Sabonis breaks the backboard in 1984 (20 years old)

Real Madrid vs USSR (Christmas Tournament 1984) Real Madrid: Wayne Robinson, Chechu Biriukov, Fernando Martín, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Brian Jackson - Alfonso Del Corral, Fernando Romay. USSR: Valdis Valters, Vladimir Tkachenko, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Sergėjus Jovaiša, Arvydas Sabonis - Heino Enden, Sergei Tarakanov, Alexander Belostenny, Valdemaras Chomicius. Recap: ./EMD01/HEM/1984/12/27/MD1984­ December 26th 1984. Arvydas Romas Sabonis (born December 19, 1964) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player and businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr. Europa Award twice, as the best European player and played in a variety of leagues, including seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States. Sabonis played the center position and also won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Kore
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