Wilton Norman Chamberlain's Greatest Basketball Player

The sport of basketball is played throughout the world in every country, with many having dreams to become the very best. Wilton Norman Chamberlain was a professional basketball player who was born August 8, 1936, and grew up in a small town in Philadelphia. He was a professional National Basketball Association player for the team know as, at the time, the Philadelphia Warriors (now known as the Philadelphia 76ers). Wilt Chamberlain is not only arguably the best player in the world, but he has the statistics and records to prove it. He has set insurmountable records and has the greatest overall statistics that have been documented. Chamberlain was regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time as the first NBA player to score

Wilt had only been on two NBA teams during his career, the Philadelphia Warriors, and later on he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, but most of his acclaimed success came from when he was a Warrior. He made a great impact on America through his phenomenal athleticism, his unbreakable records, and his 100 points in a game.

Wilton Chamberlain made a huge impact on America through his phenomenal athleticism. As a pure athlete, Wilt put the National Basketball Association of his time to shame. He had an unreal vertical leap of 50 inches, which makes his vertical leap higher than that of the greatest player of all time,

Wilt was playing against the New York Knicks, a team that entered the game with a 27-45 record and would go on to occupy the second-worst spot in the standings. He was going up against a team that lost their starting Center-Forward to a hangover the night before. This key component placed a rookie center on the oversized man and saw only small 6’9 forwards to guard him as well. During the game, Wilt was able to score 23 points in the first quarter alone, which are the same numbers elite players that play in today’s game score in the whole game. After that quarter, The Philadelphia Warriors team came to the agreement that they must get the ball to Wilt Chamberlain using whatever means necessary. The second quarter saw Wilt the Stilt score 18 points, which is a very solid amount although it wasn’t as many points as the first quarter. The Warriors team decided to foul so the time would be extended longer, which resulted in him being able to increase his numbers scored by an insurmountable margin. By the third quarter, he was able to score 28 points, and scored 69 points at the end of the three quarters combined. "From accounts of how it went down, the Warriors spent almost the entire fourth quarter fouling to get the ball back and force-feeding Chamberlain the ball," writes CBS Sports Royce Young. "New York coach Eddie Donovan said, 'The game