 44–45, 133, 164, 196
Cold War, 40, 43, 46, 73, 144, 145; and Jury of Appeal decision, 112–13
Collett, Wayne, 74
Collins, Doug, 69, 71, 79, 141; on Bach, 166; and Colorado Springs trials, 93–94; as NBA coach, 95, 156–57; NBA playing career of, 149, 156; on Pearl Harbor camp, 64–65; reaction to title game outcome, 106, 164; at team reunion, 176; on terrorist events, 21, 36; in title game, 83, 85, 88, 89; in title game final seconds, 90–92, 94–96
Colorado Springs trials, 4, 47, 59, 76–77, 93–94; regimen at, 52–53, 62–64
Constantine II (king of Greece), 80
Coubertin, Pierre de, 9–11, 33, 119, 120
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), 195, 196
Cronin, Don, 116
Dachau, 68
Dantley, Adrian, 152
Daume, Willi, 27
Davis, Bob (Georgetown College coach), 65, 173
Davis, Bob (World University Games coach), 44
Davis, Kenny, 51, 64, 72; childhood and youth of, 172–73; at Georgetown College, 21, 44, 173; on Jones’s motives, 133; later career of, 149, 163, 175; on McMillen, 183; and medal nonacceptance, 138, 139, 189, 197; as Olympic team captain, 174; at Pearl Harbor camp, 64, 65; reaction to title game outcome, 109, 112, 141, 163, 174–75, 199; and team reunion, 175–76, 177; and terrorist events, 21, 30, 36; during title game, 79, 85, 98
Davis, Walter, 191
Deford, Frank, xv
DeMont, Rick, 74
Denkinger, Don, 107
Donoher, Don, 167
Dr. h.c. R. William Jones (Ströher and Krebs), 120, 122, 125, 140
Driesell, Lefty, 139, 182, 196
Durant, Kevin, 178
Dvorni, Ivan, 150
Edeshko, Ivan, 46, 88; in later life, 168; as Red Army member, 134–35; in title game final seconds, 98, 100, 101–2, 114, 115, 131; on U.S. team’s attitude, 142, 145
Egypt, 71
Eremina, Nina, 105
Esposito, Sam, 3
European basketball, 60, 127–28
Ewing, Patrick, 166
Farrell, Victor, 122
Federer, Roger, 78
Feinstein, John, 52
FIBA (International Basketball Federation), 120, 122, 123–24
FIBA rules, 48–49, 178–79; on coaches and players entering court, 114; on forfeiting games, 99–100; on foul shots, 83, 179; on hand trespassing, 131–32; on putting time back on clock, 97; on shot clock, 86, 179; on timeouts, 95, 179
field hockey, 108
Fikotová, Olga, 17
Fischer, Hal, 61
Fitch, Bill, 158
Forbes, Jim, 15, 51, 66, 112; later career of, 158; on medal nonacceptance, 197–98; on terrorist events, 23; in title game, 87, 88–89, 90; on title game atmosphere, 79; in title game final seconds, 102, 103–4, 129
Foreman, George, 78
Frank, Rene, 108
Fréchette, Sylvie, 193
Friedmann, Zeev, 34
Funk, Walther, 12
Fuqua, Richard, 61
Gasol, Marc, 128
Genscher, Hans-Dietrich, 24, 25
Georgetown College, 21, 44, 173, 175, 189
Gibson, Kirk, 185
Gifford, Frank, 82–83, 89, 95, 98, 106
Glouchkov, Georgi, 45
Goebbels, Joseph, 13
Going Vertical, 168
gold medals: design of, 187; duplicate, 108, 185, 195–96, 197, 198; lost, 192–93; meaning to athletes of, 186–87; selling of, 191
Green, Draymond, 178
Grieshofer, Werner, 17
Groza, Alex, 186
Guibot, Alejandro Urgelles, 45
Gutfreund, Yossef, 18–19, 34–35
Gwynne, Whitey, 85
Halfin, Elizer, 34
Hall, Joe B., 52
Hamm, Paul, 195
Harlem Globetrotters, 107
Haskins, Don, 104, 155; biographical information, 57–58, 167; coaching style of, 58–59; on title game final seconds, 95, 100; as University of Texas at El Paso coach, 58, 103, 166–67
Havlicek, John, 162
Hayes, Elvin, 49
Haywood, Spencer, 50
