The Jamaica-born Ewing arrived in the United States at age 11, and the gangly youth who had reached the height of 6-foot by junior high school was initially awkward on the court when introduced to the game. But by the time he was a senior in high school, the world knew he would be something special. Many had similar thoughts as he was heavily recruited and was the focal point of media attention throughout his basketball career.
He understood the hoopla that came with his stardom but always reserved his right to just play basketball. Perhaps that is why he chose to attend Georgetown, where he blossomed under the mentor-like guidance of coach John Thompson, a 6-foot former NBA backup center to Bill Russell on the Boston Celtics in the mids.
Although many of his contemporaries — including Olajuwon, Jordan and Charles Barkley — were leaving college early to join the NBA, Ewing stayed all four years and earned a degree in Fine Arts. His patience paid off as the yearning for his services reached almost epic proportions with the first-ever NBA Draft Lottery in This new lottery system was devised to discourage teams from tanking games to get the chance to pick first in the Draft.
All non-playoff teams would participate in a lottery to determine the order of selection. However, in its introduction, the side effect was similar to a sideshow.
Rather than just two teams with high hopes of winning a coin flip, the additional teams multiplied the hype. The Knicks, with the third-worst record of the seven teams involved, won the lottery and the rebirth of a venerable old franchise was delivered. The Knicks obviously wanted Ewing, a potential franchise center, as much as the other lottery teams.
However, the expectations for the Knicks were slightly different. The team played in New York, the media capital of the world and to many the Mecca of basketball. In reality, the team was more than respectable. His burden was even heavier than expected in his rookie season without King, who was still out with that knee injury, and Cartwright, who played just two games.
Rebuilding the team took a while, but Ewing was an instant success. He averaged 20 points and nine rebounds and became the first Knicks player to capture the NBA Rookie of the Year award since Willis Reed in , although Ewing missed 32 games because of a knee injury which also caused him to miss the All-Star Game. But once in the pro ranks, away from the restraints of college opponents sagging on him, Ewing surprised many with his scoring ability, eventually developing an unstoppable baseline jumper.
Ewing is the all-time leader in total rebounds 1, , blocked shots and games played Ad Blocker Detected. Thanks for visiting! Thank you for your support! G Effective Field Goal Percentage This statistic adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal.
Player Efficiency Rating A measure of per-minute production standardized such that the league average is Win Shares An estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. Game-by-game stat line for the player Career Playoffs. Player stats broken down into various categories; i. Player shooting history Player lineups Per Game Bold indicates league leader.
Regular Season. Only on regular season tables. Sign up for the free Stathead newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. View a sample email. It's also available for football, hockey and baseball. Sign Up For Free. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. As a freshman during the — season, Ewing became one of the first college players to start and star on the varsity team as a freshman. While at Georgetown, he developed a habit of wearing a short sleeved t-shirt underneath his sleeveless jersey.
This started a fashion trend among young athletes that lasts to this day. In the NCAA final against the University of North Carolina , Ewing was called for goaltending on the first five possessions of the first half, setting the tone for the Hoyas and making his presence felt.
The Hoyas had a shot at winning the game until Fred Brown threw an infamous bad pass to James Worthy at the tail end of the game.
In Ewing's senior year of , Georgetown was ranked number one in the nation and was heavily favored to beat unranked Villanova in the title game, but the Wildcats shot a record Ewing was one of the best college basketball players of his era, as Georgetown reached the championship game of the NCAA tournament three out of four years. He was a first-team All-American. In , the NBA instituted the first-ever Draft Lottery to prevent teams from deliberately losing games to secure a better chance of obtaining the ultimate prize, Patrick Ewing.
Although injuries marred his first year in the league, he was named NBA Rookie of the Year , averaging 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks per game.
Soon after he was considered one of the premier centers in the league. He was a member of the original Dream Team at the Olympic Games. Ewing was unstoppable in Game 1, finishing with 34 points, 16 rebounds, and 6 blocks, and the Knicks beat Chicago 94— With the Knicks facing elimination, Game 6 is regarded as one of the greatest of Ewing's career. The Knicks trailed 3—2 in the series and Ewing was limited physically by a bad ankle sprain, [3 ] but he helped the Knicks beat the Bulls —86 by scoring 27 points.
In a game [4 ] between the Knicks and the Charlotte Hornets , the 7'0" 2. Both teams battled well, each winning on its home court in the first 4 games. However, the Bulls stunned the Ewing-led Knicks, winning Game 5 in New York 97—94 after Ewing's teammate, Charles Smith , was repeatedly blocked down low by Bulls defenders on the game's final possession.
This would be one more season in which Ewing had to deal with no championships, despite the fact that the Knicks had the best regular season record in the Eastern Conference at 60—22 and had the second best record in the NBA, behind the Phoenix Suns , who were 62— With Jordan out of the league, —94 was considered a wide open year in the NBA, and Ewing had declared that would be the Knicks' year.
He was a key contributor to the Knicks' run to the NBA Finals , in which the Knicks — in the finals for the first time since — lost in the final seconds of Games 6 and 7 to Hakeem Olajuwon 's Houston Rockets. The Knicks, with Ewing leading them, had to survive a grueling trek through the playoffs simply to reach the Finals. They defeated Scottie Pippen 's Bulls in seven games in the Eastern Conference Semifinals all seven games were won by the home team , and defeated Reggie Miller 's Indiana Pacers in the Conference Finals, which also took seven games to decide.
0コメント