March 2, 2012

Happy Anniversary, Wilt Chamberlain

Fifty years ago today, in Hershey Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a NBA basketball game. Do I have to tell you that's a record? The weird thing is there isn't any video or photos of from that night. Just a post-game snapshot I included below.Wilt's 1962 outing against the New York Knicks is one of those legendary sporting milestones that will probably never be broken. Kobe Bryant came close in 2007 when he burned the Tornato Raptors for 81 points, but I think Wilt's record is safe . . . for at least another fifty years. The player that breaks this record isn't born yet. I say good luck to them.


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