I saw a link to this over at the apbr metrics forums. http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Arc...asketball.nba.la-lakers/2008-05/msg02598.html It is Wilt Chamberlain's game log for the 1961-1962 season. Just kind of fun to look at. I copied it below, in more text friendly formatting: Code: [SIZE=1]WILT CHAMBERLAIN?S 1961-62 GAME-BY-GAME DATE G Min FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% REB AST PF PTS 10/19/61 Los Angeles at Philadelphia 1 48 21 44 0.477 6 12 0.5 25 1 1 48 10/20/61 Los Angeles at Philadelphia 2 48 24 46 0.522 9 17 0.529 32 1 2 57 10/21/61 New York at Philadelphia 3 48 21 41 0.512 11 17 0.647 35 0 2 53 10/27/61 Syracuse at Philadelphia 4 48 21 45 0.467 13 21 0.619 24 3 3 55 10/28/61 Philadelphia at Syracuse 5 48 17 43 0.395 9 14 0.643 23 3 0 43 11/03/61 Boston at Philadelphia 6 48 12 31 0.387 4 9 0.444 33 1 2 28 11/04/61 Detroit at Philadelphia 7 48 24 48 0.5 10 16 0.625 33 0 1 58 11/08/61 Philadelphia at Detroit 8 48 23 46 0.5 12 19 0.632 23 1 3 58 11/09/61 Syracuse at Philadelphia 9 48 20 38 0.526 15 27 0.556 29 0 1 55 11/11/61 Philadelphia at Boston 10 48 17 40 0.425 7 13 0.538 21 3 4 41 11/14/61 Philadelphia at New York 11 48 13 27 0.481 8 17 0.471 18 2 2 34 11/15/61 Cincinnati at Philadelphia 12 48 18 42 0.429 7 13 0.538 18 5 1 43 11/17/61 Los Angeles at Philadelphia 13 48 24 48 0.5 8 19 0.421 32 2 1 56 11/18/61 Philadelphia at Syracuse 14 48 13 32 0.406 13 20 0.65 17 2 1 39 11/19/61 Philadelphia at Chicago 15 48 24 47 0.511 3 8 0.375 16 0 2 51 11/21/61 Philadelphia at Cincinnati 16 48 20 44 0.455 5 15 0.333 34 6 0 45 11/23/61 Boston at Philadelphia 17 48 12 34 0.353 7 12 0.583 30 5 1 31 11/25/61 Chicago at Philadelphia 18 48 15 37 0.405 9 12 0.75 38 3 2 39 11/28/61 Philadelphia at St. Louis 19 48 13 28 0.464 13 25 0.52 22 1 0 39 12/01/61 Philadelphia at Los Angeles 20 48 22 47 0.468 16 26 0.615 21 4 1 60 12/02/61 Philadelphia at Los Angeles 21 48 11 22 0.5 15 26 0.577 24 1 1 37 12/05/61 Philadelphia at New York 22 48 17 31 0.548 5 12 0.417 22 4 1 39 12/06/61 St. Louis at Philadelphia 23 48 12 27 0.444 15 20 0.75 16 1 2 39 12/08/61 Los Angeles at Philadelphia 24 63 31 62 0.5 16 31 0.516 43 1 4 78 12/09/61 Chicago at Philadelphia 25 48 28 48 0.583 5 10 0.5 36 0 3 61 12/10/61 Philadelphia at Chicago 26 48 23 44 0.523 9 16 0.563 26 2 4 55 12/12/61 Detroit at Philadelphia 27 48 22 42 0.524 10 14 0.714 25 5 2 54 12/13/61 Philadelphia at Boston 28 48 22 43 0.512 8 12 0.667 30 0 2 52 12/14/61 Syracuse at Philadelphia 29 48 17 39 0.436 9 17 0.529 22 2 1 43 12/16/61 Philadelphia at Chicago 30 48 21 39 0.538 8 12 0.667 21 3 3 50 12/19/61 Philadelphia at Cincinnati 31 48 24 47 0.511 9 14 0.643 25 1 0 57 12/20/61 Philadelphia at Detroit 32 48 24 47 0.511 7 11 0.636 19 0 0 55 12/25/61 Philadelphia at New York 33 58 23 44 0.523 13 22 0.591 36 0 3 59 12/26/61 Syracuse at Philadelphia 34 48 21 53 0.396 9 15 0.6 29 1 2 51 12/27/61 New York at Philadelphia 35 48 20 42 0.476 13 18 0.722 30 4 3 53 12/29/61 Los Angeles at Philadelphia 36 48 24 43 0.558 12 19 0.632 26 3 1 60 12/30/61 Boston at Philadelphia 37 53 17 34 0.5 7 13 0.538 28 3 2 41 01/01/62 Philadelphia at Los Angeles 38 48 13 29 0.448 6 12 0.5 20 3 1 32 01/03/62 Philadelphia at Los Angeles 39 40 14 25 0.56 8 12 0.667 18 2 1 36 01/05/62 St. Louis at Philadelphia 40 48 20 39 0.513 13 21 0.619 22 2 0 53 01/07/62 Philadelphia at St. Louis 41 48 23 41 0.561 9 17 0.529 21 2 3 55 01/09/62 Syracuse at Philadelphia 42 48 18 37 0.486 11 21 0.524 27 1 3 47 01/10/62 Philadelphia at Detroit 43 48 15 40 0.375 9 13 0.692 25 1 0 39 01/11/62 Syracuse at Philadelphia 44 48 19 40 0.475 14 24 0.583 22 5 0 52 01/13/62 Chicago at Philadelphia 45 48 29 48 0.604 15 25 0.6 36 0 2 73 01/14/62 Philadelphia at Boston 46 48 27 45 0.6 8 10 0.8 28 2 1 62 01/17/62 St. Louis at Philadelphia 47 53 24 48 0.5 14 20 0.7 23 4 3 62 01/18/62 Cincinnati at Philadelphia 48 48 22 50 0.44 10 16 0.625 31 3 0 54 01/19/62 Philadelphia at Detroit 49 48 23 42 0.548 7 10 0.7 