wilt chamberlain has the most nba points in a game.
who has the most nba points in a game?
wilt chamberlain
chamberlain is regarded as one of the most extraordinary and dominant basketball players in the history of the nba. the 1972 nba finals mvp is holder of numerous official nba all-time records, establishing himself as a scoring champion, all-time top rebounder and accurate field goal shooter. he led the nba in scoring seven times, field goal percentage nine times, minutes played eight times, rebounding eleven times, and assists once. he was also responsible for several rule changes, including widening the lane from 12 to 16 feet, as well as changes to rules regarding inbounding the ball and shooting free throws. chamberlain is most remembered for his 100-point game, which is widely considered one of basketball's greatest records. decades after his record, many nba "teams" did not even average 100 points as fewer field goals per game were being attempted. the closest any player has gotten to 100 points was the los angeles lakers' kobe bryant, who scored 81 in 2006. bryant afterwards said chamberlain's record was "unthinkable ... it's pretty exhausting to think about it." chamberlain's main weakness was his notoriously poor free throw shooting, where he has the third lowest career free throw percentage in nba history with 51.1% (based on a minimum of 1,200 attempts). chamberlain claimed that he intentionally missed free throws so a teammate could get the rebound and score two points instead of one, but later acknowledged that he was a "psycho case" in this matter. on the other hand, he committed surprisingly few fouls during his nba career, despite his rugged play in the post. chamberlain never fouled out of a regular season or playoff game in his 14-year nba career. his career average was only two fouls per game, despite having averaged 45.8 minutes per game over his career. he had five seasons where he committed less than two fouls per game, with a career low of 1.5 fouls during the 1962 season, in which he also averaged 50.4 points per game. his fouls per 36 minutes (a stat used to compare players that average vastly different minutes) was a remarkable 1.6 per game. "first he was a scorer. then he was a rebounder and assist man. then with our great laker team in 1972, he concentrated on the defensive end", said sharman. in his two championship seasons, chamberlain led the league in rebounding, while his scoring decreased to 24 and 15 points per game. by 1971–72 at age 35 and running less, his game had transformed to averaging only nine shots per game, compared to the 40 in his record-setting 1961–62 season. he also had a signature 'dipper' move, whereby he would fake a hook shot, and extend his arm to a short-range finger roll to shoot under a block attempt. for his feats, chamberlain was enshrined in the naismith memorial basketball hall of fame in 1978, named one of the 50 greatest players in nba history, ranked #2 in "slam magazine"s top 50 nba players of all-time and #13 in the espn list "top north american athletes of the century" and voted the second best center of all-time by espn behind kareem abdul-jabbar on march 6, 2007. during his career, chamberlain competed against future hall of famers including russell, thurmond, lucas, and walt bellamy. he later faced unseld, abdul-jabbar, dave cowens, and elvin hayes.
wilt chamberlain
the day before the 2016 nba draft, levert authored an open letter to nba general managers to assure them of his resiliency in the face of all of his doubters due to his injury. on june 23, levert was selected with the 20th overall pick in the 2016 draft by the indiana pacers. he became michigan's fifth first-round draft selection since 2013 and the fourth player drafted from michigan's 2012 entering class. his rights were later traded to the brooklyn nets on july 7, in exchange for thaddeus young. dr. o'malley, who had performed levert's most recent foot surgery, was on the brooklyn nets medical staff at the time of the trade. on july 14, he signed his rookie scale contract with the nets. levert missed the 2016 nba summer league as well as preseason and resumed practicing near the beginning of the regular season. he began the season sidelined and still rehabbing his injury. he was cleared to play on december 4. he made his professional debut on december 7 against the denver nuggets. although he went 0-of-3 from the field, he posted 4 rebounds and 3 steals in 9 minutes of play, becoming the first net to post 3 steals in his debut since chris childs in 1994. levert entered at the start of the second quarter and posted 3 steals and 3 rebounds in 5:15 of play before halftime. levert scored his first nba points on december 10 against the san antonio spurs on a back door reverse layup assisted by brook lopez. levert posted double digit scoring for the first time with 12 points on december 30 against the washington wizards and former michigan one-on-one training partner burke's season-high 27 points. on february 3, levert made his first nba start against former michigan teammate robinson and the indiana pacers. on april 6 against the orlando magic, levert posted his first 20-point performance. despite missing a large portion of the season, levert almost made the nba all-rookie team, finishing 12 in the voting for the 10-man team.
caris levert