The Death of Reggie Lewis. The End of the Celtics Dynasty.

Sat, May 1, 1993 EC Round 1 Game 2 Charlotte Hornets at Boston Celtics Reggie Lewis (November 21, 1965 – July 27, 1993) was an American professional basketball player for the NBA’s Boston Celtics from 1987 to 1993.en.wikipedia.org Lewis suffered sudden cardiac death on the basketball court at an off-season practice on July 27, 1993 at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He was 27 years old. Lewis had shown symptoms of heart problems in the preceding months (including collapsing during the opening game of their first-round playoff series with the Charlotte Hornets), and the cause of his death was subsequently attributed to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a structural heart defect that is considered the most common cause of death in young athletes. James Crowley, a police officer, attempted to revive Lewis by using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but he was unsuccessful. Following Lewis’ death, it was alleged that Lewis had used cociane, and that drug use may have been a contributing factor in his death. en.wikipedia.org Thanks to the 1984 trade of Gerald Henderson and the subsequent fall of the Seattle SuperSonics, at the end of the 198586 the Celtics owned not only the best team in the NBA but also the second pick in the 1986 NBA Draft. The Celtics drafted Len Bias with the pick and had high hopes for the young University of Maryland star. Fans believed Bias had superstar potential, and that he would be the perfect complement to the aging, but still strong, Celtics …
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