when did wilt chamberlain play for the warriors
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- 1959/60: Philadelphia High School legend Wilt Chamberlain joins the Warriors and dominates the league right away winning the Rookie of the Year, and NBA MVP, while leading the league in scoring (37.6) and rebounds (27.0).
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Wilt Chamberlain 1 Bryant's 81 points is the second-highest total in NBA history, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game on March 2, 1962.  Kobe scored 26 points in the first half and 55 in the second half (four shy of Wilt's record for points in a half). Kobe outscored the entire Raptors squad by 14 points in the second half.
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- Chamberlain, Hightower, and Thurmond were all members of the 1963-1964 San Francisco Warriors. All three were with the Warriors at the start of the 1964-1965 season…, however, both Hightower and Chamberlain were traded during that season, Hightower to the Baltimore Bullets and Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Golden State Warriors The Warriors made the playoffs from 1971 to 1977 except in 1974, and won their first NBA championship on the West Coast in 1974–75. In what many consider the biggest upset in NBA history, Golden State not only defeated the heavily favored Washington Bullets but humiliated them in a four-game sweep.
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- S First player in NBA history to score 60+ points in fewer than 40 minutes total playing time; only such instance in the 1960s. T 3rd and final time that Chamberlain scored 60+ and Elgin Baylor scored 50+ in the same game.
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Wilt Chamberlain Wilt Chamberlain is universally recognized as one of the greatest basketball players in history, but he may well be the most under-rated players in history. While this may sound absurd, if one truly looks at the career, accomplishments and achievements of Wilt and balances them against the criticism and restrictions aimed at him, he stood (literally) head and shoulders above every other player in basketball history.
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- 1960/61: Wilt Chamberlain leads the league in scoring and rebounding again as the Warriors finish in seocnd place with a 46-33 record. However, in the playoffs the Warriors would be stunned by the Syracuse Nationals losing three straight games in the Eastern Semifinals. 1961/62: Wilt Chamberlain has perhaps the most dominate season in NBA history leading the league with a NBA record 50.4 ppg. In one eight day stretch in January Wilt Chamberlian notched three games where he scored at least 63 points. However, the best was yet to come.
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Wilt Chamberlain Chamberlain was subsequently enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, elected into the NBA's 35th Anniversary Team of 1980, and chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History of 1996.
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Wilt Chamberlain In Basketball. Michael Jordan has the most PPG in a career, with 30.12 PPG. Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for the most PPG during a single season, with 50.36 which he recorded while play … ing for the Philadelphia Warriors, during the 1961-62 regular season.
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NBA D-LEAGUE WNBAEurope LiveGlobalBrasilCanadaChinaEspanolFranceGermanyHong KongJapanTaiwanUKGLOBALAtlantaBostonCharlotteChicagoClevelandDallasDenverDetroitGolden StateHoustonIndianaLA ClippersLA LakersMemphisMiamiMilwaukeeMinnesotaNew JerseyNew OrleansNew YorkOklahoma CityOrlandoPhiladelphiaPhoenixPortlandSacramentoSan AntonioTorontoUtahWashingtonTEAMS MOBILE NBA TICKETSResource CenterGame CenterStats CenterDraft CenterFANTASY NBATVSTOREJerseysApparelKidsFootwearSporting GoodsAuctionsNBA Store EuropeBe An AffiliateSTORENBA TV BroadbandNBA LEAGUE PASSVIDEO Buy the entire fourth quarter radio call on Google. On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA single-game scoring record by tallying 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks. Not 98 points, not 102, but a nice, round 100 -- an imposing record set by a most imposing player.
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- Wilt Chamberlain once scored 100 points, setting a record for points scored in the NBA game. Chamberlain took only 2-point shots and 1-point foul shots and made a total of 64 shots. What is the...
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Which teams did Wilt Chamberlain play on? Wilt played his college ball at the University of Kansas. His NBA career was with the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Lakers. After hi…s NBA playing days, he spent one season as coach of the San Diego Conquistadors of the American Basketball Association.
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Did Wilt Chamberlain Really Sleep With 20,000 Women? Let's check his math on his most famous statistic. Wilt Chamberlain, at 7'1, may have been the most dominating and amazing basketball player of all time. In his legendary career, Wilt scored 31,419 points, including the unbelievable time he actually scored 100 points in one game. He holds dozens of unbreakable basketball records.
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Manute Bol September 27, 1982: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks (as a future 1985 2nd round draft pick) with Jim Johnstone and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Darrell Lockhart was later selected) to the San Antonio Spurs for George Johnson.
