Editing Reggie Lewis

{{Short description|American basketball player (1965–1993)}}
{{about|the professional basketball player|other uses|Reggie Lewis (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Reggie Lewis
| image = Reggie Lewis Celtics headshot.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Lewis' portrait from the Celtics yearbook
| birth_date = {{birth date|1965|11|21}}
| birth_place = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|07|27|1965|11|21}}
| death_place = [[Waltham, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7
| weight_lb = 195
| high_school = [[Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Baltimore, Maryland)|Paul Laurence Dunbar]]<br />(Baltimore, Maryland)
| college = [[Northeastern Huskies men's basketball|Northeastern]] (1983–1987)
| draft_year = 1987
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 22
| draft_team = [[Boston Celtics]]
| career_start = 1987
| career_end = 1993
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[small forward]]
| career_number = 35
| years1 = {{nbay|1987|start}}–{{nbay|1992|end}}
| team1 = [[Boston Celtics]]
| highlights = 
*[[List of NBA All-Stars|NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|1992}})
*No. 35 [[List of Boston Celtics accomplishments and records#Retired numbers|retired by Boston Celtics]]
*3× [[America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|ECAC North Player of the Year]] (1985–1987)
*[[America East Conference|ECAC North]] Rookie of the Year (1984)
*2× [[America East Conference men's basketball tournament|ECAC North tournament]] MVP (1985, 1987)
*No. 35 [[Northeastern Huskies men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Northeastern Huskies]]
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 7,902 (17.6 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 1,938 (4.3 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 1,153 (2.6 apg)
}}
'''Reginald C. Lewis''' (November 21, 1965 – July 27, 1993) was an American professional [[basketball]] player for the [[National Basketball Association]]'s [[Boston Celtics]] from [[1987–88 NBA season|1987]] to [[1992–93 NBA season|1993]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Joe Gill|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/371064-fallen-celtic-remembering-reggie-lewis|title=Fallen Celtic: Remembering Reggie Lewis|publisher=[[Bleacher Report]]|date=March 30, 2010|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref> At the age of 27, Lewis died while still a member of the Celtics, and his number was posthumously [[Retired number|retired]] by the team.

==Early life==
Born in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], Lewis attended high school at [[Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Baltimore, Maryland)|Dunbar High School]], where he played basketball alongside future NBA players [[Muggsy Bogues]], [[Reggie Williams (basketball, born 1964)|Reggie Williams]] and [[David Wingate (basketball)|David Wingate]]. The 1981–82 Dunbar Poets finished the season at 29–0 during Lewis' junior season and finished 31–0 during his senior season, and were ranked first in the nation by ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url-status=live|url=http://slamonline.com/online/high-school/2007/09/dunbar-high-brick-house/|title=Dunbar High: Brick House|publisher=SLAM Online|date=September 21, 2007|access-date=December 9, 2008|archive-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603025147/http://slamonline.com/online/high-school/2007/09/dunbar-high-brick-house/}}</ref>

==College career==
Lewis attended [[Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)|Northeastern University]] in [[Boston]]. Over his four years at Northeastern, Lewis scored 2,708 points, still the all-time record at the university. His Northeastern teams won the [[ECAC North]] all four seasons and played in the NCAA men's basketball tournament every year. The [[1983–84 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team|1983–84 Huskies]] advanced to the second round of the [[1984 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA tournament]], falling one point shy of the Sweet 16 when Rolando Lamb scored at the buzzer to lift [[Virginia Commonwealth University|VCU]] over the Huskies.

His uniform number was retired and hangs in tribute in [[Matthews Arena]] (the home of Northeastern University's men's basketball team and the Celtics' original home arena in 1946). As a Celtic, he and his family lived in [[Dedham, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://articles.philly.com/1993-07-29/sports/25978291_1_gilbert-mudge-waltham-weston-hospital-reggie-lewis | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150919123736/http://articles.philly.com/1993-07-29/sports/25978291_1_gilbert-mudge-waltham-weston-hospital-reggie-lewis | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 19, 2015 | title = The Reggie Lewis Aftermath Boston Mourns, Puzzles And Opines Over Celtics Star's Death | date = July 29, 1993 | first = Gwen | last = Knapp | newspaper = Philadelphia Inquirer | access-date = May 21, 2015}}</ref> He was a second cousin of [[PJ Dozier]], who wore the jersey number 35 as a member of the [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] in honor of Lewis.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doxy |first1=Andrew |title=Celtics sign PJ Dozier to a two-way contract |url=https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/8/3/17648526/celtics-sign-pj-dozier-to-a-two-way-contract |website=CelticsBlog |access-date=August 5, 2018 |date=August 3, 2018}}</ref>

