1972 Olimpic Gold Medal Basketball Issues and What happened to the Medals

Here are the issues of the 1972 Olympic Basketball Game, won by the United States, 50-49, and what MAY of happened to the Medals.

• Category

  Sports

[FullyCharged97]

2bgnation

[dkshotwell]

Sorry that those Basketball Olympians got cheated out of their rightful gold medals, but Lake Placid was righteous payback.

[rkenshin678]

There was also the illegal intervention by Jones, and the Russian staff leaving their area, also a technical foul, it wasn't tainted at all, the Americans won, and only by cheating did the Russians have a shot playing our best 20 year-olds(minus the best collegiate player in the world). If you think this wasn't fixed/tainted/cheating, there is no cure for the type of stupid you are.

[rkenshin678]

No, the russian timeout was illegal at the end and it is a foul to attempt to call one.

[rkenshin678]

Get a clue about basketball, its a clear foul, and it should have been a technical, and than the referee backing off the guy defending the inbounds pass? Please.

[silverback1017]

At 1:40 the Soviet team throws the ball in the backcourt...how is that not a violation, was there no backcourt violation then?