The five most memorable moments of Patrick Ewing's career

The five most memorable moments of Patrick's career Ewing

The center who impressed but never managed to win an NBA title

Patrick Ewing is among the most memorable centers in the National Basketball Association. With the New York Knicks, who selected him with the number one pick in the 1985 draft, he recorded 17 impressive seasons. Although he won no NBA MVP, Ewing will forever remain in the hearts of Knicks fans and fans of the game. It is no coincidence that his number 33 is no longer used by the franchise located in the big apple city. In the following lines, we will recall the five best moments of Patrick Ewing's entire career.

In the fifth place came an impressive dunk that gave the Knicks a 97-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls. Ewing played an extremely strong game, scoring 32 points, which made him the second-highest scorer behind Michael Jordan, who scored 36, but for the Bulls ". Add to that 14 rebounds and 1 steal, but the most beautiful and curious moment comes at the end of the game, when Patrick manages to dunk, jumping over none other than Dennis Rodman. This moment brings the 47th success of the season for the Knicks. On a dunk, Ewing hooks Rodman with his right leg, then almost injures himself, but the moment is definitely worth it.

In the fourth position we put another magnificent dunk. This time against the even more impressive Alonzo Mourning. At the time, both centers were in the prime of their careers, considered some of the best in the league, and the fact that Ewing was able to jump past Morning and dunk was truly remarkable. It's not such a precious, late-game winning or game-changing moment, but it definitely stands as perhaps the best, most beautiful, most memorable play by the Knicks center. The battle between the two giants who built themselves as players at Georgetown was won by Ewing. S

Rounding out the top three is his overall performance in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the dream team of the Chicago Bulls in 1992. The Knicks know that if they lose this meeting as well, they are out of the possibility of reaching the finals, and Ewing seems to be most aware of all. With his 27 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks, he helped make it 3-3 after 100-86 in favor of the Knicks. His phenomenal game comes on the heels of his weakest performances in games 4 and 5 of the series. Still, it's not enough and Chicago wins the seventh meeting between them.

Three years later, the Knicks again contended in the conference finals. This time the opponent is the Indiana Pacers, and the result after the first 4 meetings is 3:1 in favor of Indiana. The Knicks will again have to work miracles to take the fight to the sixth and then the seventh game and, of course, Patrick Ewing will be relied on the most. He managed to score 19 points, becoming the most productive of his team, mastered 8 rebounds, and in addition to that, he had two umbrellas, one assist and one steal. Knicks has been playing well in the game, but is struggling to shoot from short range, and with less than 6 seconds left, Ewing is able to provide his specialty, making it 96-95 at the buzzer. Play that inspired the Knicks to 3:3, but not enough to send the team from New York to the finals.

Finals, which Ewing's team reached a year earlier, and thanks to the center, which is simply phenomenal in the faceoffs, decided the participant of the Eastern Conference in the battle for the title. The opponent is again the Indiana Pacers, and this time the result is a win for a win, although the Pacers turn around after falling behind from 0:2 to 3:2. Still, the series came down to the final game number seven, in which Reggie Miller paled in front of Ewing. With 24 points, 22 rebounds, 7 assists, an incredible 5 umbrellas and 1 steal, the center wins 94:90. In the last seconds, he managed to realize two key points, with which his team leads with 91:90 and even managed to increase its lead. However, in another 7-game battle, the Knicks fell to the Houston Rockets and Ewing failed to capture the ring he deserved.