I apologize for posting a NBA historical post here, I know it should be on a NBA board, but I don't frequent the NBA. This tidbit is interesting tho' of an athelete who more than dominated the game in his era, but for all history, most probably, at least he's far from being threatened when it comes to his astounding records: Do you remember Wilt 'The Stilt's' Chamberlain's 100 point game Mar. 2, 1962. Kobe Bryant scored 81 points Jan 22, 2002. Of all the top scoring games in the History of the NBA, of all players who had 60 or more points, out of the top 60 highest scoring games by all individuals, Wilt Chamberlain is listed in 32 of those 60 games, where players put up the most points. Kobe Bryant and Michale Jordan, both are listed only 5 times with 60 or more points. Were you fortunate enough to watch Wilt Dominate the NBA, even tho' only a couple Centers could hold Wilt in check, and sometimes beat him, like then Lew Alcindor (aka Kareem Abdul Jabbar), and Bill Russell. Willis Reed tried, but Wilt was just to big, and Willis was strong but short for a Center. Now those were the real glory days, we will never probably see again.
What stands out most about that game even more so then the 100 points because he took 63 shots which is 3 times the amount of shots that players take today, It's the 28-32 made free throws because he was only a career 51% free throw shooter.
on the anniversary of the game I happen to be listening to WFAN on the radio and I forget who was the talkhead but what he was saying about that game was there were reports that Philadelphia was fouling the Knicks a lot in the second half to get the ball back to Wilt to pile up the points. Not sure how accurate that is.
Lets just say it was a very physical game back then, through the 70s too. Chamberlain, Russell, Reed, & other greats were very physical. I'll never forget Alcindors first game against the Stilt, Wilt kept pushing Lew off (Kareem), which Lew wanted, cuz it set up his neutralizing "Sky Hook'. Oscar Robertson then, rarely if ever fouled, he didn't need to, a speedster able to steal a ball near will. Plus no one could touch Oscar, with his baseline jumper. But yeah, there was a lot of pushing, shoving and fouling. back then it was part of the uncalled game. Now, its, he clipped my jersey, foul ump foul!!! LOL..
I grew up watching Pistol Pete when he played for LSU. The man was not only a magician with the basketball but he was also a scoring machine.
______________________________ Great ball handler....fabulous. Would've scored many more points if the 3 point rule was in effect throughout his college/pro career.....and Lou Hudson and some of the Atlanta Hawks were jealous/racist shit-heads who resented him and did their best to stifle him and run him "out of town".
Pistol Pete scored 68 points on Feb. 25, 1977. At that time, he was the first guard to score 60+ points. No other player had more than 60+ other than Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor, (at that time). Pete did score 40+ points 13 different times in the 76-77 season, with a 31.1 point average per game. Pete's LSU career was one of the best of all time: Maravich put up 50 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists against Southeastern Louisiana College.[7] In only three years playing for his father at LSU, Maravich scored 3,667 points — 1,138 of those in 1968, 1,148 in 1969 and 1,381 in 1970 while averaging 43.8, 44.2 and 44.5 points per game. In his collegiate career, the 6' 5" (1.96 m) guard averaged an incredible 44.2 points per game in 83 contests and led the NCAA in scoring in each of his three seasons.[8] Maravich's longstanding collegiate scoring record is particularly impressive when two other factors are taken into account: (most fans are not aware of this first note)- 1-First, NCAA rules at the time of Maravich's collegiate career prohibited freshmen from taking part in varsity competition, preventing Maravich from adding to his career record for a full quarter of his time at LSU. During this first year, Maravich scored 741 points in freshman competition. 2-Second, Maravich played before the advent of the three-point line. His long-distance shooting skill thus produced far fewer points than would have been the case in a later era. Years later, former LSU head basketball coach Dale Brown charted every college game Maravich played, taking into consideration all shots he took. Brown calculated that at the NCAA rule of a three-point line at 19 feet 9 inches (6.02 m) from the rim, Maravich would have averaged thirteen 3-point scores per game, lifting the player's career average to 57 points per game.[9]
...Maravich and Alcindor were my 2 fav players of all time and were the reason I first became a BB fan...but not anymore.
I had a few favorites that I followed from there college days. Maravich being one, along with guys like Elvin Hayes & Bob Lanier. Alcindor, I hated his guts for personal reasons. When I was a kid I grew up in an orphanage in Long Island NY & we were invited to go to see a live game at St Johns university between St Johns & UCLA. And afterwards we were allowed to meet & greet several of the players like Sonny Dove, Sidney Wicks & a few others. When it came to Alcindor he literally said to me when I asked for his autograph, "Get the fuck away from me kid". And it wasn't just me, he acted like a real ass to all the kids. I mean at the time we were maybe 12-13 years old & he was was as big a dick as he was a man. I've hated him ever since.
