The
Greatest Game Nobody Ever Saw
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On the eve of the 1992 Summer Olympics, the Dream
Team scrimmaged during a closed-door practice in Monaco. Michael Jordan
led one team, Magic Johnson the other. Two decades later, a game
report.
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The
Dream Team flew into Nice at midnight on July 18 and made a crash
landing at the Loews, or Jet Set Central, about 20 miles away. During a
security meeting before the team arrived, Henri Lorenzi, the legendary
hotel manager, had complained about the number and the aggressiveness
of the NBA's security people. "Do you realize who is gambling in my
casino right now?" Lorenzi said to the NBA's international liaison, Kim
Bohuny. Lorenzi ticked off the names of politicians, movie stars and
even tennis immortal Björn Borg. "No one will care that much about this
team," he said.
"Well, we'll see," replied Bohuny.
When the team bus pulled up, there was such a rush of fans to see the
players that some fans crashed through the glass doors at the entrance.
"I get your point," said Lorenzi.
But
Krzyzewski, no fan of trash talk, looks back on the game fondly,
remembering almost every detail. "Every once in while I'll be doing
something and a line from that game will just flash into my head," he
says. "They just moved Chicago Stadium to Monte Carlo. It just
makes me smile. [Full]
I
don't think hoops is a big topic of interest here, but for them what it
is, this is great.
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