Henderson, Tom, 64, 77, 143, 150; biographical information, 75–76; at Colorado Springs trials, 58, 76–77; criticisms of Iba by, 67, 141; on failure to scout Soviet team, 78, 141–42; in later life, 160–61; and medal nonacceptance, 138, 189, 198; as NBA player, 160; reaction to title game outcome, 111–12; during title game, 81, 82, 84, 87, 98
Herron, Jack, Jr., 63
Hungary, 40–41
Iba, Hank, 48, 68–69, 104; biographical background, 55–56; coaching of title game by, 84, 89, 92, 100, 141, 142; at Colorado Springs trials, 52, 53, 62, 63, 76, 77, 94, 183; comments on Soviet team, 73, 77; criticisms of U.S. team by, 71, 72; as disciplinarian, 67, 94; generation gap with, 67; in later life, 165–66; at Pearl Harbor camp, 65, 66; on players’ attitude, 62–63; strenuous practices of, 49, 72; during title game final seconds, 84, 92, 96, 97, 98, 99; title game outcome protested by, 108, 109, 110, 125, 142–43; traditional style of play of, 66–67, 84, 91, 141
International Olympic Committee (IOC), 74, 108, 120, 185, 194; and Munich terrorism, 31–32; scandals in, 194–95; and Soviet Union, 39, 135; and title game controversy, 145–47, 188
Isaksson, Kjell, 74
Israeli athletes, 5–7, 18–28; attempted rescue of, 24–25; kidnapping of, 20; killing of, 19–20, 27–28; memorial service for, 33–35
Jackson, Luke, 49
James, LeBron, 182
Japan, 72
Jastrow, Terry, 22
Johansson, Ingemar, 192
Johnson, Lyndon, 181
Johnson, Rafer, 144
Johnstone, Hilda Lorn, 17
Jones, Bobby, 15, 63, 143, 150; commitment to Christianity of, 159–60; on IOC, 195; and medal nonacceptance, 139, 188, 198; NBA career of, 158–59; and Pearl Harbor camp, 64, 66; reaction to title game outcome, 113, 137, 141; on Soviet team before game, 105; on sports as big business, 35; on terrorist events, 20, 32; during title game, 81, 82, 98–99, 100, 142
Jones, Dwight, 51, 69–70; later life of, 163; on medal nonacceptance, 198; Olympic team made by, 63–64; and team reunion, 176, 177; in title game, 81, 82, 85; title game ejection of, 85, 177
Jones, Keesha, 177
Jones, Roy, 108
Jones, R. William, 116, 140; biographical background, 119–20; justifications by, 123–24, 125; in Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, 122; possible motivations of, 127, 133; power and authority of, 96, 120, 126; and protests and appeals, 111, 133; qualities of, 122–23; and Soviet Union, 121–22, 126–27; three seconds on clock demanded by, 96, 99, 108, 113, 114, 115, 123–24, 125; in World War II, 120
Jordan, Michael, 95, 156, 166, 184
Joyce, Kevin, 15, 64, 72; later career of, 163; and medal nonacceptance, 138–39, 198; reaction to title game outcome, 106, 109; on terrorist events, 20, 23; in title game, 79, 83, 85–86, 87–88, 92; in title game final seconds, 102, 129, 130
judges, Olympic, 73–74
Julian, Alvin “Doggie,” 59
Kahat, Schur, 35
Kansas City Star, 55
Keiser, Andreas, 111
Khrushchev, Nikita, 147
Kissinger, Henry, 117
Klieger, Noah, 42
Knight, Bob, 152–53; at Colorado Springs camp, 4, 52, 63; and Iba, 165, 166; on significance of medals, 186–87
Knight, Pat, 165
Kondrashin, Vladimir, 81, 105, 151–52, 165; and A. Belov, 167–68; coaching background of, 47; and title game final seconds, 95–96, 100, 101, 125; on title game outcome, 116, 133
Kurtinaitis, Rimas, 153
Kovalenko, Sergei, 50
Krebs, Hans-Dieter, 120, 122, 125, 140
Krumminch, Ivan, 48
Krumminch, Vladimir, 42, 48, 49
Kukoc, Toni, 128
Lalkin, Shmuel, 34–35
Lamar, Dwight “Bo,” 61
Large, David Clay, 108
Liu Zhihua, 195
Lombardi, Vince, 59
Long Beach State, 162
Loose Balls (Pluto), 62
Lopez, Rafael, 111
Los Angeles Times, 30, 109–10, 195
Louganis, Greg, 191
Louis, Spyridon, 11
Lowe, Chaunté, 193–94
