Patrick Ewing
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Patrick Ewing
basketball player; artist
Personal Information
Born Patrick Aloysius Ewing in Kingston, Jamaica, August 5, 1962 to Carl Ewing, (mechanic) and Dorothy Ewing; married Rita Williams, 1990; children: Patrick Jr., Randi, Corey.
Education: Georgetown University, B.A. in Fine Arts, 1985.
Memberships: NBA Player's Association, president, 1997-; New York Knicks, Inaugural "Stay In School" Program, chair, 1991-92.
Career
New York Knicks, center, 1985--.
Life's Work
Patrick Ewing's career has been record-breaking at every juncture. While at Georgetown University, he led the Hoyas to the NCAA Finals three times and won the NCAA Championship in his junior year. Ewing was named the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player, the Sporting News College Player of the Year, and he was awarded the Naismith Award. In the NBA he was named Rookie of the Year in 1986 and has been an NBA All-Star for most of his professional career. His salary has consistently been one of the highest among NBA players. In 1997 he was named among the top fifty NBA players of all time and top twenty leading scorers. A two-time Olympic gold medal winner, Ewing lead his own team in career games, points, minutes played, rebounds, steals, blocks, and forty-plus games.
Patrick Ewing was born on August 5, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica. When his parents emigrated from Jamaica, money was so scarce that Ewing remained on the island for four years, arriving in the United States, as did each of his six siblings, only when family funds permitted. Ewing shared a five-room Cambridge, Massachusetts house with his mother, father, brother and five sisters. Ewing--an Olympic athlete and NBA All-Star--rose from poor beginnings to become a premier center in a sport he learned when he was twelve years old.
Education was the primary focus for Carl and Dorothy Ewing's seven children. Ewing entered grade school with such a marked Jamaican accent some peers and teachers could not easily understand him. Still, he was determined to succeed academically. He took summer school classes and obtained help from tutors. His parents left no doubt that Ewing's education would not stop with high school. By the time he was a senior in high school, two of his siblings had already graduated from college.
In 1975 Ewing first shot a basketball in a pick-up game in his neighborhood. A veteran player of soccer and cricket, he quickly learned the game. In fact, a friend once commented that Ewing seemed to have been born for the basketball court. By eighth grade he had already grown to six feet six inches in height and drawn the eye of prep coaches. As a high school student at Cambridge's Rindge and Latin School, Ewing not only led his team to three state championships, he also tried out for the 1980 Olympic team. Although Ewing would have to wait until the 1984 Olympics to represent the United States, no other high school athlete had ever been invited to Olympic basketball tryouts.
Every college coach in the United States had his eye on Ewing. After all, how many high school athletes were featured in Sports Illustrated and the New York Times? During his senior year, Ewing's coach Mike Jarvis sent 150 Division One schools a letter, now called the "Ewing Letter." In it, Jarvis explained that Ewing had only lived in the United States for six years. He said Ewing was a hard worker but he struggled academically and would need special tutoring and academic support. Jarvis, as a mentor and friend as well as coach, tried to insure that Ewing would succeed both on the basketball court and in the classroom.
Jarvis meant well, but his letter had terrible results for Ewing. When high school players taunted Ewing, saying he was illiterate, he did not respond. Once, during a high-scoring game in which Ewing led a victorious team, Sports Illustrated magazine reported that he saw someone holding up a sign that said "Ewing can't read," Ewing quietly commented, "I sure can count. And someday I'm going to be in the pros and counting my money all the way to the bank!" However, the comments never appeared to faze him.
Eighty schools responded to Jarvis' letter, often offering the special academic help Jarvis had mentioned. Ewing chose Georgetown, a school far from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Georgetown coach John Thompson offered Ewing no unusual assistance. He said his players must meet academic standards on their own--no special help other than the support of faculty advisors would be given. Still, Ewing and his parents were impressed by Thompson's no-nonsense coaching. They were impressed to find a team coached by an African American man. Thompson said Ewing's best bet was a college education; few college athletes make careers of professional sports. Carl and Dorothy Ewing agreed.
As a Georgetown athlete, Ewing was a team leader as he had been in high school. His aggressive play and quiet confidence spurred fellow players to be more determined. In 1984 the Georgetown Hoyas, led by Ewing, became the NCAA champions. Ewing was chosen Outstanding Player of the tournament over the great center Hakeem Olajuwon. During that same year he tried out for and made the U.S. Olympic basketball team and won the gold.
