1955, the NBA passed a new draft regulation "regional draft regulation", allowing teams to get a local college player at the expense of giving up a first-round draft right. Eddie Gottlieb, the owner of the Philadelphia Warriors, was overjoyed when he heard the news. He lobbied the league in many ways, saying that Chamberlain was a Philadelphia native and a famous basketball player in high school. Kansas, where he studied, had no NBA team. So he hopes that the league will make an exception and allow Philadelphia to sign Chamberlain with the terms of the regional draft rules. The league agreed to this request, which is the only time in NBA history that high school and birthplace are used as the basis of the draft regional rules.
Rookie period
Chamberlain scored 43 points and 28 rebounds in the first game against the new york Knicks. This season, Chamberlain won the best rookie, all-star MVP and regular season MVP with an average of 37.6 points and 27 rebounds, and was selected as the best team.
1960 in the playoffs, the Philadelphia Warriors played against the Boston Celtics, which was the first time Chamberlain played against Bill Russell. Chamberlain scored 8 1 against Russell in the whole series, but the Celtics still won 4-2. There have been rumors that "Chamberlain, who thinks highly of himself, lost to Russell in his rookie season, and even prepared to retire."
60-6 1 season, Chamberlain averaged 38.4 points and 27.2 rebounds.
In the 6 1-62 season, Chamberlain averaged 50.4 points per game, becoming the only NBA player who scored more than 4,000 points in a single season. This season, Chamberlain has been living in new york because he runs a nightclub called "Little Paradise" in new york. Usually when there is training or competition, Chamberlain will drive to the stadium.
Single field 100 integral
On March 2nd, 1962, against new york Knicks, 100. Help Philadelphia win with 169: 147. Throughout the game, he made 36 of 63 shots. In this game, Chamberlain made 28 of 32 free throws, and his free throw percentage that season was 50.6%. It is said that Chamberlain didn't return to the team all night before, but spent the night with other women.
In the first half, Chamberlain scored 4 1 point. In the third quarter, Chamberlain was not tired at all. He scored 28 points in this section, with a total score of 69. After the beginning of the fourth quarter, Chamberlain successfully scored 5 points in a row, breaking the scoring record of 73 points and 48 points, and then broke his previous scoring record of 78 points after three overtime.
When the team was ahead by a big margin, Chamberlain repeatedly told the head coach Frank mcguire to replace him, but mcguire didn't agree, but let the players keep feeding Chamberlain the ball. McQuayle attaches great importance to Chamberlain. During his coaching with the Warriors, he repeatedly said that Chamberlain had every chance to score 65,438+000 points in a game. While Chamberlain was slashing people crazily that night, mcguire hoped to see a solo performance that went down in history.
In the final stage, the Knicks began to control the ball to kill time, or fouled someone other than Chamberlain, so head coach Frank mcguire asked the players to foul the Knicks, too, in order to regain control of the ball. At the last moment of the game, the field was full of fouls. Many witnesses admitted that Knicks players would even stand there with a basketball after getting the ball in order to prevent Chamberlain from getting 65,438+000 points.
Larik is a backup guard for the Warriors and has a very good relationship with Chamberlain. When a game was suspended, L 'Aquili said to him, "Wilt, do you want me to go up when you get 100?" Chamberlain replied, "OK, I'll talk to the head coach." Then Lacrique got the chance to play. Chamberlain's first 100 was Larry's assist. At that time, Chamberlain was an important insider, yelling at Lacrique, which was the code word between them. So Larik passed the ball and Chamberlain scored successfully. The announcer shouted, "This is Chamberlain's 100!" Suddenly, all the fans at the scene were boiling, and almost everyone wanted to pour into the stadium. The scene was in chaos.
After Chamberlain scored 100, Harvey Pollack, Chamberlain's good friend and expert in game statistics, immediately realized the significance of the game. He went to check the situation with his scorer Dave Ritchie, and then went to the dressing room. Associated Press photographer Vassis was in the locker room. It turned out that he took his son to seek medical treatment nearby and went to the arena to watch the game. At the end of half-time, out of professional sensitivity, he felt that Chamberlain was going to do something unusual, so he went back to his car and took out his camera.
Pollack met Vassis, and both of them were very excited. They discussed taking a photo for Chamberlain. Pollack tore off a piece of paper from his notebook, wrote "100" on it and handed it to Chamberlain. Vassis wasn't sure whether Chamberlain would like to take pictures. Pollack said, "Chamberlain will do anything for me." Sure enough, Chamberlain agreed to take pictures. He picked up the paper and Vassis pressed the shutter. A classic photo was born like this.
