Chinese translation: Wilt Chamberlain

Gender: Male

Nationality: United States

Date of birth: August 21, 1936

Height: 2.16m / 7'1"

Weight: 113 kg / 251 lbs

Field position: Center

Field number: 13

Drafted: 1959 1st round, 3rd overall

School:: Kansas (University of Kansas)

Played for:

Philadelphia Warriors

Philadelphia 76ers

Los Angeles Lakers

High school Times

If you look up photos of Chamberlain in high school, you'll see that by then he was already a slim, agile 6-foot-11 giant. In his three years of high school, Chamberlain led his alma mater to consecutive sick winning percentages of 19-2, 19-0 and 18-1 from the 1952-53 season onward. In order to take full advantage of Chamberlain's under-the-basket prowess, his coaches even asked his players to specialize in free-throw misses so that Chamberlain could grab offensive rebounds to create more points. During that clean period, Chamberlain left behind a team high of 2,206 points and single-game scoring numbers of 100, 74, and 71 points. He averaged 44.5 points per game as a freshman, and 60 of those 90-point games came in a 12-minute span in the second half.

The local Philadelphia newspaper nicknamed Wilt "Stilts," which Chamberlain loathed as much as he hated the other "Goliath" nickname. The only two nicknames he tolerated were "Dippy" and "Dipper," including the later spawned "Big Dipper.

College

In 1955, Chamberlain, who had already shocked the nation, announced that he would play basketball for the University of Kansas. But because of NCAA rules that prohibited freshmen from playing directly on the varsity team, Chamberlain had to commit to a first-year rookie team for a while. Shortly afterward, the Kansas team, which had just won the sectional championship that season, had their usual scrimmage with the first-year boys, and they all fell to Chamberlain's roar. Here's how Chamberlain himself later described it to the Philadelphia Daily News, "We were whipping them the whole game, 81-71, and I scored 40 or 42 points, about 30 rebounds, 15 caps. I just had to show those guys who had no one in their sights whether or not I had any business being on the varsity team."

Chamberlain naturally took his place among the seniors and made his NCAA debut on Dec. 3, 1956, breaking the school record with 52 points, leading his alma mater to a 97-69 upset of rival Northwestern and a run that led him to the NCAA championship game, albeit after three Despite a one-point loss to North Carolina in overtime, Chamberlain went on to win the season's MOP (Most Outstanding Player) award.

The next year Chamberlain was a first-team All-Region and All-America selection, and he even showed off his athleticism at the All-America track and field meet, setting a new record in the high jump with a leap of 6-foot-6. In May of 1958, feeling that college basketball had become unchallenging, Chamberlain decided to join the NBA but was forced to stay for a year because of the league's rules and regulations. He was forced to stay in the NBA for one year. Bored, Chamberlain signed with the famed Harlem Basketball team for the 1958-59 season for a then-astonishing $50,000 to tour the country.

Early career

Warriors

In 1955, the NBA adopted a new draft rule called the "territorial" rule, which allowed teams to acquire a local college player for the cost of giving up a first-round draft pick. Eddie Gottlieb, owner of the Philadelphia Warriors, was overjoyed when he learned of this and lobbied the league, saying that Chamberlain was a native Philadelphian, a popular basketball player in high school, and that Kansas, where he went to school, didn't have an NBA team, so he hoped that the league would make an exception to the rule and allow Philadelphia to use the territorial clause. The league, which had no compunction about signing the Founding Father, agreed to the request, the only time in NBA history that high school and place of birth have been considered as a basis for "territorial" considerations.

After all the fuss, Chamberlain finally wore a pro uniform in the 1959-60 season, and the basketball world was looking forward to the arrival of a new monarch in the NBA. Chamberlain didn't disappoint, scoring 43 points and grabbing 28 rebounds in his first game against the New York Knicks. It was a perfect and legendary rookie season for Chamberlain, who averaged 37.6 points and 27 rebounds per game, and incredibly won three awards, including Best Rookie, All-Star MVP, and Regular Season MVP, as well as being named to the Best XI. In later decades, only Wes Unseld in the 68-69 season repeated the miracle of bagging the best rookie and regular-season MVP.