==Professional career==

===Boston Celtics (1987–1993)===
Lewis was drafted in the first round, 22nd overall, by the Boston Celtics in the [[1987 NBA draft]]. The Celtics were looking to add some youth to the team, especially for the aging "Big 3" of [[Larry Bird]], [[Kevin McHale (basketball)|Kevin McHale]], and [[Robert Parish]]. This need became more urgent after [[Len Bias]], the 2nd overall pick in the [[1986 NBA draft]], died of a [[cocaine overdose]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Mike B.|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/327165-with-len-bias-reggie-lewis-duo-boston-C%20Bags-could-have-owned-1990s|title=With Len Bias-Reggie Lewis Duo, Boston Celtics Could Have Owned 1990s|publisher=[[Bleacher Report]]|date=January 16, 2010|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>

As a rookie, Lewis played sporadically, averaging 8.3 minutes per game under coach [[K. C. Jones]]. By his second season, thanks in part to a [[Jimmy Rodgers (basketball)|new coach]] (and an injury to Bird), Lewis averaged over 30 minutes and scored 18.5 points per game. 

In 1991, Lewis scored a career-high 42 points during a win against the [[Miami Heat]].<ref>[https://chowderandchampions.com/2020/05/16/boston-celtics-legends-remembering-reggie-lewis/ Boston Celtics legends: Remembering Reggie Lewis]</ref> The following season, Lewis was selected to play in his first and only [[1992 NBA All-Star Game|NBA All-Star Game]], held in [[Orlando, Florida]]. He played 15 minutes, scoring 7 points and grabbing 4 rebounds.<ref>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/NBA_1992.html 1992 NBA All-Star Game, West 153, East 113]</ref>

Lewis averaged 20.8 points in each of his last two seasons with the Celtics, and finished with a career average of 17.6 points per contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.nba.com/player/77384/career/|title=Reggie Lewis|publisher=[[National Basketball Association]]|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>

On April 29, 1993, in Game 1 of the Celtics' playoff series against the [[Charlotte Hornets]], Lewis collapsed on the court and remained on the ground for several seconds. After he finally got up, he looked perplexed and dazed as he headed to the Celtics bench. Lewis returned briefly to the game but was eventually pulled due to dizziness and shortness of breath. He left the game having scored 17 points in 13 minutes of action in what turned out to be his final NBA game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/9510589/remembering-reggie-lewis-20-years-tragic-death|title=MacMullan: Remembering Reggie Lewis|date=July 26, 2013|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

The following day, Lewis checked into [[New England Baptist Hospital]], where he underwent a series of tests by more than a dozen heart specialists, whom the Celtics called their "dream team" of doctors. Lewis was diagnosed with "focal [[cardiomyopathy]]", a disease of the heart muscle that can cause irregular heartbeat and heart failure. Lewis was told his condition was most likely career-ending. However, he later sought a second opinion from Dr. Gilbert Mudge at [[Brigham and Women's Hospital]], who diagnosed Lewis with neurocardiogenic syncope, a less serious non-fatal condition instead. As a result, Lewis began working out in preparation for returning for the 1994 season. Mudge was later cleared of any wrongdoing, and he insisted he had never authorized Lewis to resume workouts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2018/12/21/those-who-knew-him-best-fond-memories-reggie-lewis-remain-fresh/QhmckwUssAuIHId3vNzGZL/story.html|title=To those who knew Reggie Lewis best, fond memories are always front and center |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref>

His no. 35 jersey was retired by the Celtics, making him one of only two Celtics to have a retired number without winning a championship with the team, the other player being [[Ed Macauley]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Tommy McArdle|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2019/02/21/celtics-retired-numbers-nba|title=Every retired number for the Celtics and who wore it|publisher=[[Boston.com]]|date=February 21, 2019|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>

==Death==
On July 27, 1993, during off-season practice at [[Brandeis University]] in [[Waltham, Massachusetts]], Lewis suffered [[sudden cardiac death]] on the basketball court at the [[27 Club|age of 27]]. Two Brandeis University police officers found Lewis and attempted to revive him using [[mouth-to-mouth resuscitation]], but they were unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news |last=Robbins |first=Liz |date=July 23, 2009 |title=Officer Defends Arrest of Harvard Professor |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/us/24cambridge.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live |access-date=June 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603025147/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/us/24cambridge.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=June 3, 2010}}</ref> One of the officers was [[James Crowley (police officer)|James Crowley]].

Lewis is buried in an unmarked grave in [[Forest Hills Cemetery]] in [[Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts]].

