Rockets book excerpt: Rudy Tomjanovich and moving on from The Punch
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/rockets/article/Rockets-book-excerpt-Rudy-Tomjanovich-and-moving-13315028.php By Jonathan Feigen , Houston Rockets Beat Reporter Oct 17, 2018 In a Dec. 9, 1977 game, Lakers forward Kermit Washington (right) threw the punch that altered Rudy Tomjanovich's career and changed both their lives. Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Houston Chronicle staff writer Jonathan Feigen's upcoming book "100 Things Rockets Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die." The book will be released Oct. 23. For more information or to order a copy please click here . Kermit Washington reached his hand—that right hand , the hand that changed everything—toward Rudy Tomjanovich. This time, Tomjanovich smiled, happy to see it. Nearly 25 years after Washington turned and landed the punch that nearly killed Tomjanovich, changed both their lives, and forever altered the way the sport looked at the sort of on-court violence that h...