Wilt Chamberlain's tomahawk move on 6'9 Bob Petit

[Deuce Bigalow]

LOL at putting his height on their

Pettit probably was the tallest defender at the time, and he only weighed 205 pounds

[PHILA]

LOL at putting his height on their

Pettit probably was the tallest defender at the time, and he only weighed 205 pounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWyu7DXdo1Y


Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA - Terry Pluto

[jlauber]

LOL at putting his height on their

Pettit probably was the tallest defender at the time, and he only weighed 205 pounds

Chamberlain, at the age of 35, in a season in which he shot about 9 times per game, in 71-72, averaged 29 ppg in FIVE H2H games against the 6-11 250 lb. HOFer Bob Lanier, including one of his two 30-30 games that season (31-32.)

Of course, Lanier would be measured at over 7-0 in TODAY's game.

BTW, Wilt had an ENTIRE season against the 6-11 HOFer Walt Bellamy, in which he averaged 55 ppg, including a 73-36 game. Here again, Bellamy would easily be a seven-footer in TODAY's game.

[Psileas]

That's just it, why is there so many footage of Wilt playing like that? What about those claims of his legendary athletic ability? Oh wait, it must be because it was all exaggerated and that Wilt was an exceptional athlete in his own right but not really out of this world as people claim. Check under your bed, the boogeyman might be underneath........

If you don't consider Wilt an out of this world athlete for a 7-footer who played with 50's-70's technology, I'll ask you to name a couple you do. I definitely won't hold my breath.

LOL at putting his height on their

Pettit probably was the tallest defender at the time, and he only weighed 205 pounds

On "their" what?

Just kidding, I didn't take this post seriously, after all.

[Dizzle-2k7]

beautiful touch, balance, grace, agility, and fundamental soundness. how many 7 footers do you see that are that quick and agile? you see how low he got on that move? dude looked like a 6 foot guard.

wilt would toy with the boys of modern nba.

[La Frescobaldi]

Never saw the guy but they say Walter Dukes was the first real 7 footer, no scorer but terrific defense, averaged about a 10 10 over his career. Dukes was a Piston mostly

Here's a snapshot of Chamberlain's 62 season you can see how Wilt did against Detroit (I have no idea as far as Dukes Wilt matchups, injuries etc.)

●Neutral site games - 19Oct61 New York, NY; 10Dec61 East Chicago, IN; 12Dec61 New York, NY; 29Dec61 Hershey, PA; 17Jan62 Detroit, MI; 19Jan62 Boston, MA; 21Jan62 Utica, NY; 24Jan62 Boston, MA; 26Jan62 Hershey, PA; 2Feb62 Boston, MA; 20Feb62 New York, NY; 2Mar62 Hershey, PA

