Pat Cummings was an American professional basketball player.
15 Facts About Pat Cummings
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The son of Charles and Dolores Pat Cummings, he scored 1,136 career points for Greater Johnstown High School of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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Pat Cummings set a school single-game scoring record with 50 points while averaging 24.3 points per game and 12 rebounds as a senior.
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Pat Cummings committed to attend the University of Cincinnati, coached by Gale Catlett.
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Pat Cummings is second all-time in field goals made behind Oscar Robertson.
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Pat Cummings was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks as a junior-eligible in 1978.
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Pat Cummings did shine at times, with a then career-high 25 points on February 26,1980, against the Los Angeles Clippers, then 30 in the third-to-last game of the season against the Denver Nuggets.
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Nevertheless, Pat Cummings shot over 50 percent from the floor and over 70 percent from the free throw line and averaged more than six points each year.
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Pat Cummings became the Mavs' starting center and averaged 12.5 points and 8.2 rebounds with 20 or more points in 10 games.
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Pat Cummings spent two more seasons with the Knicks, sharing time in the front court with Bill Cartwright and Patrick Ewing.
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Pat Cummings signing as a free agent with the expansion Miami Heat in 1988.
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Pat Cummings started in the Heat's first-ever game, and spent most of his two years in Miami as a backup to Rony Seikaly.
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Pat Cummings had resided in Loveland, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, earned his real estate license and spent several years in the real estate business.
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Pat Cummings died of a heart attack in his Greenwich Village, New York City apartment on June 26,2012.
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Pat Cummings was preceded in death by his father and his brother, Charles Jr.