Mike Lewis (basketball)

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{other people||Michael Lewis (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Mike Lewis

| image = Mike Lewis (Duke Chronicle 1967-12-13).jpg

| width =

| caption = Lewis with Duke in 1967

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lbs = 225

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1946|3|18}}

| birth_place = Missoula, Montana, U.S.

| high_school = Missoula (Missoula, Montana)

| college = Duke (1965–1968)

| draft_year = 1968

| draft_round = 7

| draft_pick = 88

| draft_team = Boston Celtics

| career_start = 1968

| career_end = 1974

| career_number = 42, 24

| career_position = Power forward / center

| years1 = 1968

| team1 = Indiana Pacers

| years2 = 1968–1972

| team2 = Minnesota Pipers / Pittsburgh Condors

| years3 = 1972–1974

| team3 = Carolina Cougars

| highlights =

| stats_league = ABA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 4,081 (12.1 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 4,022 (11.9 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 1,000 (3.0 apg)

}}

Michael J. Lewis (born March 18, 1946) is a retired American professional basketball player.

A 6'8" power forward/center from Duke University, Lewis played in the American Basketball Association from 1968 to 1974 as a member of the Indiana Pacers, Minnesota Pipers, Pittsburgh Pipers, Pittsburgh Condors, and Carolina Cougars. He averaged 12.1 points per game and 11.9 rebounds per game for his career and made two ABA All-Star Game appearances, in 1970 and 1971.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lewismi01.html|title=Mike Lewis ABA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=7 May 2023}} His career was cut short by an Achilles tendon injury.

Career statistics

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

=ABA=

Source

==Regular season==

{{NBA player statistics start}}

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1968}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Indiana

| 24 || – || 19.0 || .460 || .000 || .691 || 7.5 || 1.2 || – || – || 8.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1968|nolink=y}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Minnesota

| 52 || – || 22.3 || .427 || .000 || .635 || 8.7 || 1.5 || – || – || 8.7

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1969}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Pittsburgh Pipers

| 78 || – || 34.6 || .496 || – || .756 || 13.5 || 3.4 || – || – || 16.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1970}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Pittsburgh Condors

| 83 || – || 33.0 || .509 || – || .768 || 14.6 || 3.2 || – || – || 13.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1971}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Pittsburgh Condors

| 82 || – || 31.9 || .540 || – || .730 || 12.1 || 3.9 || – || – || 11.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1972}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Carolina

| 15 || – || 28.7 || .496 || – || .805 || 8.1 || 2.7 || – || – || 10.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1973}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Carolina

| 3 || – || 4.7 || .375 || – || – || 1.7 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 337 || – || 30.0 || .498 || .000 || .735 || 11.9 || 3.0 || .0 || .0 || 12.1

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star

| 2 || 0 || 11.5 || .250 || – || .667 || 5.5 || 1.0 || – || – || 4.0

{{s-end}}

==Playoffs==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"

|-

!Year

!Team

!GP

!MPG

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!PPG

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|1969

| style="text-align:left;"|Minnesota

| 7 || 18.7 || .385 || – || .526 || 6.7 || 1.6 || 7.1

{{s-end}}

References