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Wilt Scores 100

In 1962, the NBA was a fledgling professional league. It was less popular than its college counterpart and far less so than baseball and football. That is why when the last-place New York Knicks played the Philadelphia Warriors in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on March 2, no New York press members were in attendance. Even the presence of Philadelphia superstar Wilt Chamberlain couldn’t fill the building. The 4,000 fans that were there saw history. Chamberlain already had broken the single-game scoring record earlier that season, and that night, he did it again in dramatic fashion. He had 69 points at the end of three quarters, and the announcer began announcing his point total with each basket to fire up the crowd. Wilt the Stilt put up 100 points in a 169-147 win. He also still holds records for free throws made, field goals made, and field goals attempted, all set in that one magnificent game.

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