1961-62 REGULAR SEASON
Date Opp PHI-OPP FG FT-AT PTS Notes
19Oct61 LAL 113-118 21 6-12 48 35 Reb
20Oct61 LAL 122-115 24 9-17 57
21Oct61 NYK 132-95 21 11-17 53
27Oct61 SYR 122-126 21 13-21 55
28Oct61 @SYR 119-115 17 9-14 43
3Nov61 BOS 98-112 12 4-9 28
4Nov61 DET 135-132 24 10-16 58
8Nov61 @DET 132-128 23 12-19 58
9Nov61 SYR 151-108 20 15-27 55
11Nov61 @BOS 125-128 17 7-13 41
14Nov61 @NYK 122-124 13 8-17 34
15Nov61 CIN 145-133 18 7-13 44 O. Robertson 49 Pts
17Nov61 LAL 121-125 24 8-19 56
18Nov61 @SYR 130-148 13 13-20 39
19Nov61 @CHI 122-114 24 3-8 51
21Nov61 @CIN 125-118 20 5-15 45 O. Robertson 18 Ast
23Nov61 BOS 106-119 12 7-12 31
25Nov61 CHI 134-102 15 9-12 39 38 Reb
28Nov61 @STL 121-111 13 13-25 39
1Dec61 @LAL 138-117 22 16-26 60 T. Gola 15 Ast
2Dec61 @LAL 119-129 11 15-26 37
5Dec61 @NYK 122-105 17 5-12 39
6Dec61 STL 132-137 12 15-20 39 B. Pettit 51 Pts
8Dec61 LAL 147-151 31 16-31 78 3OT, 43 Reb, E.Baylor 63 Pts, T. Gola 15 Ast
9Dec61 CHI 135-113 28 5-10 61 36 Reb
10Dec61 ●CHI 118-109 23 9-16 55
12Dec61 ●DET 132-109 22 10-14 54
13Dec61 @BOS 113-123 22 8-8 52
14Dec61 SYR 136-125 17 9-17 43
16Dec61 @CHI 112-110 21 8-12 50 W. Bellamy 45 Pts
19Dec61 @CIN 117-110 24 9-14 57
20Dec61 @DET 117-102 24 7-11 55
25Dec61 @NYK 135-136 23 13-22 59 2OT, 36 Reb
26Dec61 ●SYR 118-111 21 9-14 51
27Dec61 NYK 131-119 20 13-18 53
29Dec61 ●LAL 123-118 24 12-19 60 7th consecutive 50+ Pts
30Dec61 BOS 111-116 17 7-13 41 OT, 14th con. 40+ Pts
1Jan62 @LAL 111-114 13 6-12 32
3Jan62 @LAL 123-124 14 8-12 36 J. West 44 Pts
5Jan62 STL 134-116 20 13-21 53
7Jan62 @STL 112-137 23 9-17 55
9Jan62 SYR 120-129 18 11-21 47
10Jan62 @DET 113-110 15 9-13 39
11Jan62 @CIN 128-145 19 14-24 52 O. Robertson 19 Ast
13Jan52 CHI 135-117 29 15-25 73 36 Reb, G. Rodgers 16 Ast
14Jan62 @BOS 136-145 27 8-11 62
17Jan62 ●STL 136-130 24 14-20 62 OT
18Jan62 CIN 133-151 22 10-16 54 O. Robertson 16 Ast
19Jan62 ●DET 136-125 23 7-10 53
20Jan62 DET 123-107 17 10-14 44
21Jan62 ●SYR 139-132 25 12-17 62 Hal Greer 44 Pts
24Jan62 ●CHI 122-108 23 9-11 55 Walt Bellamy 47 Pts
26Jan62 ●STL 136-110 16 15-19 47
27Jan62 BOS 131-106 21 11-17 53
28Jan62 @BOS 133-129 17 16-22 50
30Jan62 @NYK 110-116 22 11-19 55 R. Guerin 46 Pts
1Feb62 CIN 130-109 22 9-16 53
2Feb62 ●NYK 129-116 12 11-19 35
3Feb62 @SYR 112-134 15 11-14 41
4Feb62 SYR 128-117 19 12-18 50
8Feb62 @NYK 136-120 23 13-19 59 Sets season scoring record
9Feb62 @BOS 126-124 15 18-23 48
10Feb62 BOS 107-106 16 6-12 38
11Feb62 @NYK 121-111 18 6-13 42
13Feb62 @CIN 136-132 18 12-17 48 O. Robertson 42 Pts, 18 Ast
17Feb62 @STL 121-128 26 15-20 67
20Feb62 ●CHI 112-107 21 6-8 48 W. Bellamy 44 Pts
21Feb62 @SYR 109-150 19 8-17 46
22Feb62 STL 139-121 21 19-34 61 65th consecutive 30+ Pts
24Feb62 BOS 86-109 11 4-13 26
25Feb62 NYK 135-149 25 17-22 67 R. Guerin 50 Pts
27Feb62 @STL 147-137 25 15-20 65 B. Pettit 49 Pts
28Feb62 @CHI 128-119 24 13-17 61
2Mar62 ●NYK 169-147 36 28-32 100 NBA scoring record, 35 Reb
4Mar62 @NYK 129-129 24 10-16 58
7Mar62 @BOS 102-153 13 4-12 30
11Mar62 @SYR 130-148 19 6-18 44
14Mar62 @CHI 119-115 15 5-6 34 OT

1962 PLAYOFFS
Date Opp PHI-OPP FG FT-AT PTS Notes
16Mar62 SYR 110-103 11 10-12 32 P. Arizin 43 Pts
18Mar62 @SYR 97-82 12 4-7 28
19Mar62 SYR 100-101 18 4-7 40
20Mar62 @SYR 99-106 11 7-11 29
22Mar62 SYR 121-104 22 12-22 56
24Mar62 @BOS 89-117 13 7-12 33
27Mar62 BOS 113-106 16 10-17 42
28Mar62 @BOS 114-129 14 7-12 35
31Mar62 BOS 110-106 15 11-22 41
1Apr62 @BOS 104-119 11 8-9 30
3Apr62 BOS 109-99 12 8-10 32
5Apr62 @BOS 107-109 7 8-9 22

1962 NBA ALL-STAR GAME AT ST. LOUIS, MO
Date Site East-West FG FT-AT PTS Notes
16Jan62 STL 130-150 17 8-16 42 24 Reb, All-Star scoring record; B. Pettit, MVP

Looks like he did ok against a 7 footer.........

