His scoring average was at a career-low of 24 PTS (on 68% FG) Unofficial quadruple-double in GM2 of 1967 playoffs against the Celtics w/ 24 PTS, 32 REB, 13 AST, 12 BLK (blocks were not officially counted back then) Grabbed 41 rebounds in the next game (3) & had a triple-...
rebounding (23.8), field-goal percentage (.595) and finishing third in scoring (24.3). But after the 76ers blew a 3-1 lead in the Eastern finals to Boston, Chamberlain was traded that summer to the Los Angeles Lakers for Jerry Chambers, Archie Clark and Darrall Imhoff. In his ...
where as a sophomore starting his first game on the varsity team, Chamberlain set a school record by scoring 52 points against Northwestern. The Jayhawks reached the NCAA championship game that 1956-57 season but lost to North Carolina.
By the end of the season, Wilt Chamberlain piled up more than 4,000 points – becoming the first NBA player to do so – scoring an average of 50.4 points per game. At the top of his game, Chamberlain was selected for the All-NBA first team for three consecutive years in 1960, 1961...
In 1959 Chamberlain joined the NBA's Philadelphia Warriors and made an immediate impact on the league. He could score almost at will. Opposing teams gave up trying to stop him and instead tried only to contain him. His scoring average during the 1959-60 season was 37.9 points per game—mor...
Wilton Norman Chamberlain (Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, Dippy, Dip, The Load, Big Musty, The Record Book, Hook and Ladder, Wiltie, Whip, Whipper, Norm) Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Hall of Fame 13x All Star 7x Scoring Champ 11x...
On the anniversary of his historic 100-point game, a look back at LIFE's coverage of the NBA legendBermanElizaTime.com
Chamberlain would ask for and be granted a trade to the Los Angeles. The Sixers would get Arhcie Clark, Jerry Chambers and Darrall Imhoff for their superstar. The trade to the Lakers would start to mark the decline in Wilt Chamberlain's dominance as he would average career lows in scoring...
Wilt Chamberlain. Actor: Conan the Destroyer. Wilton Norman Chamberlain was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Olivia Ruth (Johnson), a domestic worker, and William Chamberlain, a welder, custodian, and handyman. Wilt didn't come from a race of giant
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