The USSR Vs. US Basketball scandal
By Matthew Hunter and Tyler Proctor
The last seconds
- At the end of the game, Doug Collins was fouled hard by a soviet player
- Doug Collins went up to shoot the free throws
- The sank the first one
- When he went to shoot the second one the score table buzzer interrupted but he made the shot any way and according to rules that shot counted
- The soviet assistant coach then ran to the scores table illegally
- Even thought it was against the rules
- In the end the soviets scored two points and ended up winning the game
- Even though a technical should have been called it was not and the Soviets won gold.