For those who know something about the history of Wilt Chamberlain, the 1961/62 season has logically remained in their retinas, since it was in which the gigantic Wilt averaged 50.4 points in the regular season and where he scored 100 points in a single game , without supplements. It didn’t take much for Chamberlain to put it through the little metal circle.
However, Chamberlain had several seasons with exaggerated numbers, impossible to match in today’s game. Let’s see: in his first 12 seasons he always averaged more than 20 rebounds per game. The last player who was close to 20 on average was Dennis Rodman in 1991/92, 32 years ago, and his average was 18.7. Other times.
Wilt’s 1967/68 campaign, for example, was tremendous, with two individual milestones: one official and the other not. The unofficial one was the one we published a few days ago: his unverifiable quintuple-double achieved on March 18, 1968 against the Lakers (53 points, 32 rebounds, 14 assists – that’s the end of the real scoresheet – 24 blocks and 11 steals – the not checkable).
The official one was on February 2, 1968, when Wilt, who that year exploded in the area of assists, averaging 8.6 and leading the NBA, achieved the first triple-double in history with at least 20 units in each area. Against the Pistons he added 22 points, 25 rebounds and 21 assists, obviously playing 48 minutes, in a game that Philadelphia won 131-121.
It took just over 51 years for the only other case in history to occur, achieved by someone much less respected than Chamberlain: Russell Westbrook. On April 2, 2019, playing for Oklahoma City, he had 20 points, 20 rebounds and 21 assists in OKC’s victory over the Lakers 119-103. No one else has achieved it and few more will achieve it. For now, he has a table for two.
2023-12-21 14:44:23
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