Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game
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Date | March 2, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Hershey Sports Arena, Hershey, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 4,124 |
The game was not televised, and no video footage of the game has been recovered; there are only audio recordings of the game's fourth quarter. The NBA was not yet recognized as being a major sports league and struggled to compete against college basketball. The attendance at the game was approximately half of capacity, and no members of the New York press were present.
Prologue
A 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and 260-pound (120 kg)
Before Chamberlain, the most dominant
There was little advance excitement about the pending Warriors-Knicks game that Friday. Only five games remained in the regular season, with the Warriors (46–29) in second place—eleven games behind the
On a cold, rainy Friday night, only 4,124 spectators paid to see the game, primarily to see players from the
The NBA was still struggling in its 16th season, not yet a major sports league and less established than
The Knicks were shorthanded, with their starting center,
Game report
First three quarters
According to McGuire, the game did not start with any game plan to get Chamberlain 100 points.[38] After a few minutes, the Warriors led 19–3, and their star center had already scored 13 points and made his first five shots.[39] At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks trailed 42–26, and in his typical style, Chamberlain had already scored 23 points, making all nine of his free throws.[22][40] Free throws were the weakest part of his game: he made barely more than half in his first two seasons. He had started shooting free throws underhanded that season per McGuire's suggestion.[41] Chamberlain at that point was thinking more about a free throw shooting record than scoring a lot of points;[42] the NBA record was 24 free throws made in a game.[40] Imhoff was soon benched because of foul trouble.[43] After one foul, he snapped at the referee, "Well, why don't you just give the guy a hundred now and we'll all go home!"[44] Neither referee had ever been a lead official before, and Imhoff privately wished a stronger lead was working the game.[45] By halftime, the Warriors had lost some of their edge, but still led 79–68. Chamberlain's point total stood at 41. The Warriors felt little excitement, as he had scored 60 or more points on 15 previous occasions. "I often came into the locker room with 30 or 35 points, therefore, 41 points was not a big deal", Chamberlain later explained.[22] During halftime, the Warriors' Guy Rodgers said, "Let's get the ball to Dip. Let's see how many he can get."[46] McGuire agreed.[22]
This simple tactic proved unstoppable. Soon, he had surpassed 50 points, causing arena speaker Dave Zinkoff to fire up the previously sleepy crowd. Chamberlain also kept his cool despite getting perpetually triple and quadruple-teamed by the Knicks, who did not shy away from hard fouls to distract the center. McGuire was irate and demanded that the referees call more fouls, but Chamberlain could not be stopped.[47] He scored another 28 points to lift his Warriors to a commanding 125–106 lead by the end of the third quarter. His own total stood at 69, nine shy of his previous scoring record. The Knicks' third center, Dave Budd, who alternated with the foul-troubled Imhoff at pivot, later stated that resistance was futile:
You couldn't play [Chamberlain] conventionally because he was so big. The only thing you could attempt to do was either front him, and in that case they'd try to lob it in to him, or beat him down the floor and set up where he wanted to get and force him out a couple of extra steps. The guy weighed 300 or 270 [pounds], so that wasn't easy, either.[23]
Chamberlain now realized he could break his own 73-point scoring record (for a regulation 48-minute game) or his record 78 points, set in triple
Breaking records
Dave Zinkoff, the public address announcer, began announcing Chamberlain's point total after each of his baskets.[38] With ten minutes to play in the game, Warriors forward Tom Meschery sensed the team concept breaking down. The team's offense had shifted to getting Chamberlain the ball and then stopping and watching instead of cutting and moving without the ball.[48] Chamberlain needed 25 points with eight minutes remaining to reach 100, a rate equivalent to 150 points in a full game.[49] He scored his 79th point with 7:51 left, breaking his own record and sending the crowd into a frenzy. The 4,124 spectators screamed, "Give it to Wilt! Give it to Wilt!"[22] After he reached 80, the crowd yelled for 100. Chamberlain thought, "Man, these people are tough. I'm tired. I've got 80 points and no one has ever scored 80." The Warriors continued giving Chamberlain the ball.[50] Warrior Al Attles later explained, "We wanted that Wilt got the record, because we all liked him." Attles himself led by example, passing up on an easy layup so that Chamberlain could score points 88 and 89, five minutes before the end.[22]