Kind of tore up the league record book that year......

NBA RECORDS SET BY CHAMBERLAIN
Most Points, Game - 100 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Field Goal Attempts, Game - 63 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Field Goals Made, Game - 36 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Free Throw Attempts, Game - 34 vs. STL 22Feb62
Most Free Throws Made, Game - 28 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Points Scored, Season - 4,029
Highest Scoring Average, Season - 50.4 PPG
Most Field Goal Attempts, Season - 3,159
Most Field Goals Made, Season - 1,597
Most Free Throws Attempted, Season - 1,363
Most Free Throws Made, Season - 835
Most Rebounds, Season - 2,052
Most Minutes Played, Season - 3,882
Most Average Minutes, Season - 48.5

That stuff is from APBR website and according to some reply posts on there may not be 100% accurate....
http://www.apbr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2426

[Pointguard]

Never saw the guy but they say Walter Dukes was the first real 7 footer, no scorer but terrific defense, averaged about a 10 10 over his career. Dukes was a Piston mostly

Here's a snapshot of Chamberlain's 62 season you can see how Wilt did against Detroit (I have no idea as far as Dukes Wilt matchups, injuries etc.)

●Neutral site games - 19Oct61 New York, NY; 10Dec61 East Chicago, IN; 12Dec61 New York, NY; 29Dec61 Hershey, PA; 17Jan62 Detroit, MI; 19Jan62 Boston, MA; 21Jan62 Utica, NY; 24Jan62 Boston, MA; 26Jan62 Hershey, PA; 2Feb62 Boston, MA; 20Feb62 New York, NY; 2Mar62 Hershey, PA

