A film released in Russia on December 28, 2017, has recently created a craze in China, and the true-story sports film "Kill Munich" once became a dark horse at the Russian box office, and was equally popular after its release in China on June 13 this year.
46 years later, the former Soviet Men's Basketball Team "killed" the basketball hegemony of the United States in the last 3 seconds of the 1972 Olympic Men's Basketball Final, and it is still full of blood and controversy.
Group photo of members of the former Soviet basketball team at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
Event highlights
On September 10, 1972, the Olympic men's basketball final was arranged at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, in order to take care of the viewing needs of the United States, the men's basketball final was scheduled at 11:45 p.m. local time, at that time, the world except for the former Soviet Union basketball team members and coaches, everyone else thought that the American men's basketball team would win easily.
Even on the eve of the final, the terrorist attacks on the Olympic village of Munich were once an opportunity for the Soviet authorities not to clash head-on with the United States, and the former Soviet Union had figured out a way to exit the ideological struggle.
They even prepared the telegram and the press conference, but the drama of the story happened to their team leader, the first to propose the use of terrorist attacks as an excuse for withdrawal was this team leader, and the last to regret it was also this team leader, he finally chose basketball, regardless of politics.
Coach (left) leader in the movie (right)
Event review
Really came to the final day, the U.S. men's basketball team from the warm-up began to put pressure on the former Soviet Union men's basketball team, warm-up began to dunk and constantly bombard the basket, with the pride of winning for 36 consecutive years, they want to start the performance of the game immediately.
But the proud American men's basketball team was poured a bucket of cold water by reality, the former Soviet Union team has been suppressing the American team since the first quarter, and at the end of the half, it was still leading 26-21, and the ghost knows what happened to the locker rooms of both teams at halftime, and when it came to the second half, the former Soviet Union team once had a double-digit score advantage.
The U.S. men's basketball team was forced to take its share, and they began to use the rules, increasing the physical confrontation and some of the "dirty actions" allowed within the rules, of course, these actions are absolutely not allowed in the later history of basketball development.
The story's first climactic point began with 6 minutes left in the 4th quarter, the U.S. men's basketball team began to slowly force the point difference to slowly approach, and the proud dream team began to see hope for a reversal.
Sure enough, in the final 10 seconds before the final game, the second climax point occurred, when the U.S. men's basketball team trailed by only 1 point at 48-49, the U.S. defense gave them a chance to change their lives, Kevin Joyce successfully judged the former Soviet union's passing route and successfully stole it, and then Doug Collins took the ball and immediately fought back and fought fouls. In the last 3 seconds, the former hit two free throws to overtake the score, and the people who supported the U.S. men's basketball team in the whole field have begun to celebrate, including the players and coaches of the U.S. team.
However, the charm of basketball is that don't be happy too soon, until the last moment when the timer is finished, the victory or defeat is unknown.
Controversy for three seconds
The last and most heart-wrenching climax occurred in these three seconds, and the former Soviet team actually had 3 chances to return to the watch.
In the first three seconds, the former Soviet team served from the bottom line, but the ball just left the wrist when the final whistle sounded, the timer malfunctioned at the critical moment, leaving them only 1 second, the leader ran to the technical station to protest, at the foreign home, they bravely took this step, so they had a second three seconds.
The second three seconds, or the former Soviet team serve and missed, this time, or the team leader complaint timer, the timer why is from 53 seconds to start the timer, obviously the game time is only 3 seconds, even if it is 53 seconds to jump to 50 seconds is also used 3 seconds, but this is not in line with the rules, the technical representative on duty in Munich originally wanted to veto the complaint of the former Soviet Union, but at this time, then THEFC secretary general William Jones extended 3 fingers, supported the former Soviet union team's appeal, so they had a third three seconds.
FIBA Secretary-General William Jones Infographic
In the last three seconds, Yeceshko threw an ultra-long-range serve from the backcourt, and Alexander Berov in the front court pressed two American players for Forbes and Joyce, and shot at the basket with two American players, the ball hit the basket, and the former Soviet Union defeated the American team 51-50.
Although the United States immediately filed a complaint at the time, it was ruthlessly dismissed by 2 votes in favor vs 3 against, and the classic dialogue came true, "Sooner or later, the American team will be defeated, and I think it is best to lose to us."
This controversial "three seconds" made Russian basketball go down in history, and a group of people with "faith" rewrote the history of basketball in three seconds.
Story follows
Alexander-Belov
1, the protagonist of the Munich massacre Alexander Belov died in the sixth year after the death, perhaps because this controversy for 3 seconds gave the protagonist the courage to continue to fight the disease, this time defeating the American men's basketball team gave him a new understanding of life, but also indirectly helped him continue to live for 6 years.
The U.S. team, which won the Olympic Games seven times, refused to receive the silver medal, and to this day, there are 12 silver medals in the warehouse of the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
3. College student Kenny Davis, one of the members of the U.S. team who was killed at the time, described the controversial killing as a "stunning blow" and made a will that the family would never accept the silver medal, "My wife Rita, sons Jill and Bryan will never accept the medal from the 1972 Olympics." You never know what happens after death, someone might get that medal, but definitely not my son, my grandson, or even my grandson, my grandson. For me, that's not mine. ”
4. The former Soviet Union team in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Men's Basketball Semifinals, they scored 82-76 to block the American team composed of elite American universities out of the final, they are the only team in history to beat the United States team twice.
5, two defeats to the former Soviet Union men's basketball team let the United States real dream team born, the next Barcelona Olympic Games, Jordan, "Magic", Bird and Barkley and other NBA superstars joined forces to provide a basketball feast for fans around the world, dream team let the whole world know the real basketball strength of the United States.
No one can succeed casually, and there is no team that can never be defeated, and this movie and even the whole story are interpreting a truth: people must have faith, and they must live for faith, come on! in Ashan