Maciel, Pereira Ubiratan, 70–71
Majerus, Rick, 167
Maraniss, David, 42
Maravich, Pete, 50
Marcks, Gerhard, 187
Martin, Miklos, 41
Mathewson, Christy, 141
Matthews, Vince, 74
May, Don, 50
McMillen, Tom, 60, 80, 81; as congressman, 163, 184; and medal nonacceptance, 138, 139–40, 184–85; NBA career of, 184; as Olympic team replacement, 66, 183; on terrorist events, 21, 32, 36, 37, 72; in title game, 87, 89, 90; and title game final seconds, 94–95, 98, 101–2, 131; on title game outcome, 106, 109, 133, 141, 163; at University of Maryland, 182–83; youth of, 181
medals: athletes’ loss of, 191–92; auctioning of, 191; ceremony for, 140; design of, 187; duplicate gold, 108, 185, 195–96, 197, 198; future design and production of, 192; history of controversies over, 190–91, 192–94; meaning to athletes of, 186–87; U.S. team refusal to accept, 138–40, 146, 169, 176, 186–90, 197–98
Medved, Alexander, 74
Meiser, Manfred, 125
Meyer, Klaus, 125
Mikan, George, 56
Miller, Jay, 43
Miller, Larry, 50
Miracle on Ice (Lake Placid, 1980), xiii, 144, 185
Misiak, Larry, 161
Mitchell, Martha, 183
Mols, Herb, 113, 114, 124, 125, 131
Munich 1972 (Large), 24, 33, 108
Munich Olympics: basketball stadium at, 80; early competition at, 17; field-hockey championship at, 108; judging at, 73–74; lax security at, 14–16; news coverage of, 22–23; and Olympic Village, 15–16; opening ceremony at, 16–17; television broadcast rights for, 78–79; terrorism at, 5–7, 18–28. See also USA basketball team; USA-USSR title game; USSR basketball team
Murray, Jim, 30
Nadal, Rafael, 78
Naismith, James, 38
Nardi, Aldo, 119
Nater, Swen, 151; on Pearl Harbor camp, 64, 65; quitting of U.S. team by, 4, 21, 66, 183
National Basketball Association (NBA): Bach in, 166; B. Jones in, 158–59; Brewer in, 149, 158; Burleson in, 154; college players opting to join, 49, 60; Collins in, 95, 149, 156–57; Henderson in, 160; international expansion of, 127–28, 179; McMillen in, 184; Ratleff in, 162
Nazzal, Yusuf “Tony,” 25
NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association): and AAU, 57, 60, 64; national championships of, 4, 56, 58, 143, 151, 152, 154, 162; rules of, 49, 162
New York Times, 30–31, 68, 135
Nicklaus, Jack, xv
9/11 events, 37–38
Nordwig, Wolfgang, 74
Norman, Greg, xiv
North Carolina State, 1–2, 3, 7, 143, 151, 154, 155
Nowitzki, Dirk, 128
Olympic Charter, 134
Olympic Games: in Ancient Greece, 9; eligibility code for, 134; history of basketball in, 38–52; judging in, 73–74; modern revival of, 9–11; USSR joining of, 38–39, 120–21
Olympic Games (1896, Athens), 11
Olympic Games (1932, Los Angeles), 120
Olympic Games (1936, Berlin), 11–13, 33, 38
Olympic Games (1948, London), 13–14
Olympic Games (1952, Helsinki), 39, 120–21, 122, 192
Olympic Games (1956, Melbourne), 40–41
Olympic Games (1960, Rome), 42–43, 48
Olympic Games (1964, Tokyo), 48–49
Olympic Games (1968, Mexico City), 14, 192–93; basketball at, 43, 49–51
Olympic Games (1972, Munich). See Munich Olympics
Olympic Games (1976, Montreal), 152, 195
Olympic Games (1980 winter, Lake Placid), xiii, 144, 185
Olympic Games (1980 summer, Moscow), 152
Olympic Games (1984, Los Angeles), 152
Olympic Games (1988, Seoul), 108, 152–53
Olympic Games (1992, Barcelona), 184, 190–91, 193
Olympic Games (2002 winter, Salt Lake City), 108, 185
Olympic Games (2004, Athens), 196
Olympic Games (2008, Beijing), 191
Olympic Games (2012, London), 126
Olympic Games (2016, Rio), 177–79, 192–93
Olympic Memoirs (Coubertin), 10–11
