Over the weekend, fans celebrated the 63rd anniversary of Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game. A game that some still don't believe ever happened.
Kessler is the third player to go 10-for-10 from the floor in an NBA game this season, joining the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Jarrett Allen and the Chicago Bulls’ Mata Buzelis. Allen was 10-for-10 in a 135-116 victory over the Washington Wizards on Oct. 26, and Buzelis went 10-for-10 in a 133-124 victory over the Miami Heat on Feb. 4.
Wilt Chamberlain’s historic 100-point game has been known as one of the biggest holy grails of basketball, as it remains the highest-scoring game of an individual player in NBA history.
Steph Curry, Wilt Chamberlain, John Stockton and Rasheed Wallace set some of the most unbreakable records the NBA has ever seen
On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks. The game, played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in front of about 4,000 fans, didn’t get the hoopla it probably deserved. In fact, it was not even mentioned in the Deseret News on March 3 or 4.
While Victor Wembanyama is only in his second season in the NBA, his unique blend of height, athleticism, grace, and versatility has already made him an incredibly dominant player.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA’s All-Time Leading scorer for 30 years and won six titles. Tim Duncan, the Big Fundamental, 19 years of almost nothing but 50-win seasons and five titles, great from start to finish.
Last season, Embiid was in the midst of one of the most prolific individual campaigns in NBA history before tearing the meniscus in his left knee. He’s struggled this year to gain full strength.