With six minutes remaining, the Knicks began intentionally fouling any Warrior except Chamberlain, keeping the ball out of the center's hands.[22][51][52] New York also began moving the ball slowly and using as much of the shot clock as possible to leave fewer opportunities for him to score.[53] Effectively, they played the opposite of what a normal club would do if they faced a deficit, willingly giving up many easy points instead of making attempts to rally back.[47] Meschery said the Warriors lobbed the ball in from the sideline across the floor directly to Chamberlain, who would use his size and strength to get the ball.[26][50] Chamberlain was the only Warrior to make a field goal in almost four minutes before Meschery made a jump shot at 4:15.[54] Philadelphia began quickly fouling New York with around four minutes left, reciprocating the intentional foul strategy.[55] Warriors coach Frank McGuire at one point pulled out his entire starting five, save Chamberlain, and replaced them with bench players.[note 3] The intention was to foul the Knicks, get the ball back after free throws and give Chamberlain the ball. Thus each team spent the last minutes fouling each other.[52] The Warriors ended with 25 personal fouls, and the Knicks with 32, and lost Imhoff and Willie Naulls with six fouls.[22]
With 2:12 left, Chamberlain had 94 points, and he scored on a fadeaway for his 96th point. His next basket at 1:19 came off a lob pass from
Finale
For years, the belief was that the final 46 seconds of the game were not played after Chamberlain scored his 100th point due to the celebration on the court;
Over the years, Harvey Pollack, who at the time was in charge of publicity and statistics for the Warriors, has given conflicting statements on the question. In a 1992 book, he was twice quoted as saying that the game ended with 46 seconds remaining.[58] But in a 2002 interview quoted by Chamberlain biographer Robert Cherry, Pollack said that the last 46 seconds were played, and that Chamberlain just stood in the middle circle, waiting for the game to end and not wanting to touch the ball, as "100 sounded better than 102".[47][67] The game's official box score notes that Warrior Joe Ruklick missed two free throws after the break.[36] Ruklick said he planned to miss the second free throw in hopes that Chamberlain might rebound it and get 102 points.[68]
The radio postgame show reported the Warriors defeating the Knicks 169–150. However, the official scorer's report recorded the game as 169–147, a discrepancy that has never been explained.[69] Chamberlain made 36 of 63 field-goals and 28 of 32 free throws, the latter a far better rate than his roughly 50% career average.[70] In two earlier games at Hershey that season, Chamberlain had made a combined 27 of 38 free throws, 71 percent. The basket rims at the arena were aged, flimsy, and forgiving. Balls would bounce off of typical firm rims, whereas balls near the rim in Hershey were apt to get a good roll and fall in.[71] Playing all 48 minutes of the game, Chamberlain set NBA records for field goals attempted (63) and made (36), free throws made (28), most points in a quarter (31), and half (59).[47][72] He averaged 73 points in four games that week, exceeding 60 in all of them.[73]
Rodgers finished with a game-high 20 assists and later said: "It was the easiest game ever for me to get assists, all I had to do was pass it to Wilt."[47] Attles was a defensive specialist who rarely scored, yet went 8–8 from the field and hit his single free throw. He later lamented, "In the game where I literally couldn't miss, Wilt had to go out and score 100."[47]
The Warriors and Knicks combined for a record 316 points. Philadelphia fell short of the Boston Celtics' then-record of 173 points in a game.[74] It was not uncommon for late-season NBA games to feature little defense.[39] Celtics guard Bob Cousy said that the level of play in the NBA decreased as the season progressed, and "defenses are out of gas" by the end of the season.[75]
The following night, Chamberlain got permission to travel back to New York with three Knicks players. According to Cherry, Chamberlain drifted in and out of sleep and got a kick overhearing the New York players talk about the "S.O.B. who scored 100 points on us".[47] On March 4, the Warriors played the Knicks again in Madison Square Garden, and Imhoff got a standing ovation for "holding" Chamberlain to 58 points.[73][76][note 4]
Aftermath
"True, over-anxiousness caused Wilt to miss some shots he'd ordinarily make. But he made some he wouldn't have dared taken under ordinary circumstances. Long jumpers from 25–30 feet out with two and three men clinging onto the wiry, 260-pound frame. Power-packed dunk shots when he had to bull through, around and over a tight knot of defenders. Blazing speed that carried him downcourt for layups after he had launched the fast break with a rebound himself. He earned every point."
