 In that series , the Lakers won Game 1 115 – 112 , but the Knicks won Games 2 and 3 ; things worsened when Jerry West injured his hamstring yet again . In Game 4 , the shorthanded Lakers were no match for New York , and in Game 5 , the valiant , but injured West and Hairston had miserable games , and despite Chamberlain scoring 23 points and grabbing 21 rebounds , the Lakers lost 102 – 93 and the series . After the Knicks finished off the close fifth game with a late flourish led by Earl Monroe and Phil Jackson , Chamberlain made a dunk with one second left , which turned out to be the last play of his NBA career . 
