Wilt Chamberlain's Scoring Record

Wilt Chamberlain's Scoring Record is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Hershey, Dauphin County, dedicated 2002.

Dauphin County · dedicated 2002 · 100 Hersheypark Dr. (Hersheypark Arena), Hershey

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In a basketball game played here on March 2, 1962, Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks-- a record for points scored by a single player in any National Basketball Association game, 169-147, in front of 4,124 fans. During that season, Chamberlain set other records by averaging 50.4 points per game and by scoring more than 50 points in each of 45 games.

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