21 2 1 53 01/20/62 Detroit at Philadelphia 50 48 17 39 0.436 10 14 0.714 28 5 0 44 01/21/62 Philadelphia at Syracuse 51 53 25 42 0.595 12 17 0.706 23 3 1 62 01/24/62 Chicago at Philadelphia 52 48 23 56 0.411 9 11 0.818 32 5 1 55 01/26/62 Philadelphia at St. Louis 53 48 16 29 0.552 15 19 0.789 22 4 3 47 01/27/62 Boston at Philadelphia 54 48 21 28 0.75 11 17 0.647 27 1 3 53 01/28/62 Philadelphia at Boston 55 53 17 31 0.548 16 22 0.727 20 3 4 50 01/30/62 Philadelphia at New York 56 48 22 40 0.55 11 19 0.579 27 3 1 55 02/01/62 Cincinnati at Philadelphia 57 48 22 36 0.611 9 16 0.563 26 5 1 53 02/02/62 New York at Philadelphia 58 48 12 31 0.387 11 19 0.579 19 4 1 35 02/03/62 Philadelphia at Syracuse 59 48 15 35 0.429 11 14 0.786 15 3 0 41 02/04/62 Syracuse at Philadelphia 60 48 19 35 0.543 12 18 0.667 26 2 0 50 02/08/62 New York at Philadelphia 61 48 23 37 0.622 13 19 0.684 24 0 0 59 02/09/62 Philadelphia at Boston 62 48 15 32 0.469 18 23 0.783 29 1 1 48 02/10/62 Boston at Philadelphia 63 48 16 33 0.485 6 14 0.429 31 4 1 38 02/11/62 Philadelphia at New York 64 48 18 36 0.5 6 13 0.462 25 5 0 42 02/13/62 Philadelphia at Cincinnatti 65 48 24 40 0.6 17 30 0.567 22 4 3 65 02/14/62 Philadelphia at Detroit 66 48 17 38 0.447 8 13 0.615 27 3 1 42 02/16/62 Cincinnati at Philadelphia 67 48 18 37 0.486 12 17 0.706 23 4 0 48 02/17/62 Philadelphia at St. Louis 68 48 26 44 0.591 15 20 0.75 28 2 1 67 02/20/62 Chicago at Philadelphia 69 48 21 46 0.457 6 8 0.75 21 2 4 48 02/21/62 Philadelphia at Syracuse 70 48 19 33 0.576 8 17 0.471 16 2 3 46 02/22/62 St. Louis at Philadelphia 71 48 21 36 0.583 19 34 0.559 26 1 0 61 02/24/62 Boston at Philadelphia 72 48 11 24 0.458 4 13 0.308 31 0 1 26 02/25/62 New York at Philadelphia 73 48 25 38 0.658 17 22 0.773 21 1 1 67 02/27/62 Philadelphia at St. Louis 74 48 25 43 0.581 15 20 0.75 23 2 3 65 02/28/62 Philadelphia at Chicago 75 48 24 46 0.522 13 17 0.765 28 6 4 61 03/02/62 New York at Philadelphia 76 48 36 63 0.571 28 32 0.875 25 2 2 100 03/04/62 Philadelphia at New York 77 48 24 41 0.585 10 16 0.625 35 4 0 58 03/07/62 Philadelphia at Boston 78 48 13 38 0.433 4 11 0.364 27 2 1 30 03/11/62 Philadelphia at Syracuse 79 48 19 27 0.704 6 18 0.333 26 2 2 44 03/14/62 Philadelphia at Chicago 80 53 15 34 0.441 4 5 0.8 33 4 3 34[/SIZE]
What stands out, of course, is the 100 point game... but I really like the 78 points/43 rebounds game against LA ( he went 31 of 62... can you imagine anyone shooting 62 shots in a game today?)
Not quite true, he missed 8 minutes of that season (from the game on 1/3/62) because he was ejected due to two technicals. But he averaged over 48 minutes a game that season.
That 12/08/61 game is crazy to me. He scored 78 points despite missing half his shots and half his free throws.
I can tell you one thing for sure is he would not be able to average those numbers in this era of the NBA.
No, they lost to Russell's Celtics 4-3 in the Eastern Conference Finals. This season resulted in the odd situation where Wilt was the 1st Team All-NBA center, but Russell was the MVP. I think players voted for MVP at this point, the media selected the All-NBA team.
We had this discussion in another thread, so many believe it would be impossible for Wilt to be an (even) above average player. But I can firmly say, that if Wilt in his prime came into 2010 NBA, he would easily be the best center in the league and would instantly make any team (even the Nets) into a Finals contender. He'd still lead the league in block shots, rebounding, FG%, and possibly scoring. Right now, people generally consider the Dwight Howard the best center in the league, by a mile, yet he can't do 1/10th on what Wilt could do in his twilight (Laker) years at 33-34. Many point to Wilt's inferior competition, but name one thing Dwight Howard has over Wilt Chamberlain in actual gameplay or skills.
Considering the minutes he played and the number of shots other teams likely attempted around the basket, 8 blocks/g seems like a reasonable guess.