The young Philadelphia Warriors met the feisty Boston Celtics early in the 1960 playoffs, and the lifelong rivals of Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain came to life, meeting eight times in the postseason over the next dozen years in one of the most memorable postseason games in basketball history -- if not professional sports history -- in the history of the game. -even in the history of professional sports- one of the most dramatic titanic matchups in basketball history. Unfortunately, from start to finish, Chamberlain only once actually knocked Russell out of the game, as he did in this one, when Chamberlain outscored Russell by a whopping 81 points in the series, and Boston still won 4-2.

In fact, in Wilt Chamberlain's rookie season, and for several seasons afterward, his opponents never found a way to clamp down on him. Tom Heinsohn, the Celtics' All-Star forward turned coach and broadcaster, admitted afterward that Boston was the first ballclub in the league to suggest relying on team defense to limit Chamberlain. "We did our best to seek out his weaknesses," Heinsohn told the Philadelphia Daily News in 1991, "to try to get him to the free throw line, to offset his prowess with fouls. I hear people talk about hard fouls from time to time today, and I'd say half the fouls we took on him at the time were hard fouls."

Despite having an incredibly strong physique, Chamberlain has never been a rough demeanor, an easily impulsive player, and he knows how to control his strength He knows how to control his power and emotions, and he doesn't easily get into unnecessary fights. A surprising statistic illustrates this: in his 14-year career and more than 1,200 professional games, Chamberlain has never been ejected from a game. Some even think he lacks aggression in his style because of it. "My friends used to say to me, hey man, you should try to throw Bill Russell in the basket," Chamberlain recalls, "They always thought I was too soft and never gave a damn about the aggressors who didn't know any better. "

At one point, there was a rumor that Chamberlain, who thought so highly of himself, was so bruised in his self-esteem after his rookie season that he was even ready to retire after losing to Russell. This is of course a boring rumor, Chamberlain is not a coward who likes to retreat, he endured the internal humiliation, and seriously think of ways to defeat the opponent. For example, he built up his muscles and strength training to cope with the increasing number of unsuspecting body shots, elbows and pushes -- what Tom Heinsohn called hard foul.

Chamberlain repeated his rookie year's bravery in 1960-61, averaging 38.4 points and 27.7 points per game. contributing 38.4 points and 27.2 rebounds. The following year, this already horrific list of accomplishments took an even bigger leap, climbing to the heights of 50.4 points, making him the only NBA player to score more than 4,000 points in a single season.

On March 2, 1962, Chamberlain set another record that is destined to remain forever. He scored exactly 100 points in a scoring battle with the New York Knicks! Helping Philadelphia to a 168 to 147 victory. According to reliable sources, Chamberlain was out all night enjoying the nightlife. What's most incredible is that Chamberlain's free throw shooting, which has always been garbage, was a magical 28-of-32 from the line, compared to his 50.6 percent from the free throw line that season.

He shot 36-of-63 from the line in the entire game, and afterward he gushed in HOOP magazine, "God, it's unbelievable. I never thought I'd make that many baskets in a game!" That game ended with the rest of Philadelphia feeding Wilt the ball in a near frenzy and ultimately pinning the New Yorker to the historical pillar of shame.

Mid-career

76ers

Chamberlain relocated with the team to San Francisco in 1962, where he easily won the scoring title in both the 62-63 and 63-64 seasons. In contrast, in 1964, the Warriors struggled to reach the Finals, but were beaten 1-4 by the Celtics. The Warriors gradually lost patience with Chamberlain, and finally, two days after the 1965 All-Star Game, Wilt was traded back home to join the Philadelphia 76ers, formerly known as the Syracuse Nationals, who, as a bargaining chip, paid Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann and $150,000 in The Price. After a shocker, Philadelphia assembled a potentially formidable lineup: center Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer and Larry Costello in the backcourt, and Chet Walker and Luke Jackson carrying the bar on the front line.

When Chamberlain joined the team, the 76ers were a mediocre 50 percent winners, yet a year later they were a league-high 55-25. Hatefully, Boston once again denied them a chance to move on in the Eastern Conference finals. Not to be outdone, the 76ers then brought in talented forward Billy Cunningham, and with a well-balanced roster, they went nuts and won 45 of their first 49 games, ultimately leaving behind an NBA-unprecedented 68 wins and 13 losses. In the playoffs they first swept Cincinnati and cruised to a meeting with the rival Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. After years of waiting for revenge, Chamberlain finally got his chance, and the 76ers swept Boston 4-1, ending the latter's dream of a ninth consecutive title. In the finals against the Warriors, Chamberlain didn't show any mercy, and the 76ers won the championship, 4-2!

