Biggest Olympic scandals: The most controversial basketball game of all-time

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Entering the gold medal game, the U.S. had posted a cumulative 63-0 record but the Soviet Union emerged with a 51-50 victory in a game full of controversy and missed calls.The Olympics often promotes itself as apolitical, but Cold War tensions between the United States and Soviet Union added another layer of pretext to this historic final. Leading up the 1972 final, the U.S. had posted a cumulative 63-0 record and had won seven consecutive gold medals.

With three seconds remaining, as the Soviets held a tenuous 49-48 lead, Doug Collins was fouled and awarded two free throws. Collins drained the first free throw, but the horn went off as he attempted his second shot, referee Renato Righetto didn't stop play, and the U.S. took a 50-49 lead. While the U.S. was celebrating its apparent victory, FIBA secretary general Renato William Jones intervened and demanded the Soviets get another inbounds play with three seconds left on the clock. Though Jones had no jurisdiction to overrule the officials, they complied, allowing a third and final inbounds play to occur. U.S.

The U.S. was disgusted by the game's ending, and still are almost 50 years later as USA Basketball has unsuccessfully lobbied the IOC to overturn the result. Immediately after the game ended, the U.S. Olympic Basketball Committee filed a formal protest that was heard by a five-member FIBA panel. The panel voted 3-2 in favour of the Soviet Union.

Most of the main participants are either dead or long removed from basketball, but the legacy of this final continues onward.

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