dbadefense1990 369 Posted March 2, 2012 On this day in 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors in a single game vs. the New York Knicks. Still an unbelievable accomplishment, even a half-century later. Great anniversary! Thoughts?Wilt's 100, 50 yrs later 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 24,090 Posted March 2, 2012 I love the way the Sixers are commemorating it, giving away a piece of the historic court to all fans at the game. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigbean24 35 Posted March 2, 2012 Why was the game in Hershey? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eriqjaffe 38 Posted March 2, 2012 Why was the game in Hershey?Essentially, for the same reason the NFL has games in London. Spreading awareness of the league. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OnWis97 4,589 Posted March 2, 2012 Why was the game in Hershey?Essentially, for the same reason the NFL has games in London. Spreading awareness of the league.If that's the case, it's kinda funny. At the time, it made total sense. Games were rarely (if ever) televised to that point...if you did not live in a major market, you were pretty rare to get to a game. It's just funny that "spreading awareness" meant going to a small place at which very few people could witness (in-person or otherwise) the game. Those lucky few fans. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlMagz 0 Posted March 2, 2012 Where did they keep the court for 50 years? But it is cool for someone to get a piece of it. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dfwabel 4,155 Posted March 2, 2012 Where did they keep the court for 50 years? But it is cool for someone to get a piece of it.Read the story. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CS85 10,595 Posted March 2, 2012 When we celebrate Wilt's 20,000th woman, will they cut her up and hand out pieces of her? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Still MIGHTY 3,834 Posted March 2, 2012 When we celebrate Wilt's 20,000th woman, will they cut her up and hand out pieces of her?God dammit. ing "Like" button.PotD? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElwoodCuse 187 Posted March 3, 2012 I love how when he did this, people thought it was no big deal and would be happening all the time in basketball in the not-too-distant future.It would also own so hard if regular season NBA games still had scores in the 160s. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FiddySicks 11,201 Posted March 5, 2012 Even crazier to think that there was no 3 pt line at the time. Not that Wilt had great range or anything, but to compare, when Kobe dropped 81 on the Raptors, he hit 7 threes. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBTV 20,129 Posted March 5, 2012 Dude averaged 50 PPG in a season, scored 50 45 times in one season, has 32 career 60 point games (Kobe has 5), and a whole slew of other notable accomplishments. He was so dominant that they had to widen the lane to control him, invent goaltending, and change the free-throw rules so he couldn't just run and dunk from the line. I'm certainly biased since I grew up in the Philadelphia area and always heard about his high school accomplishments and how great he was, but a strong case could be made that he was the greatest of all time, not MJ. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
