Today is the 47th anniversary of Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game

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Today is the 47th anniversary of Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game, or as teammate Al Attles put it, the game when "Wilt and I combined to score 117." Wilt's Philadelphia Warriors beat the Knicks that day 169-147 and no, the game did not go into multiple overtimes.....
 

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<TABLE class=infobox style="FONT-SIZE: 90%" width=300><CAPTION style="FONT-SIZE: medium">Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game</CAPTION><TBODY><TR style="BACKGROUND: #ffffff; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TD colSpan=2> </TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle colSpan=2><TABLE style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=center><TBODY><TR style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TH></TH><TH width=33>1</TH><TH width=33>2</TH><TH width=33>3</TH><TH width=33>4</TH><TH width=33>Total</TH></TR><TR style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TD noWrap align=right>New York</TD><TD bgColor=#efefef>26</TD><TD bgColor=#efefef>42</TD><TD bgColor=#efefef>38</TD><TD bgColor=#efefef>41</TD><TD>147</TD></TR><TR style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TD noWrap align=right>Philadelphia</TD><TD bgColor=#efefef>42</TD><TD bgColor=#efefef>37</TD><TD bgColor=#efefef>46</TD><TD bgColor=#efefef>44</TD><TD>169</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><TD>Date</TD><TD>March 2, 1962</TD></TR><TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><TD>Arena</TD><TD>Hersheypark Arena</TD></TR><TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><TD>City</TD><TD>Hershey, Pennsylvania</TD></TR><TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><TD>Attendance</TD><TD>4,124</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 

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Box score<TABLE class=multicol cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left width="50%">Philadelphia Warriors
<TABLE cellPadding=5><TBODY><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD>Player</TD><TD>FGM</TD><TD>FGA</TD><TD>FTM</TD><TD>FTA</TD><TD>PTS</TD></TR><TR><TD>Paul Arizin</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>16</TD></TR><TR><TD>Tom Meschery</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>16</TD></TR><TR><TD>Wilt Chamberlain</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>63</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>32</TD><TD>100</TD></TR><TR><TD>Guy Rodgers</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>11</TD></TR><TR><TD>Al Attles</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>17</TD></TR><TR><TD>York Larese</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD></TR><TR><TD>Ed Conlin</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD>Joe Ruklick</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD>Ted Luckenbill</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD>Totals</TD><TD>63</TD><TD>115</TD><TD>43</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>169</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD vAlign=top align=left>New York Knicks
<TABLE cellPadding=5><TBODY><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD>Player</TD><TD>FGM</TD><TD>FGA</TD><TD>FTM</TD><TD>FTA</TD><TD>PTS</TD></TR><TR><TD>Willie Naulls</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>22</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>31</TD></TR><TR><TD>Johnny Green</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>6</TD></TR><TR><TD>Darrall Imhoff</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7</TD></TR><TR><TD>Richie Guerin</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>39</TD></TR><TR><TD>Al Butler</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>8</TD></TR><TR><TD>Cleveland Buckner</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>33</TD></TR><TR><TD>Dave Budd</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR><TD>Donnie Butcher</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>10</TD></TR><TR><TD>Totals</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>118</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>41</TD><TD>147</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 

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I actually heard most of the game on an old floor model radio that would pick up games from around the east after dark. The raidio had a big circular dial that I would turn slowly until I could find a game. That night 47 years ago (I was 14) I just happened to pick up the New York Knicks radio station that broadcast the game at my home in Massachusetts. Viejo Dinosaur is right the game was played in Hershey PA that nite, a common practice the NBA used for years. True story.

Wilt Scores 100!

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Chamberlain's record for most points scored in a game has stood for 38 years.

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA single game scoring record by tallying 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks.


Not 98 points, not 102, but a nice, round 100 -- an imposing record set by a most imposing player.

Chamberlain was a gargantuan force in the NBA, a player of Bunyanesque stature who seemed to overshadow all around him. He was a dominant offensive force, unstoppable on his way to the basket, yet he was also a fine all-around athlete who took pride in developing the all-around skills to compete with players a half-foot shorter.

He certainly was unstoppable that night in Hershey, Pa., where the Warriors played a few of their "home" games in order to attract additional fans. With New York's starting center, Phil Jordan, sidelined by the flu, Chamberlain could not be contained by Darrall Imhoff and Cleveland Buckner. He scored 23 points in the first quarter and had 41 by halftime, then tallied 28 in the third quarter, when the fans began to chant, "Give It To Wilt! Give It To Wilt!"

That's exactly what the Warriors did, feeding Chamberlain at every opportunity in the fourth quarter. The Knicks tried fouling other Philadelphia players to keep the ball away from Chamberlain, but the Warriors countered by committing fouls of their own to get the ball back.