Still, he avoided the press and was criticized for being aloof. At Georgetown Ewing began a tradition of protecting himself and his family from media attention. He felt uncomfortable that other Hoya players were not asked for autographs and refused to sign himself unless his teammates were also asked. Some people saw beneath the surface of this quiet giant of a man. They thought he was shy but Coach Thompson said in Sports Illustrated, "... this boy is not shy. He's private. There's a difference."
On the court, Ewing was an intimidating giant. His scowl and aggressive play earned him a reputation as personally and athletically tough. Coach Thompson and his fellow Hoyas called Ewing "The Warrior," but fans from opposing teams made fun of Ewing's serious, no-holds-barred playing style, dubbing him the "Darth Vader of Basketball."
Off the court, Ewing's personal life was a struggle. In 1983 his mother, a woman who had worked long hours at physically demanding, low-paying jobs to build a better life for her children, died at age fifty-five from a massive heart attack. Not long afterward, high school sweetheart Sharon Stanford became pregnant. When their son, Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Jr., was born on May 21, 1984, Ewing was not ready for fatherhood or marriage. But he persevered, turning down endorsements and millions of dollars to keep the promise he made to his mother that he would graduate from college.
Patrick Ewing has played against many basketball greats, including Michael Jordan, "Magic" Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, and Hakeem Olajuwan. Although he is known for defensive strength, game totals of 30 to 40 points are not uncommon. According to the his NBA profile on the Internet, he "has been the key to a New York Knicks resurgence that began in the 1980s and has carried into the 1990s." However, his playing years have not been without struggle. The Knicks' 1990 season was dismal. There have been injuries. In 1991 Ewing averaged 26.6 points per game while the team set an even bleaker 39-43 record. Patrick declared himself a free agent, stating that his new contract no longer placed him among the four highest paid league players. NBA arbitrators eventually decided the case in favor of the Knicks, but the relationship between this star and his team was severely strained.
Pat Riley was hired as Knicks coach and both Ewing's morale and his career began a stellar upswing. Riley came from the Los Angeles Lakers armed with four NBA championships in nine years. When reporters panned Riley for holding "grueling" practice sessions and for open, often public criticism of his players, Ewing instead saw in Riley a man who wanted to win as much as he did. A 1995 battle against the Indiana Pacers stretched to seven games. The Knicks lost when Ewing's final second tip-up bounced from the basket.
In 1995, Sport Magazine asked if Ewing, at age thirty-two, should retire. The following year he scored is twenty thousandth point. In March of 1997, he scored his twenty-one thousandth point. He then signed a lucrative contract for four additional years, making Ewing a New York Knick until past his fortieth birthday.
During college, Ewing worked as a summer congressional intern for then U.S. Senator Bob Dole. There he met Rita Williams, a Howard University student and summer intern for U.S. Senator Bill Bradley. They were married in 1990. They have two daughters, Randi and Corey. At Georgetown Ewing majored in fine arts with a specialty in print and poster design. Continuing his interest in art, he co- authored an Abbeville Press book on children's art with Columbia University Teachers College instructor Linda Louis. He created art for Discover's Private Issue credit card and has exhibited some of his work. Children, his own and others, are high on Ewing's priority list. A 1993 honor by the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse and 1996 Newsday community service award mark only two of many his contributions to programs and outreach for children. As chair of the Knicks' "Stay in School" program, host of Children's Aid Society fundraisers, and leader of the Knicks' "Frontline Against Crime" gun exchange and awareness program, Ewing has lived out his commitment to inner-city youth. He also conducted youth basketball clinics in south Africa along with Dikembe Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning in the summer of 1994. He has single-handedly raised nearly 50,000 dollars for Hale House and participated in exhibition performances with other NBA stars to raise funds for American Cancer Society, Boys' Clubs, and Children's Health Fund.
