1986, Jordan played Ewing for the first time and scored 50 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. What's Ewing's data?
In the later career, the performance of the two ruling classes can be said to have failed to live up to such a high draft champion. One becomes the god of basketball, and the other becomes one of the four centers in NBA.
Jordan entered the league a year before Ewing. In his rookie season, he averaged an astonishing 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists per game. With such a mature performance, Joe Wang naturally won the best rookie. Ewing, who is new to the league, naturally won't be too bad. His performance of averaging 20 points and 9 rebounds per game also impressed fans and won the best rookie in the first season.
However, the first encounter between the two men dragged on until 1986. At that time, Jordan had been in the league for three years, and Ewing was only a second-year rookie.
In that game, the Bulls went to new york to challenge the Knicks away. The score of the whole game has been tight, and the two sides have come and gone, and the situation is fierce. In the end, the Bulls won the game with a big score of 108- 103, and won the first victory of the season, while the Knicks regretted swallowing two consecutive defeats.
Jordan had a firm advantage in the first confrontation with Ewing. 50 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. This outbreak not only conquered the opponents, but also conquered the Knicks fans at the scene and even cheered for the MVP at the scene. You know, this is the home of the Knicks. Compared with Joe Wang, which is in a fiery state, gorillas are obviously not in the state. The whole game was like sleepwalking. He 10 made only 3 shots, only got 13 points and 5 rebounds, and got 5 fouls. Their shooting percentage is also very different. Jordan reached an astonishing 60%, while Ewing only had a pitiful 30%.
In fact, there is no suspense about the outcome of the two teams. The Bulls have Joe Wang and Pippen, the second-in-command of the team. The team is in full swing, and the Bull Dynasty gradually rises and has strong strength. But the Knicks have been rotten for many years, and the team has always had a poor record. It's hard to get Ewing with the top pick. The strength gap between the two teams is actually very obvious. In this way, it is reasonable for the Knicks to lose.
As a player who entered the league at the same time as Jordan, Patrick Ewing was very unfortunate. During the Bulls' two consecutive championships, many superstars at their peak regretted missing the championship because of the existence of Joe Wang, including Ewing, and of course Buckley, karl malone, stockton and so on. With the decline of the bull dynasty, the peaks of these superstars have long since ceased to exist. Although Ewing has won many honors in his career, it is still an irreparable regret that he has not been crowned for life.