1972: in the middle of the Cold War, the Soviets beat the Americans with the most contested of victories at the edge of the siren. And the timekeeper …
How many things can be done in three seconds? Certainly few, if we had to answer instinctively, but very important, especially if we can benefit from a first and a second repetition; if there is a basket involved and if a sporting confrontation, in particular basketball, contemplates balances and dynamics that go far beyond the perimeter of the parquet. The first part of the seventies, moreover, perhaps represents the apex of the tensions generated by the Cold War on a world scale.