Olympic Park, 15
Olympic Village, 15–16
Olympische Basketballhalle, 80
Operation Sunshine, 24–25
Orr, Bobby, 185
Orwell, George, 143
Over Time (Deford), xv
Pakistan, 108
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 18
Palestinian terrorists, 5–7, 18–28; killing of Israeli athletes by, 19–20, 27; negotiations with, 24, 25–26; objectives of, 18
Pan American Games (1971), 45–46, 70, 173–74
Park Si-hun, 108
Patterson, Floyd, 192
Paulauskas, Modestas, 87–88, 129
Pavlov, Sergei, 80
Pearl Harbor training camp, 5, 47, 64–66
Pelletier, David, 108
Petrovic, Drazen, 127
Pixlee, Jim, 55
Playboy, 181
Poe, Ted, 168–69
Popovich, Gregg, 62–63
Pound, Dick, 193
Power Games (Stuttard), 9
Prefontaine, Steve, 21
Primo, Giancarlo, 72–73
Prokhorov, Mikhail, 106, 127, 144
Prokopov, Valentine, 41
Puerto Rico, 152
Ratleff, Ed, 52, 64, 70; childhood and youth of, 161; collegiate career of, 162–63; later career of, 163; on lax security, 15; and medal nonacceptance, 138, 139; NBA career of, 162; reaction to title game outcome, 110; at team reunion, 176; and terrorist events, 30, 34, 72; in title game, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 89, 92, 129
Raveling, George, 182, 183, 187
Reed, Billy, 175
referees: assault on, 122; bad calls by, 107; importance of, 147–48; during title game final seconds, 97–100, 114, 125. See also Arabadjian, Artenik; Righetto, Renato
Reinsdorf, Jerry, 156–57
reunion, U.S. basketball team, 175–77
Revenge Tour, 149–51
Rhodesia, 35–36
Rickey, Branch, 56
Ridlon, Florence, 194
Riefenstahl, Leni, 13
Righetto, Renato, 96, 97, 103, 113, 114; final seconds officiating criticized by, 128–29, 145–46
Robertson, Oscar, 42
Robinson, Al, 192–93
Robinson, David, 152
Rogan, Gil, 108–9
Rogge, Jacques, 185
Roldan, Antonio, 192–93
Romano, Yosseff, 19–20, 25, 35
Romanov, Aleksei, 39
Rome 1960 (Maraniss), 42
Rossini, Lou, 48
Ruffin, Jimmy, 79
rules, sports, 147–48. See also FIBA rules
Russell, Bill, 154; as TV announcer, 77, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87
Sabonis, Arvidas, 153
Sakandelidze, Zurab, 81, 82, 87, 88, 92, 105, 129
Salé, Jamie, 108
Samadov, Ibragim, 190–91
Sanders, Ed, 192
Schenkel, Chris, 22
Seagren, Bob, 74
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 73–74
Shapira, Arnitzur, 35
Sharmukhamedov, Alshan, 81, 83, 96, 130, 143–44
Shin A Lam, 126
Shirer, William, 13
Shorter, Frank, 21–22
shot clock, 49, 67, 86, 89, 179
Sieber, Georg, 27–28
Silver, Adam, 126
silver medals: design of, 187; at medal ceremony, 140; U.S. team refusal to accept, 138–39, 146, 169, 176, 186–90, 197–98
Singer, Norman A., 125
Slavin, Mark, 35
Smith, Dean, 56–57, 63, 151, 181
Smith, Gary, 188
Smith, Red, 30–31
Smith, Sam, 157
Smith, Steve, 74
Smith, Tommie, 14
Soares, Togo, 71
Sokolovsky, Tuvia, 18–19
Southern, Eddie, 42
Soviet Union: basketball in, 40, 46, 127–28; impact of title game victory in, 128, 144; Olympic movement joined by, 38–39, 120–21. See also USSR basketball team
Spain, 71
Spitzer, Andre, 35
sports: as big business, 35; dramatic losses in, xiv; importance of rules for, 147–48; Munich title game in history of American, 185–86. See also Olympic Games
Sports Illustrated, xv, 4, 16, 162, 188; covers of, 2, 182; on games against Soviet teams, 48, 149, 151–52; on U.S. basketball team, 49–50, 51
Springer, Jacob, 35
Starck, Philippe, 192
Statement of the Table Officials, 125
Sterling, Donald, 126
Stevenson, Teófilo, 31
Ströher, Manfred, 114, 120, 123, 125, 140
