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Olympians Edge NBA Stars; Scoreboard Falls
By MARK HEISLER, Times Staff Writer
August 13, 1988
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A couple of reputations got scuffed up Friday. A few hours before the gala opening of the new state-of-the-art $52-million Charlotte Coliseum, the $3-million scoreboard with its eight video screens hurtled to the ground while being moved and was completely destroyed, ruining the basketball floor.
Nobody was underneath the scoreboard, fortunately, and then, after emergency repairs to the court, the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team spent the night getting its head handed to it by some out-of-shape National Basketball Assn. vacationers. The pros led by 11 points at the half and by 7 with 2:08 left, but the Olympians rallied to win, 81-80, on Brian Shaw's three-point play with :26 left.
dang and it don't seem that long ago