The article recalls the record-setting game of basketball player Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors. He became the first person to score 100 points in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game on March 2, 1962. He is said to also broke ...
Chamberlain was a poor foul shooter (51 percent) during his entire career. Over the years he switched from conventional technique … to one hand “shot put” … even under hand. Nothing ever worked ... except for this one magical night. Like the moon landing in 1969, there are vocal con...
Steph Curry now is just 129 points away from surpassing Wilt Chamberlain as the Warriors' all-time scoring record, following his 37-point effort in Sunday night's loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Being able to eclipse Chamberlain would be a major milestone in what already has been a decorat...
Curry entered Monday's game needing 19 points to break Chamberlain's record, and he didn't waste any time, scoring 21 in the first quarter. He finished the first half with 30 points. Curry has plenty of good years left in his Hall of Fame career, so he's going to set t...
Known as "Wilt the Stilt" for his 7'1" frame, Wilt Chamberlain was a Harlem Globetrotter before joining the Philadelphia Warriors. He achieved an average of 30.1 points per game over his career and holds several records, including for most points scored in one season (4,029) and most poi...
Basketball Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain had one of the most dominant rookie seasons in NBA history. The uniform the 7-1 center wore during the 1959-60 season is coming to auction at SCP Auctions.
Wilton Norman Chamberlain is rarely ever picked as the best basketball player of all-time. Even in discussions of most dominant, Shaquille O'Neal usually gets the nod. Most people will use the excuse: "Wilt played in a weak era."I think it's because his stats and records are so ...
Famed for his long-standing rivalry with Boston's Bill Russell, Chamberlain set many records, including 100 points scored in a game (1962, against the New York Knicks) and 23,924 career rebounds. His controversial autobiography, View from Above (1991), focuses on the lifestyle of a ...
At Kansas Chamberlain continued his brilliant play on the basketball court, scoring fifty-two points in his first varsity game. During his first varsity season, he led the Jayhawks to the finals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament, but they lost to North Carolina in...
Here is a look at some of the individual records that have stood and likely will stand the test of time as unbreakable, even 25 years from now when the NBA celebrates its 100th season. Season •Wilt Chamberlain's entire 1961-62 season is essentially written in ...