Finally, Chamberlain took a pass from Joe Ruklick and hit a short shot with 46 seconds left to give him 100 points. Fans raced onto the court and play was halted as Chamberlain went to the lockerroom, where PR man Harvey Pollack scrawled "100" on a piece of paper and had Chamberlain hold it up for photographers.

In obliterating his previous NBA scoring record of 78 points set less than three months earlier, Chamberlain shot 36-for-63 from the field and 28-for-32 from



the foul line, a remarkable feat for a man whose career free throw percentage was a weak .511.

"As time goes by," Chamberlain reflected more than three decades later, "I feel more and more a part of that 100-point game. It has become my handle, and I've come to realize just what I did." Chamberlain went on to average an NBA-record 50.4 ppg in the 1961-62 season and became the only player to surpass 4,000 points in one season with 4,029. He also led the league in rebounding with 25.7 rpg and was second in field goal percentage at .506. Amazingly, Chamberlain also averaged 48.5 minutes per game-quite a feat when you consider that an NBA game lasts only 48 minutes. The Warriors played a total of 10 overtime periods in seven games that season, and Chamberlain was on the court for 3,882 of a possible 3,890 minutes. Of the team's 80 games, he went the distance in a record 79 of them.
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Too bad Wilt wasn't meaner...He could have set more records...He was very passive...

The Wilt-Russell rivalry was something to watch...
 

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Buy the entire fourth quarter radio call on Google.On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA single-game scoring record by tallying 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks.
Not 98 points, not 102, but a nice, round 100 -- an imposing record set by a most imposing player.
Chamberlain was a gargantuan force in the NBA, a player of Bunyanesque stature who seemed to overshadow all around him. He was a dominant offensive force, unstoppable on his way to the basket, yet he was also a fine all-around athlete who took pride in developing the all-around skills to compete with players a half-foot shorter.
He certainly was unstoppable that night in Hershey, Pa., where the Warriors played a few of their "home" games in order to attract additional fans. With New York's starting center, Phil Jordan, sidelined by the flu, Chamberlain could not be contained by Darrall Imhoff and Cleveland Buckner. He scored 23 points in the first quarter and had 41 by halftime, then tallied 28 in the third quarter, when the fans began to chant, "Give It To Wilt! Give It To Wilt!"
That's exactly what the Warriors did, feeding Chamberlain at every opportunity in the fourth quarter. The Knicks tried fouling other Philadelphia players to keep the ball away from Chamberlain, but the Warriors countered by committing fouls of their own to get the ball back.
Finally, Chamberlain took a pass from Joe Ruklick and hit a short shot with 46 seconds left to give him 100 points. Fans raced onto the court and play was halted as Chamberlain went to the lockerroom, where PR man Harvey Pollack scrawled "100" on a piece of paper and had Chamberlain hold it up for photographers.
In obliterating his previous NBA scoring record of 78 points set less than three months earlier, Chamberlain shot 36-for-63 from the field and 28-for-32 from the foul line, a remarkable feat for a man whose career free throw percentage was a weak .511.
Radio call of the final three minutes"As time goes by," Chamberlain reflected more than three decades later, "I feel more and more a part of that 100-point game. It has become my handle, and I've come to realize just what I did."
Chamberlain went on to average an NBA-record 50.4 ppg in the 1961-62 season and became the only player to surpass 4,000 points in one season with 4,029. He also led the league in rebounding with 25.7 rpg and was second in field goal percentage at .506. Amazingly, Chamberlain also averaged 48.5 minutes per game-quite a feat when you consider that an NBA game lasts only 48 minutes. The Warriors played a total of 10 overtime periods in seven games that season, and Chamberlain was on the court for 3,882 of a possible 3,890 minutes. Of the team's 80 games, he went the distance in a record 79 of them.
 

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I heard him on the radio a number of years ago and he claimed that for the previous 6 or 8 games, he averaged 71 points per game.
 

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Noone will ever do it again. He had 69 shots and he wasnt all that great of a free throw shooter but he hit 28 that night. Kobe's 81 was 5 years ago now
 

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I have heard about this a bit over the years. It's such an incredible feat that you almost believe it didn't happen. Of course; it did.
 

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I had the pleasure of going to school with Wilt K.U. Had a few classes with him. He was o.k. in one of those big auditorium type class rooms a teachers assistant(grad stud) gave him some flack. Wilt stood up and said I put 17,000 fans in the field house last night I think the administration will help me out and walked out . amazing. anyhow that was a long time ago 1957. still rememberthe biguy. heart222
 

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