Chamberlain's scoring has dropped every year since that seismic 1961-62 season. It wasn't until 1968 that it rose slightly to 24.3 points from 24.1 the previous season. For the first seven years of his career, Chamberlain dominated all scoring titles, averaging a whopping 39.4 points per game before Michael Jordan tied the record 20 years later with an identical seven-star streak. And in the seven years that followed, Chamberlain's scoring plummeted to 20.7 points.

What forces caused Chamberlain to reduce his scoring? The aging of age? Or a strengthening defense?Chamberlain himself doesn't think so. "Looking back, my last seven years of scoring are virtually negligible compared to my first seven years, and that was intentional on my part, and the reason for that was because Coach told me to cut down on my scoring and put my energy into rebounding and defense. I'm glad I followed my coach's advice."

The process didn't go very well. It was suggested early on by coaches that Chamberlain should properly cut down on his scoring so his team could win more games. Throughout his 14-year career, Chamberlain has only two championship rings, despite his amazing individual accolades.During the 1966-67 season, 76ers head coach Alex Hannum explicitly asked Chamberlain to pass more, take fewer shots and be more aggressive on the defensive end of the floor.Chamberlain obeyed, and as a result, although he scored only 24.1 points, missing out on the scoring title for the first time in his career, but also finished solo on the shooting percentage (68.3 percent) and rebounding (24.2) charts and was third on the assist list with 7.8 assists.

Chamberlain took his new role seriously, making the Best XI for the seventh -- and final -- time in his career during the '67-'68 season and for the fourth -- and - again, for the last time - was named MVP.That year's Eastern Conference Finals saw Boston beat Philadelphia for the third time in four years.Everyone was jaded, and soon after, the league saw a blockbuster trade that saw the Los Angeles Lakers pay Jerry Chambers, Archie Clark, and Darrall Imhoff, and what they got was, Wilt Chamberlain.

Late career

Los Angeles Lakers

Chamberlain spent the last five years of his career in the City of Angels, Los Angeles, where the Lakers made four Finals appearances. The most memorable season was the great 1971-72 season, when Chamberlain scored just 14.8 points, but his contribution to the team as a whole reached another level: Chamberlain was elected the rebounding champion with 19.2 rebounds at the end of the season, and was in the Best Defensive Team, which, by the way, was when he was already 35 years old. Chamberlain really tasted the sweetness of teamwork, he put himself and guard Jerry West, Gail Goodrich, forward Happy Hairston, Jim McMillian and equal position to go, the Lakers in the immense unity and smooth running in the play so far to make future generations look at the peak of the 33 consecutive victories, and created 69 wins and 13 losses of the perfect record until Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls of 72 wins and 13 losses of the perfect record. This was the highest winning percentage in the NBA until Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls' 72 wins and 10 losses were introduced. The Lakers eventually cruised into the Finals, settling for the Knicks 4-1 and Chamberlain wearing his second championship ring.

The great Wilt Chamberlain officially retired after the 72~73 season. Like many professional players, Chamberlain coached for a year after his retirement, for the ABA's San Diego Conquistadors. The San Diegans wanted Chamberlain to be a player-coach like Russell, and Chamberlain himself agreed, but the league's terms and conditions again got in the way, and in 1984 Chamberlain appeared in the Hollywood movie Conan the Barbarian. After that, volleyball, tennis, marathons, and water polo were all part of Chamberlain's life. The energetic and restless Wilt even had a close call with World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali, but it didn't work out. He has been in the news a lot, and for many years after his retirement, Wilt seemed to be living in the center of the limelight. It wasn't until Chamberlain's 50th birthday that an NBA team wanted to hire him to play 15-20 minutes a game as a backup center. He also published several books, studied academics hungrily and got his bachelor's degree, as expected.

OUTSIDE VERDICT

He was the most dominant player in the history of the game of basketball, and the energy he displayed on the offensive end of the floor was earth-shattering. If one were to start a list of the greatest basketball players of all time, I'm sure the vast majority of fans would put Wilt Chamberlain's name at the top -- or at least infinitely close to it.

