Basketball: ‘The loudest silence you have ever heard’

IT was the second most memorable night of his sporting life and Rudy Tomjanovich was enjoying the sweet taste of victory.

Head coach of the Houston Rockets, he had just seen his team overcome the New York Knicks to win their first ever National Basketball (NBA) title.

First drafted as a player in 1970, Tomjanovich had been with the organisation for 24 years and had at last struggled to the promised land.