At the last moment of the game, Chamberlain stood in the middle of the court with his hands akimbo, doing nothing. 100 sounds much better than 102. Later, he explained. Afterwards, Chamberlain said in Hoop magazine: "God, this is incredible. I never thought I would throw so many baskets in one game! " After the game, all the other players in Philadelphia were feeding Chamberlain.
San Francisco period
1962, Chamberlain moved to San Francisco with the team, and won the NBA scoring championship in 1962-63 and 1963-64 seasons. While Chamberlain's personal data continued to rise, Warriors 1964 reached the finals, and 1:4 was defeated by the Celtics. The Warriors gradually lost patience with Chamberlain. Finally, two days after the end of the 1965 All-Star Game, Chamberlain was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. As chips, the 76ers paid three players, Connie Delkin, Lee Saffre and paul newman, plus 15000 USD. After Chamberlain joined, 76ers formed a team with great potential: center Chamberlain, backcourt with Harold Greer and Larry Costero, and striker with Chatter Walker and Luke Jackson.
When Chamberlain first joined the team, the 76ers were just a team with a winning percentage of just over half. A year later, they scored a league-high 55 wins and 25 losses. But lost to the Celtics in the playoffs. Next season, the 76ers immediately got forward billy cunningham. In the following season, they were 45 wins and 4 losses in the first 49 games. After the season ended, they created the highest regular season in NBA history at that time, with 68 wins 13 losses. They beat Cincinnati in the playoffs and teamed up with their arch-rival Celtic in the Eastern Conference finals. The 76 ers won 4- 1. In the final, Chamberlain defeated his opponent 4-2 and won the championship successfully.
1964, in order to limit chamberlain, the NBA expanded the three-second zone from 12 feet to 16 feet, but his average score in that season was still 34.7 points. This year, Chamberlain was found to have a heart problem and lay in the hospital for a month.
1966-67 season, 76 ers coach Alex. Hannum explicitly asked Chamberlain to pass more and shoot less, and be more aggressive on the defensive end. Chamberlain accepted the coach's advice. Although his average score dropped to 24. 1 minute that season, and he missed the scoring champion for the first time in his career, his shooting percentage (68.3%) and rebounds (24.2) were still excellent, ranking third in the assists list with 7.8 assists. "Now it seems that my score in the last seven years of my career has shrunk greatly compared with the previous seven years, but my score has become lower because I have reduced my desire to score. The coach wanted me to focus more on rebounding and defense, and I'm glad I did. "
In the 67-68 season, Chamberlain became the king of assists in the league. He was selected as the best team for the seventh time in his career and the MVP for the fourth time. This year, Chamberlain was defeated by the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals, and then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. At that time, because the boss died unexpectedly, the promised 25% stake was not fulfilled, and Chamberlain finally decided to go to Hollywood. In order to get Chamberlain, the LA Lakers paid archie clark and substitute center Dahl Imohov. Chamberlain spent the last five years of his career in Los Angeles, helping the Lakers reach the NBA Finals four times.
In a game of 1968 against the Knicks, walter bellamy, a 6-foot/1inch center and weighing 245 pounds, tried to dunk Chamberlain's head. In the words of a live audience of Philadelphia Daily News, "Chamberlain firmly covered the ball at the top of the basket and slapped the racket out of the court. Also, he almost fanned Bellamy out of the court. " Walter bellamy in the rookie season was blocked by Chamberlain at half time. Afterwards, he said, "Bellamy, you can pitch now."
Lakers 1970 reached the finals. In the fifth game, Willis Reid, the core of the Knicks, was seriously injured in the thigh muscle. In the sixth game, because Reed was absent, Chamberlain scored 45+27 to lead the team 3-3. In the seventh game, Reid played with an injury. After scoring the first two goals for the Knicks, Reid never played again. Walter Frazier scored 36 points 19, assisted 7 rebounds, led the team by more than 20 points, and finally defeated the Lakers. After the game, Chamberlain was suspected of cooperating with Reid.
197 1- 1972 season, Chamberlain averaged only 14.8 points per game, but had 19.2 rebounds, and was once again selected as the best defensive team in the league.
Chamberlain and defenders Jerry West, Gail Goodrich, strikers Hapi Harrison and Jim McMillan have always maintained a consistent team style. 197 1- 1972 season, the Lakers won 33 consecutive victories, setting the longest winning streak in the league. At the end of the season, they achieved the league's best regular season record of 69 wins 13 losses. In the end, the Lakers successfully entered the finals and defeated the Knicks 4-3 to win the championship. However, because of the bad relationship between Chamberlain and coach Kauff in the Lakers, there was a quarrel. Chamberlain said: "The significance of winning this championship is far lower than that of Philadelphia. Because there, people love him as part of the team, and here, people just hope that he can bring a championship to the team. "
1972-73 After the end of the season, Chamberlain officially announced his retirement.