Truth behind Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game explained with proof by nonfiction author

Since the NBA record 100-point game by Wilt Chamberlain was not recorded on video, some have questioned its legitimacy.

Truth behind Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game explained with proof by nonfiction author

Audio recordings further prove Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game exists

Wilt Chamberlain is one of those greats that have defined the game of basketball. His towering presence and dominating play are the stuff of legends. But what truly set him apart was his NBA record setting 100-point game.

That game took place on March 2nd, 1962. At that time, the games were not nationally televised or even recorded on camera. The only proof was what score keepers and the league asked newspapers to print on the following morning.

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The league has maintained that the 100-point performance stands as the single most absurd offensive performance by any player in basketball history. However, that lack of comparable evidence has seen a few people question the legitimacy of that performance.

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Chamberlain’s biographer, Gary M. Pomerantz joined hands with the podcast Pablo Terro Finds Out to reveal all the proof. In one of the audio clippings, Philadelphia announcer Bill Campbell is heard calling out that Chamberlain entered the fourth quarter with 69 points, which would make someone think that the center might not have met the mark being 31 points adrift.

My word is a ‘farce’. It was a farce of a game. I don’t think it was a legitimate type of thing. I don’t see it as one of the great games ever. I think the 100-point game totally out of context with what we consider the great games that are played in the NBA by great players.

Darrall Imhoff

That was New York Knicks center Darrall Imhoff, who played against Wilt Chamberlain in that game. His radio conversation confirms that the game was where the center score 100 points. But he called it a farce as he felt the performance was not great enough even though it tallied that many points.

Wilt Chamberlain’s teammate clarifies 100-point game greatness

To help confirm the existence of the 100-point, Pablo Terro Finds Out contacted Wilt Chamberlain’s teammate Tom Meschery. When asked about Darrall Imhoff’s talk about the game not being great enough, he replied.

Well, I say sour grapes. You got smoked, fouled out, somebody else filled in for you. You couldn’t stop Wilt, nobody could stop Wilt that night. It was a miracle game.

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Hearing this, host Pablo Terro brought up Darrall Imhoff’s allegation that the Philadelphia Warriors players poured it out to their star center. To this Meschery confirmed and made it clear that he and his teammates were happily sending the ball to Chamberlain.

They wanted him to score 100 as much as the star center did. That achievement still stands to this day as no one has been able to come close to matching it. The closest was when the late great Kobe Bryant score 81 points more than four decades later.