His death was attributed to [[hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]], a structural heart defect that is the most common cause of death in young athletes.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Christine Gorman|title=Did Reggie Lewis Have to Die?|date=August 9, 1993|access-date=May 22, 2010|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979014,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501180357/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979014,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 1, 2008|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/2008-05-22-lewis-screening_N.htm |work=[[USA Today]]|title=Young athletes urged to get screened for heart trouble|first=Jim|last=Halley|date=May 22, 2008|access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref>

===Aftermath===
Following Lewis' death, questions were raised about whether he had used cocaine, and whether cocaine use had contributed to his death.<ref>{{cite news|agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19950309/2109213/report-doctors-suspected-that-cocaine-killed-celtics-lewis|title=Report: Doctors Suspected That Cocaine Killed Celtics' Lewis|date=March 9, 1995|archive-date=September 26, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926175512/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950309&slug=2109213}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3514|author=Alicia C. Shepard|title=The Journal's Reggie Lewis Bombshell|work=[[American Journalism Review]]|archive-date=June 3, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603025147/http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3514}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=February 7, 1999|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1999/02/07/cocaine-claim-could-spur-insurance-probe-companies-may-contest-payments-to-lewis-widow/|title=Cocaine claim could spur insurance probe|publisher=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723081005/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-02-07/sports/9902070005_1_lewis-cocaine-mudge|archive-date=July 23, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Wall Street Journal'' reported that physicians "suspected that cocaine killed Boston Celtics star Reggie Lewis...but they were thwarted by actions of his family and a 'dismissive' policy toward drugs by the NBA." The ''Journal'' added the following:

<blockquote>Whether Mr. Lewis died from a heart damaged by cocaine -- as many doctors suspected then and now -- cannot be definitively shown. What is evident: The official cause of death, a heart damaged by a common-cold virus, is a medically nonsensical finding by a coroner who was under intense pressure from the Lewis family to exclude any implication of drug use.<ref>{{cite web|date=March 9, 1995|url=http://www.ronsuskind.com/articles/000038.html|last=Suskind|first=Ron|title=Deadly Silence: How the Inner Circles, Of Medicine and Sports, Failed a Stricken Star|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=February 15, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104122043/http://www.ronsuskind.com/articles/000038.html|archive-date=January 4, 2011}}</ref></blockquote>

The Boston Celtics responded by expressing sadness about the "vicious attack on Reggie Lewis and his family" and threatening "to file a $100 million lawsuit against the reporter, ''The Wall Street Journal'', and its parent company, Dow Jones and Co. Inc."<ref>{{cite news|title=Report: Doctors Suspected That Cocaine Killed Celtics' Lewis|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19950309/2109213/report-doctors-suspected-that-cocaine-killed-celtics-lewis|newspaper=The Seattle Times|agency=AP|date=March 9, 1995|access-date=November 26, 2012|archive-date=September 26, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926175512/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950309&slug=2109213}}</ref> Dr. Gilbert Mudge, a doctor who treated Lewis, was sued for malpractice in connection with Lewis' death; in written responses to questions from the attorneys for Donna Harris-Lewis, Mudge said that "16 days before Lewis collapsed from a heart attack in 1993, he acknowledged having used cocaine, but said he had stopped."<ref>{{cite news|title=Report: Doctors Suspected That Cocaine Killed Celtics' Lewis|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doctor-knew-lewis-used-cocaine/|work=CBS News|date=February 5, 1999|access-date=February 15, 2018}}</ref> On the other hand, the doctor who performed the autopsy on Lewis testified that the [[scarring]] on his heart was inconsistent with cocaine use, and other doctors reached the same conclusion though they "stopped short of saying he never used drugs."<ref>{{cite news|title=No signs of drug use|date=May 17, 1999|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/news/1999/05/17/lewis_doctors/|agency=[[CNN]]|archive-date=June 3, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603025147/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/news/1999/05/17/lewis_doctors/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=March 29, 1995|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-29-sp-48268-story.html|title=Doctors: Drugs Did Not Kill Reggie Lewis|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603025147/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-03-29/sports/sp-48268_1_reggie-lewis|archive-date=June 3, 2010}}</ref> Also, Lewis's heart tissue tested positive for adenovirus (a common virus that can cause a range of cold- or flu-like infections)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23022-adenovirus | title=Adenovirus: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment }}</ref> during his autopsy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Suskind |first1=Ron |title=Deadly Silence: How the Inner Circles, Of Medicine and Sports, Failed a Stricken Star |url=http://www.ronsuskind.com/articles/000038.html |website=ronsuskind.com |access-date=February 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104122043/http://www.ronsuskind.com/articles/000038.html |archive-date=January 4, 2011 |date=March 9, 1995}}</ref>
[[File:Reggie Lewis Center.jpg|thumb|The [[Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center]] in Boston]]
After Lewis' death, the [[Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center]] was opened in [[Roxbury, Boston]]. The center was funded partially by Lewis and has hosted major indoor track and field competitions, the [[Boston Indoor Games]], home basketball games for Roxbury Community College, and [[Northeastern University]] track and field events.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