Although Patrick Ewing still does not sign autographs--he would rather shake hands--or give many interviews, he has been recognized by peers, NBA team owners, and coaches alike as a leader in his profession. In 1997 he was fourth on the all-time NBA blocking list and an 11-time NBA All-Star. Since receiving Rookie of the Year honors in 1986, Ewing has been named to NBA All-Star teams seven times. His fellow NBA players elected him president of the National Basketball Association Players Association in 1997. In spite of Ewing's outstanding accomplishments, both on and off the court, his goal has not changed since signing with the Knicks in 1985 as a first-round draft pick. Each year, according to Knicks' staffers who know him best, Patrick Ewing's personal goal is to lead the New York Knicks to the one honor that has eluded him--an NBA championship. Ewing said in the Sporting News, "I won in high school. I won in college....I have two gold medals from the Olympics. Now I want to be a part of an NBA champion."
Awards
Named among 50 Greatest NBA Players in history, 900+ career games and 21,000+ points, 11-time NBA All-Star, seven-time Knick of the Year, 1987 -1992; National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse Recognition, honor, 1992-93; Olympic Gold Medalist, basketball, 1984, 1992.
Further Reading
Books
- Kavanagh, Jack, Sports Great: Patrick Ewing(Sports Great Books), Enslow Publishers, 1992.
- Wiener, Paul, Patrick Ewing (Basketball Legends), Chelsea House Publishers, 1996.
- Jet, April 16, 1990; June 24, 1991.
- Newsweek, March 27, 1985, pg. 63 New York Times, July 3, 1997.
- Sport, February, 1995.
- Sporting News, May 13, 1996; May 16, 1994.
- Sports Illustrated, January 22, 1990; January 17, 1994.
- Time, August 6, 1990.
- www.nba.com.
- Additional information for this profile was provided by the New York Knicks.
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"Everybody keeps telling me how surprised they are with what I've done. But I'm telling you honestly that it doesn't surprise me. I knew I could do it."
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Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Sr. (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and current assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic. He played most of his career with the NBA's New York Knicks as their starting center and played briefly with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic. Ewing was named as the 16th greatest college player of all time by ESPN.[1] He won Olympic Gold Medals as a member of the 1984 and 1992 US Men's National Basketball teams. In a 1996 poll celebrating the 50th anniversary of the NBA, Ewing was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time. On April 7, 2008 he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame on September 5, 2008 along with former NBA coach Pat Riley and former Houston Rockets center, Hakeem Olajuwon. His number 33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003.
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Biography
Early life
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Ewing excelled at cricket and soccer. He was 11 years old when he arrived in the United States with his family, settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He learned to play basketball at Cambridge Rindge and Latin. In order to prepare for college, Ewing joined the MIT-Wellesley Upward Bound Program. Upward Bound is a federally-funded TRIO college-prep program for disadvantaged high school students. He went to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C..
College career
Ewing, one of the most highly recruited freshmen ever, signed a letter of intent to accept to play for Coach John Thompson at Georgetown University. As a freshman during the 1981–1982 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 1982 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 the 1983–84 season, Ewing and Georgetown took the NCAA title with an 84–75 win over the University of Houston. In Ewing's senior year of 1985, 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 78.6 percent from the floor (22 for 28) to upset the Hoyas 66–64. 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.
NBA career
New York Knicks
We've had the Mikan era, the Russell era, the Kareem era … now we'll have the Ewing era.
—Pat O'Brien, quoting an unnamed NBA scouting director just before the 1985 NBA Draft lottery.[2]
In 1985, 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. The New York Knicks won the Draft Lottery of 1985, and selected Ewing first overall.
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. Ewing enjoyed a successful career; eleven times named an NBA All-Star, once named to the All-NBA First Team, six times a member of the All-NBA Second Team, and named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team three times. He was a member of the original Dream Team at the 1992 Olympic Games. He was also given the honor of being named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
The Knicks played the defending NBA Champion Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan in the 1992 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Ewing was unstoppable in Game 1, finishing with 34 points, 16 rebounds, and 6 blocks, and the Knicks beat Chicago 94–89. 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 100–86 by scoring 27 points. NBC announcer Marv Albert called it a "Willis Reed-type performance", but the Knicks were ultimately eliminated in Game 7 in a blowout, 110–81.
