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Chamberlain publicly embraced the 100-point game in his final years. On a radio show commemorating the game's 31st anniversary in 1993, he said, "As time goes by, I feel more a part of that 100-point game." [97] He explained that growing up on the streets, he would have been derisively labelled a gunner, a glory-hound, for attempting 63 shots ...
Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, named by the National Basketball Association as one of its greatest games, [3] [4] took place between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
The game was not recorded on video, and only a radio broadcast of the fourth quarter remains. One writer notes the lack of video of the 100-point game "only added to its mystique". [76] For years, former NBA Commissioner David Stern's office phone would play announcer Bill Campbell's call of the 100-point basket to callers on hold: "He made it ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 September 2024. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. On August 7, 2010, Corey Fisher scored 105 points during a semi-professional summer league game. In basketball, points are the sum ...
NBA record – Most points in a season (4,029 in 1961–62) Also holds the second-highest record with 3,586 in 1962–63. NBA record – Most points scored in a game (100 vs. the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962) Kobe Bryant is second with 81. NBA record – Most points scored in a half (59 in the 2nd half vs. the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962)
He tallied 33 points and seven rebounds to pace the Spurs. He was just no match on defense for Embiid, who leveraged his 7-foot, 280-pound frame to outmuscle his 7-4, 209-pound counterpart.
The reason they have that rule is that fouling someone off-the-ball looks foolish . . . Some of the funniest things I ever saw were players that used to chase [Wilt Chamberlain] like it was hide-and-seek. Wilt would run away from people and the league changed the rule based on how silly that looked. —Pat Riley [10]
This was the third straight game against the Pelicans in which Booker has scored at least 50 points. He dropped 52 points on them when the Suns and Pels last faced off on Jan. 19.