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2B Daily News – Friday, March 2, 2012 Wilt's 100-point game hits 50-year mark PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wilt Chamberlain did- n't just tower over his peers, he left records that endured for decades. And for 50 years, one mighty number has stood as the Mount Everest of sport's magic numbers. 100 points. At 25, Chamberlain had already crafted a career built on steady, sustained and spectacular excel- lence. Playing at 7-foot-1 and 260 pounds for the Philadelphia Warriors, Chamberlain held the sin- gle-game record of 78 points (in three overtimes) and the regulation mark of 73 in January 1962. One hundred points was no flash of momentary greatness. It was a fireball of scoring that will likely never be topped — and put Chamberlain everywhere from the record book, to ''The Ed Sullivan Show,'' to an unmatched spot in the short list of sport's all- time unbelievable perfor- mances. But on March 2, 1962 at the Hershey Sports Arena, hardly anyone noticed. There were no TV cam- eras. Sports writers were scarce — and so were the fans. Only 4,124 (at $2.50 a ticket) attended the game, in fact, between the Warriors and the New York Knicks as the final stretch of the 1961-62 sea- son dwindled down. The number of people who claimed they were there to witness history, however, could have stretched the East Coast. And why not? The milestone, after all, changed the game forever. ''The 100-point game was a hyperbolic announcement of the rise of the black athlete in bas- ketball,'' said author Gary Pomerantz, who wrote the complete narrative of that game in the 2005 book, ''WILT, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era. No NBA star has really come close to scoring 100 points. Los Angeles Lak- ers star Kobe Bryant had the luxury of the 3-point shot (he hit seven) when he scored 81 on Jan. 22, 2006. Michael Jordan never topped 69. Allen Iverson hit 60. David Robinson scored 10 less field goals than Chamber- lain made in the 100-point game when he scored 71 in 1994. ''I'd hate to try and break it myself,'' Cham- berlain said, according to Pomerantz's book. Chamberlain played all 48 minutes in Philadel- phia's 169-147 win over the Knicks. He shot 36 of 63 from the floor and an un-Wilt like 28 of 32 from the free-throw line. Cham- berlain, a woeful 51.1 per- cent career shooter from the line, attempted his free throws underhand against the Knicks. ''I personally don't think it will ever happen again,'' said Chamber- lain's Warriors' teammate, Al Attles. ''I don't know if a team will allow it to hap- pen now.'' Oh, the game came dur- ing a season when Cham- berlain averaged 50.4 points a game. ''I played one game where he got 78 points and we lost,'' Attles said. ''The guy got 50 regularly. It wasn't that big a deal.'' At least not through the first three quarters, when SACRAMENTO (AP) — All that's left to keep the Sacramento Kings in Cali- fornia's capital is a vote. Sacramento released the Raiders' Janikowski to undergo anger management WALNUT CREEK (AP) — Oakland Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski has been ordered by a judge to under- go anger management and substance abuse classes after authorities said he shoved a woman at a nightclub. The 33-year-old Janikowski's attorney agreed to the order on Wednesday after Contra Costa County prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge of false imprisonment. Under the agreement, Janikowski must complete 30 hours of anger management and substance abuse classes, and another 30 hours of community service. The Contra Costa Times (http://bit.ly/zr6Pru ) reports that he also was ordered to stay away from Syrena Nicholson, whom police said Janikowski grabbed and shoved at a 2010 rap show in Walnut Creek. Janiskowski previously pleaded no contest to a DUI charge in 2002. CHICO (Continued from page 1B) business. We need a multi- year lease, otherwise every year you're in the same situ- ation, and you have no conti- nuity." DSE had originally pro- posed a three-year deal to use Nettleton, the club's home since the team was formed in 2005, as its home field. MCT file photo In this archive photo, Wilt Chamberlain finer rolls a shot to the basket in front of the Celtics' Bill Russell. Chamberlain scored 69. While 100 is tough to imagine, think about this: Warriors public address announcer Dave Zinkoff would state the point total to the crowd as the number swelled in the fourth. When Chamberlain broke his own mark, Zinkoff told the fans, ''Ladies and gen- tleman, a new scoring record has been created by Wilt Chamberlain!'' ''Then we all realized that this was going to hap- pen,'' said Tom Meschery, who scored 16 that night for the Warriors. ''It was comical, because from that point on, all the shots went to Wilt, all the passes went to Wilt and everybody on the Knicks team tried to get the ball to anybody except Wilt.'' After more than 250 interviews with