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Old 06-12-2012, 01:15 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Rathji View Post
The one thing I remember about that game, which is surprising 20 year later, is that the US was actually trailing at one point in time against the Croatian team who literally needed to escape from their country on a bus in order to even get to the Olympics.
I'll never forget Drazen Petrovic's heroics that game. Although Croatia lost, that game forever changed the scope of the sporting world for that country, especially during such a tumultuous time in the Balkans.

Great article. Thanks for sharing.
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