![]() They include averages of 21 points and 9.8 rebounds, 11 All-Star berths, an All-NBA First Team bid and six Second Team selections. Nonetheless, Ewing’s career highlights and production are impressive. In fact, from 1990 through 1998, the NBA championship went to teams that featured either Jordan or Olajuwon. But timing is everything and Ewing just happened to be born within five months of both Olajuwon and Michael Jordan, whose Chicago Bulls defeated Ewing’s Knicks in five playoff series. Some hold that Ewing’s failure to win a ring is the litmus test defining his career. Patrick Ewing was a center who flourished as an offensive force, excelled as defensive intimidator and helped personify basketball throughout the 1990s.Īlso, at the tail end of Ewing’s career with the Knicks, he was sidelined with a partially torn Achilles’ tendon when the San Antonio Spurs defeated New York in the 1999 NBA Finals. ![]() He led the Knicks all the way to the NBA Finals in 1994 but lost to the Hakeem Olajuwon-led Houston Rockets in seven games, which avenged a loss by Olajuwon’s Houston Cougars to Georgetown in the 1984 NCAA championship game. Never achieving the Holy Grail of the NBA, Ewing came painfully close. The team’s fierce in-your-face style of basketball created a phenomenon known as “Hoya Paranoia” and as the key intimidating defensive presence, Ewing was tagged the “Hoya Destroya.” A media star since his schoolboy days, his anticipated arrival to the NBA was unprecedented. He arrived in New York after a ballyhooed college career with the Georgetown Hoyas that included one NCAA title and appearances in two other championship games. One of the finest shooting centers to play, he left the game as the New York Knicks’ all-time leader in nearly every significant category and the game’s 13th all-time scorer with 24,815 points. Bold predictions did not always materialize and some took them as empty promises, while others as a will to succeed. ![]() He was indefatigable and relentless in pursuit of an NBA championship despite being denied on an annual basis. That is the one-word description often applied to Patrick Ewing. > Archive 75: Patrick Ewing | 75 Stories: Patrick Ewing is expressly prohibited.Patrick Ewing’s scoring and defense fueled Knicks playoff runs and New York’s trip to The Finals in 1994. Any copying, redistribution or retransmission of the contents of this service without the express written consent of EYT Media Group, Inc. and with the renowned Rising Stars AAU basketball program in Clarion.Įwing Moussa Takes the Helm at North ClarionĬopyright © 2023 EYT Media Group, Inc. He has been lauded for his extensive youth basketball coaching experience in both his hometown of Washington D.C. Moussa, who replaced Andy Bish at North Clarion, is a former Clarion University basketball player. Tony Richards and Connor Finch each tallied 11 points for Sheffield. Hargenrader and Hartle led all scorers with 18 points, while Collin Schmader also contributed 14 points for the Wolves. ![]() Zeelan Hargenrader and Aiden Hartle’s eight-point performances in the quarter turned the game on its head, providing the Wolves with a lead that they did not relinquish. North Clarion fell behind early, trailing 21-19 at halftime, but the Wolves rattled off a 24 point third quarter to seize a 43-32 lead. North Clarion sports on Explore and are brought to you by First United National Bank – The FUN Bank! – First year head coach Ewing Moussa picked up his first win as the North Clarion Wolves used an explosive third quarter to snag a 63-52 victory over Sheffield. ![]()
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