1961-62 REGULAR SEASON
Date Opp PHI-OPP FG FT-AT PTS Notes
19Oct61 LAL 113-118 21 6-12 48 35 Reb
20Oct61 LAL 122-115 24 9-17 57
21Oct61 NYK 132-95 21 11-17 53
27Oct61 SYR 122-126 21 13-21 55
28Oct61 @SYR 119-115 17 9-14 43
3Nov61 BOS 98-112 12 4-9 28
4Nov61 DET 135-132 24 10-16 58
8Nov61 @DET 132-128 23 12-19 58
9Nov61 SYR 151-108 20 15-27 55
11Nov61 @BOS 125-128 17 7-13 41
14Nov61 @NYK 122-124 13 8-17 34
15Nov61 CIN 145-133 18 7-13 44 O. Robertson 49 Pts
17Nov61 LAL 121-125 24 8-19 56
18Nov61 @SYR 130-148 13 13-20 39
19Nov61 @CHI 122-114 24 3-8 51
21Nov61 @CIN 125-118 20 5-15 45 O. Robertson 18 Ast
23Nov61 BOS 106-119 12 7-12 31
25Nov61 CHI 134-102 15 9-12 39 38 Reb
28Nov61 @STL 121-111 13 13-25 39
1Dec61 @LAL 138-117 22 16-26 60 T. Gola 15 Ast
2Dec61 @LAL 119-129 11 15-26 37
5Dec61 @NYK 122-105 17 5-12 39
6Dec61 STL 132-137 12 15-20 39 B. Pettit 51 Pts
8Dec61 LAL 147-151 31 16-31 78 3OT, 43 Reb, E.Baylor 63 Pts, T. Gola 15 Ast
9Dec61 CHI 135-113 28 5-10 61 36 Reb
10Dec61 ●CHI 118-109 23 9-16 55
12Dec61 ●DET 132-109 22 10-14 54
13Dec61 @BOS 113-123 22 8-8 52
14Dec61 SYR 136-125 17 9-17 43
16Dec61 @CHI 112-110 21 8-12 50 W. Bellamy 45 Pts
19Dec61 @CIN 117-110 24 9-14 57
20Dec61 @DET 117-102 24 7-11 55
25Dec61 @NYK 135-136 23 13-22 59 2OT, 36 Reb
26Dec61 ●SYR 118-111 21 9-14 51
27Dec61 NYK 131-119 20 13-18 53
29Dec61 ●LAL 123-118 24 12-19 60 7th consecutive 50+ Pts
30Dec61 BOS 111-116 17 7-13 41 OT, 14th con. 40+ Pts
1Jan62 @LAL 111-114 13 6-12 32
3Jan62 @LAL 123-124 14 8-12 36 J. West 44 Pts
5Jan62 STL 134-116 20 13-21 53
7Jan62 @STL 112-137 23 9-17 55
9Jan62 SYR 120-129 18 11-21 47
10Jan62 @DET 113-110 15 9-13 39
11Jan62 @CIN 128-145 19 14-24 52 O. Robertson 19 Ast
13Jan52 CHI 135-117 29 15-25 73 36 Reb, G. Rodgers 16 Ast
14Jan62 @BOS 136-145 27 8-11 62
17Jan62 ●STL 136-130 24 14-20 62 OT
18Jan62 CIN 133-151 22 10-16 54 O. Robertson 16 Ast
19Jan62 ●DET 136-125 23 7-10 53
20Jan62 DET 123-107 17 10-14 44
21Jan62 ●SYR 139-132 25 12-17 62 Hal Greer 44 Pts
24Jan62 ●CHI 122-108 23 9-11 55 Walt Bellamy 47 Pts
26Jan62 ●STL 136-110 16 15-19 47
27Jan62 BOS 131-106 21 11-17 53
28Jan62 @BOS 133-129 17 16-22 50
30Jan62 @NYK 110-116 22 11-19 55 R. Guerin 46 Pts
1Feb62 CIN 130-109 22 9-16 53
2Feb62 ●NYK 129-116 12 11-19 35
3Feb62 @SYR 112-134 15 11-14 41
4Feb62 SYR 128-117 19 12-18 50
8Feb62 @NYK 136-120 23 13-19 59 Sets season scoring record
9Feb62 @BOS 126-124 15 18-23 48
10Feb62 BOS 107-106 16 6-12 38
11Feb62 @NYK 121-111 18 6-13 42
13Feb62 @CIN 136-132 18 12-17 48 O. Robertson 42 Pts, 18 Ast
17Feb62 @STL 121-128 26 15-20 67
20Feb62 ●CHI 112-107 21 6-8 48 W. Bellamy 44 Pts
21Feb62 @SYR 109-150 19 8-17 46
22Feb62 STL 139-121 21 19-34 61 65th consecutive 30+ Pts
24Feb62 BOS 86-109 11 4-13 26
25Feb62 NYK 135-149 25 17-22 67 R. Guerin 50 Pts
27Feb62 @STL 147-137 25 15-20 65 B. Pettit 49 Pts
28Feb62 @CHI 128-119 24 13-17 61
2Mar62 ●NYK 169-147 36 28-32 100 NBA scoring record, 35 Reb
4Mar62 @NYK 129-129 24 10-16 58
7Mar62 @BOS 102-153 13 4-12 30
11Mar62 @SYR 130-148 19 6-18 44
14Mar62 @CHI 119-115 15 5-6 34 OT

1962 PLAYOFFS
Date Opp PHI-OPP FG FT-AT PTS Notes
16Mar62 SYR 110-103 11 10-12 32 P. Arizin 43 Pts
18Mar62 @SYR 97-82 12 4-7 28
19Mar62 SYR 100-101 18 4-7 40
20Mar62 @SYR 99-106 11 7-11 29
22Mar62 SYR 121-104 22 12-22 56
24Mar62 @BOS 89-117 13 7-12 33
27Mar62 BOS 113-106 16 10-17 42
28Mar62 @BOS 114-129 14 7-12 35
31Mar62 BOS 110-106 15 11-22 41
1Apr62 @BOS 104-119 11 8-9 30
3Apr62 BOS 109-99 12 8-10 32
5Apr62 @BOS 107-109 7 8-9 22

1962 NBA ALL-STAR GAME AT ST. LOUIS, MO
Date Site East-West FG FT-AT PTS Notes
16Jan62 STL 130-150 17 8-16 42 24 Reb, All-Star scoring record; B. Pettit, MVP

Looks like he did ok against a 7 footer.........

Kind of tore up the league record book that year......