Stuttard, David, 9
Summers, M. K. “Bill,” 51, 110–11, 174
Taylor, Chris, 74
Taylor, Corky, 4
television broadcasting, 78–79
Tenschert, Hans, 113, 126, 129
terrorism in Munich, 18–28; news coverage of, 22–23; 9/11 parallels with, 37–38; reactions to, 5–7, 29–37. See also Israeli athletes; Palestinian terrorists
Thompson, John, 152–53
three-point line, 60, 153, 178–79
Tizzano, Davide, 192
track and field, 41–42
Truman, Harry, 37
Tsobari, Gad, 19
Tulsa World, 56
Tuohy, Brian, 132
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, 128
United States Olympic Committee (USOC), 178, 188; and protest over title game, 135, 145–47
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 4, 60–61, 143, 151, 162
University of Maryland, 80, 139, 182–83
University of Texas at El Paso, 58, 103, 66–67
USA basketball team: at 1936 Olympics, 38; at 1952 Olympics, 39; at 1960 Olympics, 42–43; at 1964 Olympics, 48–49; at 1968 Olympics, 43, 49–51; at 1976 Olympics, 152; at 1988 Olympics, 152–53; at 1992 Olympics, 184; at 2016 Olympics, 177–79; age level of, 73, 81; vs. Australia, 70; vs. Brazil, 70–71; Colorado Springs trials for, 4, 47, 52–53, 59, 62–64, 76–77, 93–94; vs. Cuba, 45, 70; vs. Czechoslovakia, 69–70; development camp created for, 51–52; vs. Egypt, 71; in gold medal title game, 81–92, 93–102; vs. Italy, 72–73; vs. Japan, 72; in Pan American Games, 45–46, 70, 173–74; Pearl Harbor training camp for, 5, 47, 64–66; protest lodged by, 110–11; refusal to accept medals, 138–40, 146, 169, 176, 186–90, 197–98; reunion of, 175–77; vs. Spain, 71; at World University Games, 44
USA-USSR title game (1972), 81–92, 93–102; in American sports history, 185–86; apparent U.S. victory in, 98–99; Belov’s winning basket in, 102, 115; Collins’s drive and free throws in, 90–92, 94–96; crowd attending, 80; first half of, 81–85; fouls in final minutes of, 129–30, 133; halftime break at, 85; horn sounding in, 95, 97, 99, 102, 113, 114, 115, 124–25; impact in Soviet Union of, 128, 144; Jones’s demand for three seconds in, 96, 99, 108, 113, 114, 115, 123–24, 125; Jury of Appeal’s verdict on, 112–13, 137; lingering bitterness about, 163–65, 174–75, 185–86, 199; officiating in last seconds of, 114–15, 129–32, 133; prior to tipoff, 79–81; reaction to outcome of, 106, 109, 110, 111–12, 113, 137, 141; Soviet celebration of victory in, 105–6; starting lineups in, 81; Statement of the Table Officials on, 125; U.S. comeback in, 86–90; U.S. protests about, 110–11, 145–47; U.S. style of play in, 84, 86–87, 91, 141
USSR basketball team: at 1952 Olympics, 39; at 1960 Olympics, 42–43; at 1964 Olympics, 48, 49; at 1968 Olympics, 50–51; at 1988 Olympics, 153; age level of, 73, 81; as celebrities, 143–44; failure to scout, 78, 141–42; in gold medal title game, 80–92, 93–102; Iba on, 73, 77; Red Army members on, 134–35; talent level of, 46–47; U.S. tours by, 51–52, 149–52; at World University Games, 44
Vaccaro, Mike, 176
Volnov, Gennadi, 73
Wall, Bill, 57
Wallace, David Foster, 40
Wallace, Jim, 116–17
Wall Street Journal, 191–92
Walton, Bill, 4, 151; on losses, 143; and U.S. Olympic team, 57, 60–61
Ware, Ben, 3
Washington, Kermit, 52–53
Watson, Tom, xv
Weinberg, Moshe, 18, 19, 20, 31, 35
Wheeler, Bob, 194
White, Ryan, 191
White, Shaun, 191–92
White, Willye, 36–37
White-Ginder, Jeanne, 191
Wilson, Floyd, 43
Witte, Luke, 4–5
World University Games (1970), 44, 173
Yang Tae Young, 195
Young, Tom, 52–53
Zador, Ervin, 41
Zahn, Gunther, 17
Zweifel, Françoise, 190