In a 1993 game[4] between the Knicks and the Charlotte Hornets, the 7'0" (2.14 m) Ewing suffered a moment of embarrassment when guard Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, who stands a mere 5'3" (1.60 m), managed to block his shot.[5] The team looked like it was going to advance to the NBA Finals when they took a 2–0 lead over Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls. 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. The Bulls would go on to win Game 6 96–88 and then claim their third straight NBA title. 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 62–20.
With Jordan out of the league, 1993–94 was considered a wide open year in the NBA, and Ewing had declared that 1994 would be the Knicks' year. He was a key contributor to the Knicks' run to the 1994 NBA Finals, in which the Knicks – in the finals for the first time since 1973 – 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 1994 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. In the Finals, the Knicks stole Game 2 in Houston, but couldn't hold court at home, dropping Game 3 at the Garden. The Knicks then won the next two games to return to Houston ahead 3–2. However, the Rockets won the next two games. Ewing made the most of his playoff run by setting a record for most blocked shots in a Finals series (only later to be broken by Tim Duncan). He also set an NBA Finals record for most blocked shots in a single game, with 8 (later surpassed by Dwight Howard).
The following year, a potential game-tying finger roll by Ewing rimmed out in the dwindling seconds of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, resulting in a loss to the Indiana Pacers. In the 1995–96 season, Ewing and the Knicks were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in 5 games by the record-setting Bulls, who won 72 games that year en route to their fourth championship.
In the 1997 playoffs, the Knicks faced the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Ewing was involved in a Game 5 brawl where both team's benches got involved. Ewing was suspended for Game 6 and claimed he got a "raw deal", despite NBA rules stating that a player is automatically suspended one game for leaving the bench during a fight.[6] The Knicks, who were up 3–1 in the series going into Game 5, lost the next three games and were eliminated.
In the next season, Ewing's career almost came to an end due to an injury. On January 12, 1998, in a game against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Bradley Center, Ewing was fouled by Andrew Lang while attempting a dunk. He then fell to the court hard and landed on his wrist, breaking it, dislocating the bone, and tearing ligaments. The injury was so severe that it required immediate surgery to prevent nerve damage. Ewing, who had only missed 20 games in the previous ten seasons, missed the remaining 56 games of the season.[7] However, he was able to rehabilitate the injury faster than expected and as the playoffs began, Ewing was talking about returning. The Heat and Knicks met up in the playoffs for the second straight year. This time, the 2 teams met up in the First Round of the playoffs. The series went to a decisive 5th game, but the Knicks avenged their loss to Miami the year before by beating the Heat in Miami 98–81. Ewing returned for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Indiana Pacers. His presence wasn't enough however, as the Knicks fell to the Pacers in 5 games.
The following season, Ewing and the Knicks qualified as the East's #8 seed in a lockout-shortened campaign. Although battling an Achilles tendon injury, Ewing led the Knicks to another victory over the Heat in the First Round, 3–2. They followed that up by sweeping Atlanta, and defeated the Pacers in the Conference Finals in 6 games, despite Ewing's injury finally forcing him out of action. However, the Knicks couldn't complete their Cinderella run, as they lost in the Finals to the Spurs 4–1.
In Ewing's final season as a Knick (1999-00), the team finished as the #3 seed in the East behind the Pacers and Heat. The team advanced to the Conference Finals again, sweeping the Raptors and beating the Heat for the third straight year in 7 games, but could not defeat the Pacers and fell in 6 games. During his final season as a Knick, Ewing played in his 1,000th NBA game, finishing his Knick career with a franchise-record 1,039 games played in a Knick uniform (He is the only player to play 1,000 games with the Knicks).
After the Knicks
In 2000, he left the Knicks as part of a trade to the Seattle SuperSonics. In the trade, the Knicks sent Ewing to Seattle and Chris Dudley to Phoenix, and received Glen Rice, Luc Longley, Travis Knight, Vladimir Stepania, Lazaro Borrell, Vernon Maxwell, two first-round draft picks (from the Los Angeles Lakers and Seattle) and two second-round draft picks from Seattle. After a year with the Sonics and another with the Orlando Magic, he announced his retirement on September 18, 2002. That season, he took a job as an assistant coach with the Washington Wizards.
In 1,183 games over 16 seasons, Ewing averaged 21.0 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game, and averaged better than a 50 percent shooting percentage.
