On This Day in History

March 2, 1962:

Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a game against the New York Knicks (Philly won the game 169-147).  Over 300 points scored in a single game.  One would expect the Warriors to run up the score behind Wilt's 100, but 147 points by the other team is pretty amazing too.

Attendance: 4,124
Wilt Chamberlain sets a record for most field goals in a game with 36
Wilt Chamberlain sets a record for most field goal attempts in a game with 63
Wilt Chamberlain sets a record for most free throws in a game with 28
Wilt Chamberlain sets a record for most field goals in a half with 22
Wilt Chamberlain sets a record for most points in a game with 100
Wilt Chamberlain sets a record for most field goal attempts in a half with 37
Wilt Chamberlain sets a record for most points in a half with 59
Wilt Chamberlain sets a record for most field goal attempts in a quarter with 21

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196203020NYK.html




Bob


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Here is a list of players wo scored 60 or more points in a single game (for perspective):





It's a long list, it took three screenshots to capture it all.

Wilt put up crazy numbers many many times.