How do you think it was possible for Wilt Chamberlain to score 100 points in a single game? I mean the closest anybody has ever gotten is Kobe and he only scored 81, 19 points less. I would like an explanation!
2006-12-28 05:06:37 · 10 answers · asked by lazydude223 3 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Wilt did not "simply hog the ball" as many Kobe Bryant apologists contend. It was more that Wilt was simply too big, powerful, and unstoppable, and when he got on a roll, his teammates were all too glad to keep feeding him.
Sorry, MAKARA...you need to check your facts before you start pumping Kobe (who is indeed a ballhog of the first degree)...the three-second rule has been in basketball since the 1930's, and the foul lane was widened from six to twelve feet in 1951. Wilt did not benefit from the absence of any rules that do not apply to Kobe. On the contrary, in Chamberlain's era, there was no defensive three-second rule, so defenders could sit in the lane and wait for Wilt to come to them. Also, in the NBA of that era, there was no tacit policy of protecting the marquee players. None of this "No touching Iverson, LeBron, 'Melo, Paul Pierce, Kobe, Kidd, etc." If you ever get a chance to watch any tapes or DVD's of Chamberlain vs. Bill Russell, Chamberlain vs. Nate Thurmond, Chamberlain vs. Zelmo Beatty, etc., those games were like steel-cage matches that made Hack-a-Shaq look like the Bolshoi Ballet.
Wilt Chamberlain often dominated his team's scoring, but he did it legitimately. Check his assists, as well...an average of about 4.5 a game in an era when assists were not handed out as lavishly as they are today.
No, MAKARA, you are wrong, wrong, wrong...Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point performance is every bit as "fair and square" as any scoring numbers Kobe posted.
PS--Kobe is what he is....Shaq without Kobe, one ring....Kobe without Shaq, zip.
2006-12-28 05:38:32 · answer #1 · answered by Yinzer Power 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Geo K, you're wrong too, Kobe scored 62 points and then sat out in the fourth. He played in the fourth where he scored 81. To answer your question Wilt scored that much becuase he's Wilt, and he was facing the 1962 New York Knicks.
2006-12-28 06:41:32 · answer #2 · answered by xengold 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remember, kobe scored 81 in 3 quarters and sat out the fourth. to answer your question i really dont know. maybe he wasnt playing against a good center and he was a very tall man.
2006-12-28 06:00:03 · answer #3 · answered by Geo K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is simple. Nobody was as big or as talented as Wilt. Nobody could matchup with him. They just continually gave him the ball and he scored. Its a wonder why he didn't have more of these kinds of games.
2006-12-28 05:18:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He scored most of his teams points for that entire year, he averaged over 50 points a game that year. That is just ridiculous.
2006-12-28 05:16:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He scored that many points becase there wasn't no 3 seconds in the nba back then and since he was big he just stood there waitingfor the ball.Kobe did do fair and square.
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2016-10-19 02:24:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they just fed him the ball, everyone on the team, if you look at the game stats no other player on the team has over 10 points, they just passed it to him all night and he was money...
2006-12-28 05:09:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's simple he hogged the ball and his teammates were setting him up for easy baskets
2006-12-28 05:10:19 · answer #9 · answered by rbkballadubs 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well its easy all he does is make every basket and his points adds up lol 4 real
2006-12-28 05:14:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