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- Wilt's first season in the NBA was the 1959-60 season. 3 people found this useful.
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The day Wilt Chamberlain, NBA legend, died at 63 in 1999 Hall of Fame basketball player Wilt Chamberlain was found dead at the age of 63, a Los Angeles Lakers spokesman said on October 12, 1999. (Originally published by the Daily News on October 13, 1999.
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NBA D-LEAGUE WNBAEurope LiveGlobalBrasilCanadaChinaEspanolFranceGermanyHong KongJapanTaiwanUKGLOBALAtlantaBostonCharlotteChicagoClevelandDallasDenverDetroitGolden StateHoustonIndianaLA ClippersLA LakersMemphisMiamiMilwaukeeMinnesotaNew JerseyNew OrleansNew YorkOklahoma CityOrlandoPhiladelphiaPhoenixPortlandSacramentoSan AntonioTorontoUtahWashingtonTEAMS MOBILE NBA TICKETSResource CenterGame CenterStats CenterDraft CenterFANTASY NBATVSTOREJerseysApparelKidsFootwearSporting GoodsAuctionsNBA Store EuropeBe An AffiliateSTORENBA TV BroadbandNBA LEAGUE PASSVIDEO The San Francisco Warriors selected Thurmond with the third overall pick in the 1963 NBA Draft, behind Art Heyman of Duke and Rod Thorn of West Virginia. Thurmond played 11 seasons for the Warriors, becoming nearly as familiar in the Bay Area as the Golden Gate Bridge. Thurmond spent his rookie season as an apprentice to Chamberlain, who had come into the league with the Philadelphia Warriors in 1959 and then moved with the franchise to San Francisco in 1962.
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Highest Scoring Game Ever The 290 points the teams scored in regulation were 26 off the NBA record at the time. That went to the 316 points put up by Wilt Chamberlain’s Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks on Mar. 2, 1962 - the night Wilt scored 100 points.
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The day Wilt Chamberlain, NBA legend, died at 63 in 1999 This story was written by Dave Goldiner.). Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain, a basketball legend and American icon who scored a record-setting 100 points in a single game, died yesterday. He was 63. Paramedics found the 7-foot-1 Chamberlain at his mansion in suburban Los Angeles around noon.
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Wilt Chamberlain Biography Also during this season, Chamberlain began his rivalry with Celtics defensive star Bill Russell. The two were fierce competitors on the court, but they developed a friendship away from the game. Chamberlain's most famous season, however, came in 1962. That March, he became the first NBA player to score 100 points in a game, setting a league record for the highest number of points scored in a single game (which he still holds today).
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Wilt Chamberlain Transactions. March 31, 1959: Drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1959 NBA Draft. January 15, 1965: Traded by the San Francisco Warriors to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Paul Neumann, Lee Shaffer and cash.
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History of the Golden State Warriors The Warriors won its other championship in Philadelphia in the 1955–56 season, defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one. The Warrior stars of this era were future Hall of Famers Paul Arizin, Tom Gola and Neil Johnston. In 1959, the team signed draft pick Wilt Chamberlain.hey were owned by Peter A. Tyrrell, who also owned the Philadelphia Rockets of the American Hockey League. Tyrrell hired Eddie Gottlieb, a longtime basketball promoter in the Philadelphia area, as coach and general manager. He named the team after an early professional team in the city.
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Wilt Chamberlain: Did He Really Play In a Weak Era? Anyway, one day, late in the 1967 season (the year Wilt's 76ers won the NBA title and went 68-13 in the regular season), Gus Johnson (who was playing for the Bullets), drove to the basket and was able to dunk over Wilt, which not a lot of guys could do. Wilt wasn't exactly pleased.
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What is Wilt Chamberlain famous for? What was Wilt Chamberlain most famous for? He is a famous basketball player, most notable for being the first and only player to score 100 points in a single NBA Game, and that is the highest amount of points scored fo … r a player in a single game in the NBA.
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Wilt Chamberlain Dead At 63 He grew 4 inches in three months when he was 15, and was 6-11 when he entered Philadelphia's Overbrook High School. After leading Overbrook to three public school championships and two all-city titles, Chamberlain became one of the most recruited players ever with over 200 colleges interested.
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Wilt Chamberlain Dead At 63 Wilt Chamberlain Dead At 63. Wilt Chamberlain, one of the most dominant players in the history of basketball and the only one to score 100 points in an NBA game, died Tuesday at 63. Chamberlain's body was found by authorities who were called to his Bel-Air home shortly after noon PDT, said John Black, a Los Angeles Lakers spokesman.