The magnitude of Chamberlain's dominance over his basketball subjects is virtually unparalleled in all of professional sports. You can double-team him, triple-team him, or even shamelessly foul him -- in short, after you've pulled every trick you think will stop Chamberlain's advance, you'll usually find to your despair that the monster is still able to score points or pull down rebounds at will.

So when Oscar Robertson was asked by a reporter from the Philadelphia Daily News if Chamberlain was the best player of all time, "The Big O" would say, "The record doesn't lie. "

Yes, the all-time record, that's Wilt Chamberlain's greatest heirloom to write home about. He's the only NBA player to score 4,000 points in a single season, he holds the league's single-game scoring record (100), consecutive field goals made (18) and single-game rebounds (55), and most appalling of all on this appalling résumé is the Martian statistic of 50.4 points per game, which he set during the 1961-62 season - -If you're not too crazy about scoring, then Wilt's 48.5 minutes per game average in the same year might satisfy your appetite.

By the time he retired, Chamberlain's career total was an unprecedented 31,419 points, though that record was later broken by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and Michael Jordan. Nonetheless, Wilt still boasts 23,924 rebounds. In addition to that, he was the scoring champion for seven consecutive years and the rebounding champion for 11 out of 14 seasons. To prove he wasn't a selfish player, Chamberlain even had a small taste of the league's total-assist lead in the 1967-68 season.

Of course the most boring and scary is still his scoring data: 118 games scoring 50+; 14 consecutive games scoring 40+; 65 consecutive games scoring 30+; 126 consecutive games scoring 20+; rookie season averaged 37.6 points; 72.7% of the highest single-season hitting percentage ...... worth mentioning. Not only are all of these numbers the highest in NBA history, but the gap to second place behind them is light years away. For all of these reasons, Wilt Chamberlain's name is destined to pop up on all NBA record tables for stats (especially scoring) so often -- so often it makes you want to puke.

In an effort to diminish his overpowering dominance, the league has had to create and change several rules against Wilt Chamberlain, including expanding the three-second zone, introducing the concept of offensive ball interference, and some strict rulings on free throws, among other things (before the rule change Chamberlain routinely jumped right up and dunked on free throws).

It's enough that there's no one else in NBA history who has been able to perform so many miracles and have such a huge and direct impact and constraint on the sport. It's hard to imagine how Chamberlain would have evolved into a skyrocket if given the kind of modernized and systematic training, diet, equipment, etc. that we have today. In fact, Wilt was already much bigger and stronger than any of his contemporaries, having been a nationally recognized multi-sport talent in high school and college, with a perfect body at 7'1" and "registering" 275 pounds - the perfect size for a man of his stature. Chamberlain actually weighed more than 300 pounds late in his career.

The Philadelphia Daily News recounted an interesting fact about Chamberlain's natural strength: Seattle Supersonics player Tom Meschery offered Chamberlain a one-on-one fight, and he agreed. The battle began, Meschery held the ball offensively, made four consecutive fakes after shooting, was covered by Chamberlain, Meschery indignation, re-take the ball, re-fake, re-covered, more than life, the cycle is unending. Finally, Meschery became angry and started to circle around Chamberlain, hoping to confuse his opponent. Chamberlain, who was not interested, stretched out his big hand and put it over the 6-foot-6 Meschery's head, and with a little bit of force, the poor Seattle player spun like a gyroscope, spinning farther and farther away from the opponent. When he reached the third circle, Chamberlain's mouth suddenly opened: "Close." That's when Meschery stopped.

There are many legends of Chamberlain's power, and Rod Thorn, who has been an NBA player, coach, GM, and executive, recalled with interest a fight Chamberlain was involved in, saying that two groups of strong men were tangled up in a group, killing each other, and seeing Wilt, with blood in his eyes, come in aggressively and "pick up" the ball from a pile of people. "Pick up" a throw, as if the body of the unlucky person is made of feathers. When the bodies were counted, the guy Wilt was lucky enough to "pick up" was 6'8" and 220 pounds.

Chamberlain's strength made him one of the few monsters who could block a big dunk in those days. In a 1968 game, Walt Bellamy, a 6-foot-11, 245-pound center from New York who was known as one of the league's giants, tried to hit Chamberlain with a titanic shot over his head that ended disastrously. disastrously, in the words of a live spectator recalled in the Philadelphia Daily News, "Wilt knuckled the ball at the apex of the basket and slapped it off the court. Also, he pretty much slapped Bellamy off the court in passing."

