The Boston Celtics aren’t exactly the league-crushing machine that they were a year ago, but they are still cruising through the regular season and are right on pace for a high seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks. The game, played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in front of about 4,000 fans, didn’t get the hoopla it probably deserved. In fact, it was not even mentioned in the Deseret News on March 3 or 4.
Kessler is the third player to go 10-for-10 from the floor in an NBA game this season, joining the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Jarrett Allen and the Chicago Bulls’ Mata Buzelis. Allen was 10-for-10 in a 135-116 victory over the Washington Wizards on Oct. 26, and Buzelis went 10-for-10 in a 133-124 victory over the Miami Heat on Feb. 4.
One of the greatest players in NBA history Milwaukee Bucks legend Oscar Robertson shared the only player that could dominate any NBA era, and snubbed Michael Jordan and LeBron James.
Wilt Chamberlain’s historic 100-point game has been known as one of the biggest holy grails of basketball, as it remains the highest-scoring game of an individual player in NBA history.
1918 — Joe Malone is held scoreless in the Montreal Canadiens’ 5-3 season-ending loss to the Toronto Arenas, but finishes the first NHL season with a League-high 44 goals in 22 games. The 44 goals remains an NHL record that stands until 1944-45, when Maurice Richard scores 50 goals in 50 games.
Steph Curry, Wilt Chamberlain, John Stockton and Rasheed Wallace set some of the most unbreakable records the NBA has ever seen
When Luka Doncic was traded to the LA Lakers right before the trade deadline, many NBA fans were quick to call the move the biggest trade of all time.
MVP front-runner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been labeled a free throw merchant. What other NBA players are too reliant on free throws?