On March 22, 1995, the [[Boston Celtics]] retired Lewis' jersey. Lewis had worn the number 35 for his entire career. During the ceremony, former teammate [[Dee Brown (basketball, born 1968)|Dee Brown]] made a speech while two other former teammates, [[Sherman Douglas]] and [[Xavier McDaniel]], held up Lewis' framed jersey.<ref>{{cite news|title=Celtics Honor Reggie Lewis: #35 Goes Up to The Rafters at Boston Garden|date=July 17, 2020|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG5ZQoigqXg}}</ref>

Lewis' contract remained on the Celtics' salary cap for two full seasons after his death because at the time the NBA did not have a provision to void contracts if an active player died; NBA Commissioner [[David Stern]] suggested that the remaining NBA teams should approve an exemption for Lewis' contract, but the teams refused to do so.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 14, 1992 |title=At Face Value, Board Makes Celtics Pay For Their Success |agency=Hartford Courant |url=https://www.courant.com/1993/11/14/at-face-value-board-makes-celtics-pay-for-their-success/}}</ref> The rules have since been changed so that a similar case would result in the player's contract being paid by league insurance, as seen with [[Chris Bosh]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bosh, Heat part ways over year after last game|url=http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19830424/chris-bosh-miami-heat-formally-part-ways|work=ESPN.com}}</ref>

==NBA career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

===Regular season===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1987}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1987–88 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 49 || 0 || 8.3 || .466 || .000 || .702 || 1.3 || .5 || .3 || .3 || 4.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1988}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1988–89 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 81 || 57 || 32.8 || .486 || .136 || .787 || 4.7 || 2.7 || '''1.5''' || .9 || 18.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1989}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1989–90 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 79 || 54 || 31.9 || .496 || '''.267''' || .808 || 4.4 || 2.8 || 1.1 || .8 || 17.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1990}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1990–91 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 79 || 79 || 36.4 || .491 || .077 || .826 || '''5.2''' || 2.5 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 18.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1991}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991–92 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| '''82''' || '''82''' || 37.4 || '''.503''' || .238 || .851 || 4.8 || 2.3 || '''1.5''' || '''1.3''' || '''20.8'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1992}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992–93 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 80 || 80 || '''39.3''' || .470 || .233 || '''.867''' || 4.3 || '''3.7''' || '''1.5''' || 1.0 || '''20.8'''
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 450 || 352 || 32.6 || .488 || .200 || .824 || 4.3 || 2.6 || 1.3 || .9 || 17.6
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star
| 1 || 0 || 15.0 || .429 || – || .500 || 4.0 || 2.0 || – || 1.0 || 7.0
{{s-end}}

===Playoffs===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1988 NBA playoffs|1988]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1987–88 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| '''12''' || 0 || 5.8 || .382 || .000 || .600 || 1.3 || .3 || .3 || .2 || 2.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1989 NBA playoffs|1989]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1988–89 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 3 || 3 || 41.7 || .473 || .000 || .692 || '''7.0''' || 3.7 || 1.7 || .0 || 20.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1990 NBA playoffs|1990]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1989–90 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 5 || 5 || 40.0 || .597 || .000 || .771 || 5.0 || '''4.4''' || 1.4 || .4 || 20.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991 NBA playoffs|1991]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1990–91 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 11 || '''11''' || '''42.0''' || .487 || .000 || '''.824''' || 6.2 || 2.9 || 1.1 || .5 || 22.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992 NBA playoffs|1992]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991–92 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 10 || 10 || 40.8 || .528 || '''.333''' || .762 || 4.3 || 3.9 || '''2.4''' || .8 || '''28.0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1993 NBA playoffs|1993]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992–93 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 1 || 1 || 13.0 || '''.636''' || .000 || .750 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .0 || 1.0 || 17.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 42 || 30 || 30.4 || .510 || .133 || .777 || 4.2 || 2.6 || 1.2 || .5 || 17.5
{{s-end}}

==See also==
* [[List of basketball players who died during their careers]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3514 The Journal's Reggie Lewis Bombshell]
* [http://www.nba.com/celtics/news/070203_RememberingReggie.html Remembering Reggie Lewis - at nba.com]
* [https://www.espn.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/9510589/remembering-reggie-lewis-20-years-tragic-death Remembering Reggie Lewis]

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