Forever in the history books

Chamberlain was first inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, and in 1996 was inducted into the Top 50 Superstars.On Oct. 12, 1999, Wilt Chamberlain, 63, died at home after a long illness due to heart failure. His status and glory in the basketball world, as indicated by his nickname "Big Dipper", will always be the brightest and most brilliant star in the sky. And the countless legends he left behind will be passed down and revered by generations to come, forever and ever.

Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 ~ October 12, 1999), seven feet one inch tall, weighing 275 pounds, as a center, in 1959 to 1973 for the Philadelphia Warriors (cash state Warriors), Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers.

The NBA Era

Before Chamberlain officially went pro, there was a hiccup in the league. In 1959, the owner of the Philadelphia Warriors, citing the fact that Chamberlain grew up in Philadelphia and made his name on a Philadelphia high school basketball team, and the fact that Kansas did not have an NBA team, offered to take Chamberlain on a "geographic designation". The team was named after Kansas, and there was no NBA team in the city. This made Chamberlain the first player in NBA history to be drafted by a team with a "geographical designation.

Chamberlain's basketball career is almost equal to the NBA record. He won his rookie year's scoring title with a 37.6-point average, and went on to win seven consecutive scoring titles, 11 rebounding titles, one assist title and two championships. His career averages were 30.1 points, 22.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists. In the 61-62 season, he played eighty games,**** scored 4,029 points, an average of 50.4 points per game, while in the season against the New York Knicks, he scored 100 points, becoming the NBA's all-time record holder for the highest number of points scored in a single game. His basketball talent was so amazing that only Bill Russell could match it. Russell was comparable.

Chamberlain's influence on the game of basketball can be described as extremely far-reaching. Because of his offensive and defensive abilities on the court, the league had to put restrictions on him, including expanding the court's restricted area, setting up offensive rebound interference, and changing the rules for free throws, among other things.

Chamberlain and Russell

Besides scoring, Chamberlain's most memorable career matchup was with archrival Russell. The two have faced off in the playoffs eight times, yet Chamberlain has only won once. However, in terms of statistics, it was Chamberlain who had the edge.

Achievements/Honors

NBA Achievements

Two NBA Championships: 1967, 1972

Four NBA MVP's: 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968

One NBA Finals MVP: 1972

NBA All-Star. Player: 1960

NBA Rookie of the Year: 1960

10 NBA Best XI:

NBA 1st XI: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968

NBA 2nd XI: 1963, 1965, 1972

2 NBA Best Defensive Lineups:

NBA First Team Defense: 1972, 1973

NBA Hall of Fame: 1978

NBA Top 50 Superstars: 1996

NBA Career Records

NBA All-Time Total Points Scored Ranked 4th (31,419)

First on the NBA's all-time list of total rebounds (23,924)

First in NBA history for points scored in a single game (1962, 100)

First in NBA history for scoring average in a single season (1962, 50.4)

First in NBA history for total points scored in a single season (1962, 4,029)

No. 1 in NBA history in single-game rebounds (55)

No. 1 in NBA history in average minutes played in a single season (1962, 48.5)

118 games of 50 points or more

7 consecutive games of 50 points or more

14 consecutive games of 40 points or more

65 consecutive games of 30 points or more games

126 consecutive games of 20 points or more

First in NBA history in rookie scoring average (1960, 37.6)

First in NBA history in single-season scoring percentage (72.7%)

Only NBA player ever to have three 20s in a single game: 1968.02.02 22 points 25 rebounds, 22 assists

100 points in a single game

In 1962, Chamberlain was living in New York. On the day of the game, sources recall, Chamberlain took the train from Manhattan to Philadelphia in the afternoon, then took the Braves bus to Hershey Coliseum (another version says he had a date with his girlfriend the day before the game, then drove 170 miles in his white Cadillac to Hershey). Before the game, he played video games with a couple other guys for a while. At the time, the all-time high score on the game was 1,800 points, and Knicks owner Rehman bet Chamberlain that he couldn't beat the record. The result is always conceited old Zhang fighting spirit, a wild fight. In the end, when he walked out of the game room to the locker room, the highest record on the game machine is written 2100 points. Afterward, some joked that it was Rehman's agitation that reduced his team to an embarrassing accompaniment to that legend.

