Knicks great Patrick Ewing: My two Olympic gold medals were stolen

Patrick Ewing never won an NBA title, and to add insult to injury, the Knicks and Georgetown great revealed on Tuesday that the Olympic gold medal he won in 1992 as a member of the Dream Team was stolen.

“My house got broken into in New York at one point and they stole my medals,” Ewing revealed for the first time on Tuesday’s “The Dan Patrick Show.”

Ewing, who didn’t reveal the date of the burglary, said his 1984 gold medal was stolen, as well as the 1984 NCAA title ring he won with the Hoyas.

Shortly after the break-in Ewing said he called USA Basketball director Jerry Colangelo who was able to get him some replacement medals. The Hall of Fame center, nicknamed “The Big Fella,” added that someone tried to sell his championship ring on eBay, but that he was able to get it back.

“Sometimes it sucks to be well-known,” Ewing said in regards to being targeted by people looking to get high-profile items.

Ewing, who was interviewed for about an hour for “The Last Dance,” said he hasn’t watched a lot of the first six episodes of the 10-part documentary. The Georgetown coach, whose Knicks fell just short to the Bulls in many playoff battles, also said he respects his friend Jordan’s greatness, but doesn’t need to relive it so thoroughly at this stage in his life.

Former teammate Charles Oakley on Sunday blamed Ewing for the fact the Knicks lost the epic 1993 Eastern Conference final battle to Jordan’s Bulls, not Charles Smith who missed multiple put-back attempts in the closing seconds of the Knicks’ 97-94 Game 5 loss, which gave Chicago a 3-2 series lead.

“Patrick, at the end of the game, he’d get double-teamed,’’ Oakley told The Post’s Marc Berman. “He’d shoot fadeaways on double-teams and that hurt us as a team.”

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