NBA RECORDS SET BY CHAMBERLAIN
Most Points, Game - 100 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Field Goal Attempts, Game - 63 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Field Goals Made, Game - 36 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Free Throw Attempts, Game - 34 vs. STL 22Feb62
Most Free Throws Made, Game - 28 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Points Scored, Season - 4,029
Highest Scoring Average, Season - 50.4 PPG
Most Field Goal Attempts, Season - 3,159
Most Field Goals Made, Season - 1,597
Most Free Throws Attempted, Season - 1,363
Most Free Throws Made, Season - 835
Most Rebounds, Season - 2,052
Most Minutes Played, Season - 3,882
Most Average Minutes, Season - 48.5

That stuff is from APBR website and according to some reply posts on there may not be 100% accurate....
http://www.apbr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2426

I saw that he missed a 65point game and somebody caught it, but its a heck of a compilation and great starting point. Assuming all else is right Wilt had 44 games above 50 and points that average out to 59ppg. Which puts a spin on the Elgin Baylor arguments here - Wilt would have still have a 20ppg average lead on Baylor too if Wilt played part time like Baylor did. Amazingly, it comes out just about right, tho it isn't a direct correlation because of factors of rest, having a hot spell, etc. Baylor played 48 games that year.

There would be 27 games of 55 or more points. 11games of 60 or more if you include the 65 point game he missed. Wilt had his strongest streak of 5 games at 70ppg about a week before the end of the season. For those who missed the incredible endurance factor:

I counted seven triple b2b (one time six games in seven nights Dec 8 to 14), two quadruple b2b and one pentruple (five b2b if pentruple isn't a word) there is no double counting the b2b either. In the pentruple no two games were played in the same arena consecutively. Amazingly the same is true for both quadruple b2b's as well. So it meant Wilt spent at least half those nights on beds way to small for him. A good many of the b2bs were also in nuetral sites that very likely didn't have proper heating and up to par facilities. Keep in mind that they didn't have stretching as a pregame ritual. his streak of 65 consecutive games above 30 points covered all the b2bs.

[Pointguard]

Never saw the guy but they say Walter Dukes was the first real 7 footer, no scorer but terrific defense, averaged about a 10 10 over his career. Dukes was a Piston mostly

NBA RECORDS SET BY CHAMBERLAIN
Most Points, Game - 100 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Field Goal Attempts, Game - 63 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Field Goals Made, Game - 36 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Free Throw Attempts, Game - 34 vs. STL 22Feb62
Most Free Throws Made, Game - 28 vs. NYK 2Mar62
Most Points Scored, Season - 4,029
Highest Scoring Average, Season - 50.4 PPG
Most Field Goal Attempts, Season - 3,159
Most Field Goals Made, Season - 1,597
Most Free Throws Attempted, Season - 1,363
Most Free Throws Made, Season - 835
Most Rebounds, Season - 2,052
Most Minutes Played, Season - 3,882
Most Average Minutes, Season - 48.5

That stuff is from APBR website and according to some reply posts on there may not be 100% accurate....
http://www.apbr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2426

Great post, thanks.

[La Frescobaldi]

Can you imagine 65 30s in a row??
My buddies used to say the other coaches musta paid Hannum off to get Wilt to stop scoring so much!!
I have often thought the heart condition scare in 1964 is why Chamberlain's numbers dropped off. That had to shake a guy up

[andgar923]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHAJjP6e6pg

I hate to sound like a whiner or hater, but how was that impressive?

[Legends66NBA7]

I hate to sound like a whiner or hater, but how was that impressive?

It was impressive for that time. Nobody had seen move like that before.

I guess you have to apply yourself and mind to that lifetime.

[abuC]

It was an up and under down with 1 hand.....cool?

[andgar923]

It was impressive for that time. Nobody had seen move like that before.

I guess you have to apply yourself and mind to that lifetime.

I guess, but I don't even see it as an up and under or a specific post move. Oh well... I guess I'm wrong on this one.

[PHILA]

I hate to sound like a whiner or hater, but how was that impressive?

This is a more impressive display of his 7'8 wingspan, even as a 6'11 school boy at Overbrook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpufnh4fmRk#t=2m20s


"He does not merely dominate games. His achievements shatter previous concepts of stardom."

[Legends66NBA7]

I guess, but I don't even see it as an up and under or a specific post move. Oh well... I guess I'm wrong on this one.

I'll give you an example, though it may seem a bit bizarre (hope It makes sense to you):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxeLacGat-c

That's the first horror movie ever made. Why?

Not a lot of people watched movies before, so they expected the real thing to come through the screen. It was something to marvel and be of awe.


For that time, seeing Wilt completely lift his defender up from his feet (since Pettit thought he was going to shoot) and going for the jam, it was something to marvel and be of awe.

Revolutionary things, I suppose.

It's okay no worries, just thought I could explain it better... hope it helped.