The NBA was still struggling in 1962, and games often weren't played in the city where the team was based; Hershey Coliseum, located in the rather isolated town of Hershey, about 100 miles from Philadelphia,*** 7,200 seats, and a dismal box office. For the game, only 4,124 (4,162 in another version) spectators showed up for the game. No New York reporters went to cover the game because they had to focus on baseball's spring training. Also the game itself was meaningless, when the Warriors were unlikely to catch the Celtics and the Knicks had lost their playoff hopes. The only suspense was how many points Chamberlain could put up, since his goal at the time was to become the first player to score 4,000 points in a single season!

The game began. In the first quarter, Chamberlain scored 23 points. In the second quarter, Chamberlain added 18 points. But even then, at halftime, there was no sense that the game would be magical beyond redemption. Because at the time, 41 points in a half, for Chamberlain is not how magical. In his rookie season, Chamberlain has twice cut down 58 points, more than three months ago, he also in the game with the Lakers (after three overtime) swept 78 points. And in the three games before this one, Chamberlain recorded 67, 65 and 61 points.

The real terror began in the third quarter, when people couldn't see the slightest sign of fatigue in Chamberlain, who went completely crazy. The Knicks sent three people to guard Chamberlain, and constantly with "cut Zhang tactics", but in return only Chamberlain intensified seizures. By the end of the third quarter, Chamberlain had scored 69 points. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Chamberlain smoothly cut down 5 points, breaking the 48-point regular time scoring record of 73 points, and then broke his original scoring record of 78 points after three overtime. At this point the dome began to stir, incited by the live commentator, all the fans began to count Chamberlain's points. "74! 76! ......82! 84! ......90! ......" -- Every time Chamberlain made a basket, the fans chanted Chamberlain's instant score in unison, the sound resounding through the dome.

In the final minutes, the Knicks players, not wanting to be pinned to a pillar of shame, began to find ways to stifle Chang's scoring, going so far as to foul other Warriors players to stop them from passing to Chamberlain. However, even this did not work, when the fans shouted "98", from the end of the game also happens to have 98 seconds, the Warriors offense teammates will pass the ball to the inside of Chamberlain, Chamberlain shot, the ball bounced out of the basket, he quickly jumped up and grabbed the rebound to make up for the shot, but still missed, but his teammates Larkin Bill grabbed the rebound again! The ball was then quickly distributed to the Rookery, at this time, less than a minute from the end of the game, the fans stood up and shouted, the ballpark burst. Chamberlain among the basket, Rookerick calmly pass the ball into, Chamberlain got the ball, the king of hard bow, straight up dunk - 100 points! The moment the ball was in the basket, a "riot" began as excited fans flooded the court and the game was halted. A 14-year-old local boy ran onto the court to shake Chamberlain's hand and then ran off with the game ball. Since there was no television broadcast, just as the game was being interrupted, scorekeeper Pollack scribbled down the phone and excitedly announced to the media, "100 points! Chamberlain gets 100 points!" After ten minutes of commotion, the game went bye-bye for the final 46 seconds, and the Warriors won 169-147. Chamberlain shot 36 of 63 from the field and 28 of 32 from the free throw line for the game. After the game, Chamberlain explained it simply: "Finally scored 100 points, and by God, now I don't have to run around the court like a fool after all."

The downside of the game was the rim on the court! The rim at Hershey gym was much softer than normal. A shot that might have bounced off the rim on another court was easy to slide in here, which is one reason Chamberlain was able to make 28 of 32 from the free-throw line. The Warriors shot 55 percent for that game. "That rim is like a sewer, anything can go in there!" Al Attles, then a teammate of Chamberlain's who later became a coach and manager, said.

Chamberlain left behind countless scoring records in his life, and the first four on the NBA's single-game individual scoring record list were all created by Chamberlain, namely 100 points on March 2, 1962, 78 points on Dec. 8, 1961, 73 points on Jan. 13, 1962, and 73 points on Nov. 16, 1962, respectively. And throughout his career, Chamberlain cut down 50 or more points in a single game in 118 games.

That's Chamberlain, who always tried to prove he could do everything better. When he was a sophomore at Kansas, he basically shot from half-court distance and hit a lot of them in practice before a game. He wouldn't do it in a game, but he just wanted to prove he could. He even played guard for a year on the Harlem basketball team - just to prove he could do it