The most basketball enthusiasts, they know who is, to another, they just sound, in contrast to the majority, not even that. Wilt Chamberlain is the player who changed basketball, and that to date, and despite the passing years, remains the player with the most records in the NBA (and I doubt anyone will exceed).
And everyone talks about Michael Jordan as the greatest of all time, and I do not doubt that Air was the largest, but is that because of the colossal figures Wilt, Jordan is too small to . Let's take a look at his career:
Chamberlain began playing in high school Overbrook, which led both championships. He scored 90 points in a game, of which 60 were in 10 minutes, ie a room.
In college, Kansas, Wilt suffered a major rebuke of his career, missed the final after three extensions, and as I still could not start playing in the professional league for his young age, spent a year playing the Harlem Globetrotters.
In the NBA played in three teams: Philadelphia Warriors / San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers. In short, all the achievements that I do in their seasons in the NBA would take me hours, because Chamberlain has nearly 100 NBA records, but if we can enumerate some of its most important achievements:
- 100 on March 2, 1962 at the Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Chamberlain signed a 36/63 on field goals and a 28/32 at the free throw line.
- Chamberlain scored 31,419 points in 1,045 professional games. This was a record in the NBA when he retired in 1971, until it was surpassed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Karl Malone and Michael Jordan . The scoring average in his career is 30.06 points per game, second best of all time, slightly behind the 30.12 of Jordan.
- The average of 50.4 points per game in the 1961/62 season with Philadelphia Warriors, is a record in the NBA. The next two, 44.8 and 38.4, also belong to him.
- The 36 shots and 28 free throws in the game of the NBA record 100 points are (the share of free throws with Adrian Dantley), as well as the 59 points scored in the second half.
- Chamberlain scored 60 or more points 32 times, more than all the other players combined (26 times). The player who comes close is Michael Jordan with 5.
- Chamberlain scored 50 or more points in 118 occasions (45 times in the season 1961-62). The player who comes close is Michael Jordan with 31.
- Holds the record for most consecutive games over 40 points with 14 in 1961. In 7 of those games scored more than 50 points.
- Chamberlain is still the player who has scored more points in the history of All-Star Game with 42.
- Chamberlain grabbed 23,924 rebounds in his career, more than anyone in history. The average number of rebounds in his career is 22.9, another record more.
- Chamberlain is the only player who has achieved 2,000 rebounds in a season: 2,149 rebounds in the 1960-61 season (27.2 rpg) and 2,052 in 1961-62. The amazing statistics last season were 50.4 and 25.6 rpg dpi
- Chamberlain is the player who has caught more rebounds in a regular season game with 55, 24 November 1960 at Boston Celtics . The rival power forward at this meeting was Bill Russell that the previous game had the record at 51.
- Chamberlain also holds the record for rebounds in a playoff game with 41, April 5, 1967, again against the Celtics.
- Chamberlain is the player who has caught more rebounds in the history of the All-Star Game, with 197.
- Chamberlain led the league in rebounding 11 times in field goal percentage at 9, and in scoring in 7
- Chamberlain is the only player in history to achieve a double-triple -fold (leave the score of points, rebounds and assists in a game). In 1968 before the Pistons, scored 22 points, grabbed 25 rebounds and dished out 21 assists. This feat put on display, once again, his versatility.
- is the only player to sign a quadruple double-double (more than 40 points and 40 rebounds and 40 assists in a game). On December 8, 1961, when he won the then record for points in a game, 78, also grabbed 43 rebounds.
- Chamberlain holds the record for most consecutive triple double with 9
- The strength and durability of Chamberlain was one of his many strengths. In 1962 he averaged 48.5 minutes per game, which meant that virtually played every minute of the season and the extensions. He was in court for 3,882 minutes Possible 3,890, with an average of six seconds of rest every game. Wilt played about 46 minutes per game in seven seasons, and throughout his career average is 45.8.
- Despite its offensive capability was sometimes marked by double or triple defenses, never been driven by the accumulation of personal fouls in his 14 years (1,045 games) in the league (in the penalty in a party are six). In a match accumulated five fouls in the fourth quarter, and enter the extension was not capable of committing a foul that would have cost more than expulsion.
- In the 1961-62 season, Chamberlain won three NBA record: most free throws attempted, most free throws made and missed more free throws. The record for most free throws made later to be surpassed by Jerry West, but the other two still remain.
- Chamberlain still has a record number of field goal percentage than any other player has even approached. In February 1967, scored 35 straight shots, including 18 of 18 on 24 that month against Baltimore. His percentage of 72.7 in the 1972-73 season is the best of all time, followed by another of his, to 68.3
Wilt Chamberlain, were not just statistics, saying that change basketball, was about something. And, because of its dominance, the league had to change the rules:
- When I was in college, it became the rule to prohibit jumping on the free throws, that Wilt scored not by a mate.
- The NBA included the standard can not catch the ball above the rim after a shot (ie waiting for the rebound), so that Wilt not caught the poorly thrown ball and scored by peers or prevent rivals baskets.
- dimensions were increased in the area to get away from the basket.
- In throw-ins, you could not pass peer passes above the rim, to prevent cogiera up and score.
Finally I leave their official statistics nba.com
