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Wilt Chamberlain paragraph - 1 views

"Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath." famous quote by Wilt (the stilt) Chamberlain. Wilt Chamberlain was the Goliath and Bill Russell was David. Bill Russell and the Celtic won 4 N...

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How is it that Wilt's 100-point game, 50 years ago, didn't - 02.27.12 - SI Vault - 1 views

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  • in those days of man-to-man defense, had no one who could match up with the 7' 1", 260-pound Chamberlain.
  • The Boston Globe's Harold Kaese churlishly wrote that the scoring outburst "came as no surprise to this writer" and predicted that "within 10 years 100-point games will be common for pro players."
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NBA.com: Wilt Scores 100! - 2 views

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  • 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,
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      Caleb B on 06 May 13
       
      Wilt's tallness In the NBA Chamberlain was a humongous offensive force. according to the www.nba.com/...wilt100_moments.html
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  • . 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.
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      Caleb B on 06 May 13
       
      Wilt's tallness . 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. according to www.nba.com/...wilt100_moments.html
  • 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.
  • , 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.
  • 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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HowStuffWorks "Wilt Chamberlain" - 5 views

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  • , was the greatest basketball player who ever lived.
  • But no player could impact a game the way Wilt did.
  • Wilt's 23,924 rebounds are still the league standard.
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  • Chamberlain had amassed 31,419 points
  • Wilt once scored 100 points in a contest, and he grabbed 55 rebounds in another
  • During the 1961-62 season, his third year in the league, he averaged 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds per game.
  • He was incredibly durable, once playing 47 consecutive games without a minute's rest.
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      Caleb B on 06 May 13
       
      Wilts durability He was incredibly durable, once playing 47 consecutive games without a minute's rest. acording to the Editors of Publications International, Ltd.
  • s long, high-waisted body made the nickname "Wilt the Stilt
  • He liked to score with fadeaway jumpers or with his trademark "dipper" shot -- a soft, back-handed finger roll -- rather than dunks
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      Caleb B on 03 May 13
       
      Wilt's durability jumpers or his (dipper) shot.. a back handed finger roll Wilt like to do all these things rather than dunks. according to the Editors of Publications International, Ltd.
  • He entered the NBA in 1959 and proceeded to win the MVP and Rookie of the Year Awards while averaging 37.6 points and 27.0 rebounds for the Warriors.
  • , Chamberlain scored 78 points against the Lakers. That set the stage for Wilt's exploits against New York on the night of March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania (see sidebar).
  • But while Chamberlain won scoring titles in each of his first seven seasons, the Boston Celtics won seven consecutive championships. Wilt was branded a loser and ridiculed in enemy arenas. "Nobody roots for Goliath," he often said.
  • They smashed Boston 4-1 in the Eastern Division finals, with Wilt amassing 29 points, 36 rebounds, and 13 assists in the decisive game. They then beat the San Francisco Warriors, Wilt's former team, 4-2 in the NBA Finals. Earlier that season, Chamberlain attempted 35 consecutive field goals without a miss, a record that's never been challenged.
  • Chamberlain was traded twice during his career.
  • Wilt was swapped to the Philadelphia 76ers in 1965 for three lesser talents and cash. In 1968, the Sixers sent him to the Los Angeles Lakers for three nondescript player
  • he led the NBA in assists in 1967-68.
  • The next season, Wilt's last, he made 72.7 percent of his field-goal attempts, a record that still stands.
  • Free-throw shooting was the one area that he never mastered; he made barely half of his attempts for his career.
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