 In the post @-@ season , the Lakers swept the Chicago Bulls , then went on to face the Milwaukee Bucks of young superstar center and regular @-@ season MVP Kareem Abdul @-@ Jabbar ( formerly Lew Alcindor ) . The matchup between Chamberlain and Abdul @-@ Jabbar was hailed by LIFE magazine as the greatest matchup in all of sports . Chamberlain would help lead the Lakers past Abdul @-@ Jabbar and the Bucks in six games . Particularly , Chamberlain was lauded for his performance in Game 6 , which the Lakers won 104 – 100 after trailing by 10 points in the fourth quarter : he scored 24 points and 22 rebounds , played all 48 minutes and outsprinted the younger Bucks center on several late Lakers fast breaks . Jerry West called it " the greatest ball @-@ busting performance I have ever seen . " Chamberlain performed so well in the series that TIME magazine stated , " In the N.B.A. ' s western division title series with Milwaukee , he ( Chamberlain ) decisively outplayed basketball 's newest giant superstar , Kareem Abdul @-@ Jabbar , eleven years his junior . " 
