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1962 Wilt Chamberlain Game Used Floor from 100-Point Game
<span style="font-size: 13px;">Presented is an opportunity to secure a piece offloorboard from one of the most astounding - and unusual - games inbasketball history, the March 2, 1962, game when Wilt Chamberlain, theBig Dipper, of the Philadelphia Warriors, dropped 100 points against theNew York Knicks. The game was a "home" game for the Warriors held atthe Hershey Sports Arena (where the Warriors occasional played) inHershey, Pennsylvania. Chamberlain averaged an incredible 50.4 PPG in'62, and in December he had already broken the existing NBA single gamescoring record of 71 by scoring 78 points. Wilt was playing againstback-up centers on the Knicks because the team's starting center, PhilJordan, was reported sick. By halftime, Wilt had 41 points. In theWarriors' locker room at the half, point guard Guy Rodgers said to theteam, "Let's get the ball to Dip. Let's see how many points he can get."By the end of the quarter, Chamberlain had 69 points, and the Warriorshad a 125-106 lead. Soon, the focus was already on a possible 100 pointseven before Chamberlain soon broke his own 78-point scoring record. TheKnicks ran out time on offense just so the Warriors would have lesschance to break the record. In turn, the Warriors, to get more time tohelp Wilt's quest, began to foul the Knicks as soon as New York hadpossession. With less than a minute in the game, Chamberlain had 98points. Then Wilt got a basket to reach 100 points with 46 seconds to goin the game, either on a lay-in or a dunk, accounts differ, and thereis no film or tape of the game. Chamberlain was then living in Harlem,in New York City, and he hitched a ride back to New York with Knickforward Johnny Green and two other Knicks. Chamberlain playfullyrecalled, "... the Knicks... thought I was asleep. They said, 'That[expletive deleted] scored a hundred points on us.'" Because the crowdwas so small, and with the passage of time, ticket stubs, programs andother memorabilia to this historic game are very rare. The piece offloorboard (measuring 1.75x2") comes with two black and white photos.One photo, shot after the game (7.5x9.5") depicts Chamberlainholding up a handmade sign reading "100." The other photo (5.75x6.75"), time and place unknown, shows Wilt about to dunk. A (2.75x3.75") "plaque" in the display reads "Wilt Chamberlain sets thesingle-game scoring record in the NBA by scoring 100 points for thePhiladelphia Warriors in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks. March2, 1962, Hershey Sports Arena/In Hershey, Pennsylvania/Attendance -4,124." Another plaque-like item (2.75x1.75") in the display reads"Authentic floorboard Hershey Sports Arena 1962 - Hershey, PA." Theentire matted and framed display measures 15.25x21.25". The piece offloorboard, and the attractive display that commemorates this iconicgame, will enhance any sports assemblage.</span>
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