—Jack Kiser, The Philadelphia Inquirer[78]
The record was not highly anticipated like the
Chamberlain thanked his teammates. "It wouldn't even have been close to possible without them. They wanted me to get it as much I did."[83] He added, "They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic."[84] Knicks' player Richie Guerin felt the Warriors broke a code of honor in sports by embarrassing an opponent and setting a record outside the normal flow of the game.[85] Although effusive in his praise of Chamberlain, Guerin nonetheless estimated that if the game had played out normally, Chamberlain would have finished 15 to 20 points shy of 100.[58] Chamberlain countered he could have scored 140 if the Knicks "had played straight-up basketball."[86] New York coach Eddie Donovan suggested, "The game was a farce. They would foul us and we would foul them."[80] The Knicks' Naulls stated, "The game was not a fluke ... I thought it was absolutely authentic."[84] Imhoff said Zinkoff's announcements did not help the Knicks' cause.[73]
Chamberlain finished the season with a record of 50.4 points per game. He scored a single-season record 4,029 points, more than the division-winning
Legacy
The anniversary of the game was not widely commemorated until its silver anniversary in 1987. By that time, the NBA had grown to be a popular sports league with average attendance of 13,000 fans per game and star players such as
I know that it has been my tag. I am definitely proud of it. But it was definitely a team effort. You had to see some of the things my teammates did to get me the ball ... It was almost like a circus out there for a while.[97]
Two other participants were profoundly affected. Knicks center Darrall Imhoff was branded as the player who let Chamberlain score 100 on him, although he only played 20 of 48 minutes and was not on the court when it happened.[100] On the other hand, the game immortalized little-used Warriors reserve player Joe Ruklick as the man who gave Chamberlain the 100th point assist.[47] Decades later, The New York Times interviewed Ruklick and found out that he refers to himself as "a walking footnote" of one of basketball's greatest moments.[57] The game also produced the famous picture of Chamberlain sitting on a bench, holding up a paper with a scribbled "100". The photograph was actually a matter of improvisation: when Warriors PR manager Harvey Pollack entered the Warriors locker room, he took a paper and scribbled the number on it, and Associated Press photographer Paul Vathis[101] who was there at the game (not for professional reasons, but rather because he wanted to give his son a treat) took the now-famous photo.[47] Cherry calls it the "ultimate picture" of Wilt Chamberlain.[47]
Chamberlain's 100 points is widely considered one of basketball's greatest records.[102][103][104] Decades after his record was set, many NBA teams did not even average 100 points, as fewer field goals per game were being attempted.[102] The closest any player has gotten to 100 points was the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, who scored 81 in a 122–104 win over the Toronto Raptors on January 22, 2006.[72][105][106] Whereas Chamberlain was fed repeatedly by teammates for inside shots in a blowout win, Bryant created his own shots—mostly from the outside—in a game which the Lakers trailed at halftime by 14 and did not pull away until the fourth quarter.[107][108] Chamberlain, playing in an era when the games were paced faster and scoring opportunities were more plentiful,[108][109] accounted for 59% of his team's points, compared to Bryant scoring 66% of the Lakers' points.[110][111] Bryant afterwards said Chamberlain's record was "unthinkable ... It's pretty exhausting to think about it."[112] David Thompson broke Chamberlain's record for points in a quarter by scoring 32 in the first quarter of his 73-point game.[note 5] Adrian Dantley tied the record of 28 free throws made in a regular season game on January 4, 1984, but through the 2010–11 season, all of Chamberlain's other records set that day still stand.[113] Twenty years after the Warriors and Knicks combined for 316 points, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 171–166 in triple overtime on March 6, 1982, for a total of 337 points. That record was broken more quickly, as the Detroit Pistons defeated the Denver Nuggets 186–184 (also in triple overtime) on December 13, 1983, for 370 points.[114]