In 2001, Ewing testified in part of the Atlanta's Gold Club prostitution and fraud federal trial. The owner Thomas Sicignano, testified that he arranged for dancers to have sex with professional athletes. Ewing admitted he went to the club and received oral sex twice in the club. Ewing was never charged with any criminal wrongdoing.[8]
On February 28, 2003, Ewing's jersey number 33 was retired by the Knicks, for whom he played 1039 games, in a large ceremony at Madison Square Garden. He continues to be considered one of the greatest players in the Knicks' storied history, as well as one of the greatest in NBA history. In his last year with the Knicks, Ewing had a game-winning slam dunk over Alonzo Mourning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals to lead the Knicks to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Coaching career
On July 3, 2007, Ewing was one of four assistants hired to serve under first-year Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy[9] for the 2007–08 season.
Ewing was enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2008.[10]
Ewing was a key factor in the Magic's run to the 2009 NBA Finals, where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers. He guaranteed a win in Game 7 of the second round against the defending champion Boston Celtics.[11] The Magic beat the Celtics 101 to 82 to win the series 4 games to 3. As a result, Ewing saw Magic captain Dwight Howard set a new NBA Finals record, for most blocked shots in a single finals game, with 9 in Game 4 of the finals, surpassing the previous record of 8, which Ewing himself set in Game 5 of the 1994 Finals.
In 2010, Ewing finally got the opportunity to coach his son Patrick Ewing Jr. in the 2010 summer league. Ewing Jr. played for the Magic.[12]
NBA statistics
In 1999, Ewing became the 10th player in NBA history to record 22,000 points and 10,000 rebounds.
In 1993 he led the NBA with 789 defensive rebounds. He was top ten in field goal percentage 8 times, top ten in rebounds per game as well as total rebounds 8 times, top ten in points, as well as points per game 8 times, and top ten in blocks per game for 13 years.[13]
Other work
Ewing was in the 1996 movie Space Jam as himself, one of five NBA players whose talent was stolen (along with Charles Barkley, Shawn Bradley, Larry Johnson, and Muggsy Bogues). Ewing had a brief appearance, again as himself, in the movie Senseless starring Marlon Wayans.
Ewing made cameos as himself in the sitcoms Spin City, Herman's Head, Mad About You, and Webster.[14] Most recently, he appeared in a 2009 ad for Snickers, suggesting that those who eat the candy bar might "get dunked on by Patrick Chewing".
He co-wrote In the Paint, a painting how-to book for children.[15]
Personal life
After friend and rival NBA center Alonzo Mourning was diagnosed with a kidney ailment in 2000, Ewing promised that he would donate one of his kidneys to Mourning if he ever needed one.[16] In 2003, Ewing was tested for kidney compatibility with Mourning, but Mourning's cousin was found to be the best match.[17] Ewing's son, Patrick Ewing, Jr., attended his father's alma mater, Georgetown University after two years at Indiana University. Ewing, Jr. wore the same jersey number that his father wore, #33. He was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the second round with the 43rd pick of the 2008 NBA Draft, but was then traded to the New York Knicks, his father's old team.
He has been a resident of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.[18]
Ewing, in addition to his son, also has two daughters named Corey and Randi.
Endorsements
Ewing's first sneaker endorsement was with Adidas in 1986.[19] In 1991, Next Sports signed a licensing deal to release footwear under Ewing's name in the United States.[20] In 2007, the brand was purchased by United Front with the intentions of a retro or re-issue of Ewing's signature line of sneakers.[21]
Awards and honors
- Rookie of the Year (1986)
- All-NBA First Team (1990)
- All-NBA Second Team (1988, '89, '91, '92, '93, '97)
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1988, '89, '92)
- 11-time All-Star; One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)
- 2-time Olympic gold medalist (1984, '92)
- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1984)
- Naismith College Player of the Year in (1985).
- Number 33 Retired for the New York Knicks
- Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2008.
NBA records
Regular season
Consecutive games with a blocked shot (since 1986–87): 145, fromNovember 5, 1988 toMarch 23, 1990
NBA Finals
Blocked shots, 7-game series: 30, vs. Houston Rockets (1994 NBA Finals)
Blocked shots, game: 8, vs. Houston Rockets,June 17, 1994
- Broken by Dwight Howard on June 11, 2009
Ranks 2nd in NBA history
Playoffs
Blocked shots, 7-game series: 30, vs. Houston Rockets (1994 NBA Finals)
Finals
Offensive rebounds, 7-game series: 32, vs. Houston Rockets (1994 NBA Finals)
Blocked shots, game: 7, vs. Houston Rockets,June 12, 1994
- Hakeem Olajuwon of the Rockets blocked 7 shots in the same game.
