on March 2, 1962. Using his repertoire of fadeaway jumpers, finger rolls and “Dipper dunks,” Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a game between his Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks.

The season represented a spiritual passing of the torch between the Los Angeles Lakers' legendary Wilt Chamberlain and the Milwaukee Bucks' already dominant Lew Alcindor (who would change his name ...