Pomerantz wrote in his 2005 book that the lack of videotape of the 100-point game "only added to its mystique."[84] For a while, NBA Commissioner David Stern's office phone would play Campbell's call of the 100-point basket to callers on hold: "He made it! He made it! He made it! A Dipper Dunk!"[96] Kerry Ryman, who was 14 years old when he attended the game, said that he left the arena with the basketball that Chamberlain used to score his famous basket. The ball was auctioned by Leland's Auction in 2000 for $551,844, which was the then-third highest sports memorabilia auction price. After controversy over the ball's authenticity, the sale was suspended. The ball was relisted months later and sold for $67,791.[115][116] Attles stated that Chamberlain gave him the actual 100-point ball.[99][117] In 2014, Josh Pastner, then head coach of the Memphis Tigers, stated that his father, who was a ballboy for the Warriors, had taped the game starting in the second quarter. Pastner's father had been attempting to locate the footage among his many boxes, but he also conceded that the footage might be lost.[118]
In 1961–1962, the NBA's three highest scoring averages were by black players (Chamberlain, Baylor, Walt Bellamy).[91] Oscar Robertson, a Hall of Famer, believes the NBA would have lost its small television contract and not survived without the emergence of black superstars. "People heard about Wilt scoring a 100, averaging 50 a night, and they wanted to see the guy do it ... I believe Wilt Chamberlain single-handedly saved the league."[119] Naulls wrote, "Wilt had rung the bell of freedom loud and clear, shouting, 'Let my people be free to express themselves.' For we were and will be for all time those who withstood the humiliation of racial quotas even to the point of the NBA's facing extinction because of retarded expression and stagnating growth."[120]
In 2016, the extant fourth quarter audio recording of the 100-point game was added to the National Recording Registry for its "cultural, artistic and/or historical significance to American society and the nation's aural legacy."[121]
On March 2, 2024, on the game's 62nd anniversary, LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to record 40,000 points.
Box score
Source[122]
March 2, 1962
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Philadelphia Warriors 169, New York Knicks 147
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Scoring by quarter: 42–26, 37–42, 46–38, 44–41 | ||
20 | Pts: Richie Guerin 39 Rebs: Dave Budd 10 Asts: Richie Guerin 6 |
Hershey Sports Arena, Hershey, Pennsylvania Attendance: 4,124 Referees: Willie Smith and Pete D'Ambrosio |
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Pos | Position | Min | Minutes played | FGM | Field goals made | FGA | Field goals attempted | FTM | Free throws made
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FTA | Free throws attempted | Reb | Rebounds | Ast | Assists | PF | Personal fouls | Pts | Points
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- Wilt Chamberlain's statistics by quarter
Quarter | Min | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | Reb | Ast | PF | Pts |
1st | 12 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
2nd | 12 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
3rd | 12 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
4th | 12 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
See also
- List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game
- List of career achievements by Wilt Chamberlain
Notes
- Syracuse Nationalswas 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m)
- ^ Despite playing for Philadelphia, Chamberlain lived in Manhattan; he commuted to Philadelphia each day for the team's activities.
- ^ Starters Meschery, Attles, Rodgers, and Arizin were replaced by reserves Ruklick, Larese, Ed Conlin and Ted Luckenbill.
- ^ Associated Press wrote that Chamberlain scored 54 points. It also reported Imhoff played all 48 minutes, while Wilt, 1962 said he fouled out near the end of the game.[73][77]
- ^ George Gervin broke that record seven hours later by scoring 33.
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External links
- Video: Wilt's 100 Point Game at NBA.com. (Adobe Flash)