All-Star
Blocked shots, game: 5 (1990)
Ranks 3rd in NBA history
Regular season
Consecutive games with a blocked shot (since 1986–87): 88, fromDecember 19, 1990 toJanuary 5, 1992
Playoffs
Minutes played, one postseason: 1,032 (1994)
Steals, game: 7, vs. Boston Celtics,May 4, 1990
Blocked shots, one postseason: 76 (1994)
Blocked shots, game: 8, vs. Houston Rockets,June 17, 1994
Finals
Blocked shots, game: 6, at Houston Rockets,June 10, 1994
All-Star
Blocked shots, game: 4 (1991)
Ranks 4th in NBA history
Playoffs
Free throws made, quarter: 10, fourth quarter, vs. Boston Celtics,May 4, 1988
Steals, game: 6, vs. Boston Celtics,May 1, 1988
Blocked shots, game: 7, vs. Houston Rockets,June 12, 1994
Ranks sixth for career blocked shots in the regular season (2,894) and seventh in the playoffs (303)
See also
- List of National Basketball Association players with 1000 games played
- List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career rebounding leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career blocks leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career turnovers leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career free throw scoring leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career playoff rebounding leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career playoff blocks leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career playoff turnovers leaders
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds
References
- ^ 25 Greatest Players in College Basketball: No. 16 Patrick Ewing – ESPN Video
- ^ ESPN.com: Links while tossing around conspiracy theories
- ^ Brown, Clifton (May 17, 1992). "BASKETBALL; Ewing Feels Good Enough". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/17/sports/basketball-ewing-feels-good-enough.html. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ 04/14/1993 NBA Box Score at CHA – basketballreference.com
- ^ @Herald: The agony of short people
- ^ "Nba – No Brawls Allowed Ewing Among Five Suspended Knicks". Daily News (New York). May 16, 1997. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1997/05/16/1997-05-16_nba_-_no_brawls_allowed_ewin.html.
- ^ "New York Knicks' Patrick Ewing out for season after two-hour surgery following wrist injury". Jet. 1998. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n7_v93/ai_20136025/.
- ^ "NBA star Ewing testifies at strip club trial". CNN. July 24, 2001. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/07/23/gold.club.trial/index.html. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- ^ "Ewing, Malone, Clifford, Beyer hired as Magic coaches". ESPN.com. Associated Press. July 3, 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2924913.
- ^ "Ewing, Hakeem, Vitale headline 2008 Naismith Hall of Fame class". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 28, 2008. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3333987.
- ^ Berman, Marc (May 18, 2009). "EWING PROPHETIC AS MAGIC BEAT CELTICS IN GAME 7". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/f/print/sports/more_sports/ewing_prophetic_as_magic_beat_celtics_sBpcbCKFHHZ5hLwVFnnQ2H. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ Ewing coaches his son
- ^ Patrick Ewing Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com
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- ^ Lopresti, Mike (June 10, 2006). "Donating kidney 'a no-brainer' for Mourning's cousin". USATODAY.com (USA Today). http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2006-06-10-lopresti-mourning_x.htm.
- ^ Ewing takes stand – barely, The Record (Bergen County) by Jason Tsai, October 27, 2006. "Former NBA star Patrick Ewing told jurors Thursday that he felt "violated" and frightened for his family's safety after his Englewood Cliffs home was ransacked seven years ago of more than $300,000 in property."
- ^ http://www.nicekicks.com/2008/05/original-adidas-attitude-ewing/
- ^ Lee, Sharon (February 11, 1991). "Next Sports receives Ewing rights in U.S.". Footwear News. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10409035.html. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
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- ^ "Patrick Ewing Selected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame". Georgetown University Athletics. April 7, 2008. http://www.guhoyas.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040708aaa.html.
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- Patrick Ewing entry at NBA Encyclopedia
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- Patrick Ewing at DatabaseBasketball.com
- Patrick Ewing at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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