players, fans, officials and journal- ists, Pomerantz described the 100-point basket: ''(Joe) Rucklick flipped the pass perfectly, high and into the middle. The Dip- per caught it in front of the basket, only inches away, and rose high above the Knicks, high above the rim. (Announcer) Bill Campbell, energized, made his own loud barking sound, husky, yet clear, ''He made it! He made it! He made it! A Dipper Dunk!'' ''Wilt tried to come out of the game before he got the 100 points. But (coach) Frank McGuire would not take him out,'' Attles said. ''Wilt wasn't the kind of guy to say, 'OK, I'm tired take me out.' He'd listen to the coach. And Frank McGuire acted like he couldn't hear him. He just turned. But unbeknownst to us, he had made a pact with Wilt when Wilt first got there that Wilt was going to average 50 points a game and one day score 100. And he averaged 50. And, of course, a 100- point game was absolutely incredible.'' It was incredible — and pressed Harvey Pollack into service. Pollack started the night as the public relations director for the Warriors and the game statistician. With each milestone bas- ket putting Chamberlain closer to triple digits, Pol- lack knew his job titles were about to expand. He wrote or dictated the game story for The Associated Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer and United Press International. His son, Ron, who now joins Pollack on the Philadelphia 76ers statis- tics crew, ran the copy to Western Union. When the game was over, Pollack stuffed the game ball — it is now lost — into Cham- berlain's duffel bag and organized a famed photo. AP photographer Paul Vathis, who attended the game as a fan, rushed to a car for his equipment. Pol- lack said he squashed an idea of posing Chamber- lain with the ball and wanted something more unique to preserve the moment. ''Why don't we do something to show the 100 points,'' Pollack said. So Pollack, who turns 90 in March, wrote ''100'' on a piece of paper and gave it to Chamberlain to hold for the classic black- and-white snapshot. Outside of a few still photos, it was nearly the lone remembrance of the game. Campbell called Wilt's classic for WCAU and was startled after the game by more than just the whop- ping point total. He saw Chamberlain hitch a ride back to New York (where he lived) in a Cadillac with members of the Knicks. And, he had a fearful real- ization on his own ride home. ''All of sudden it dawned on me, a guy just scored 100 points in a game and I didn't even tape it, Campbell said. Campbell was bailed out by a fan who recorded the fourth quarter at home Sacramento releases financing plan for $391M arena The City Council will full financing plan for a new arena Thursday night, set- ting the stage for next week's City Council vote that will decide whether the Kings stay put. The non- binding term sheet between the city and the Kings esti- mates the final price tag for the arena at $391 million. vote on the project Tuesday night, and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has long expressed confidence that there are more than enough members to approve the plan.Under the agree- ment, the city will contribute $255.5 million to the pro- ject, mostly by leasing out parking garages around the facility. The Kings have agreed to pay $73.25 million upfront and sign a lease obligating the team — and any future owners — to remain in Sacramento for 30 years.Arena operator AEG will contribute $58.75 mil- lion, and another $3 million will come from a public sponsorship campaign — such as selling engraved bricks and plaques around the building. There also will be a 5 percent ticket sur- charge to help fund the arena and a $1 ticket surcharge for facility maintenance. and preserved the historic call. ''If it happened today, everyone would go bananas,'' Campbell said. ''There was a certain excitement about it, but nobody went completely stir crazy about it. The reaction was not as big as I expected it to be. It seems bigger now.'' Chamberlain, who starred at Kansas and died in 1999, will have his achievement get its due this week. The Wilton Norman Chamberlain Postal Stamp Committee is holding a luncheon to continue their push to put Chamberlain on a stamp. ''Wilt 100,'' an NBA TV original film nar- rated by Chamberlain's chief rival and good friend, Hall of Famer Bill Russell, premieres at 7 p.m. Friday. For more, the website http://www.nba.com/war- riors/history/Wilt—Cham- berlains—100—Points— Anniversary.html was launched. The Sixers recently pur- chased the court that was stored in Hershey. The Sixers donated part of the court to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and all fans at Fri- day's game vs. the War- riors will receive a mount- ed 2''x2'' piece. Sixers CEO Adam Aron wants to incorporate other parts of the court at their new practice facility, expected to be built in the next few years. Aron said part of the floor will be given to Chamberlain's three sisters at halftime of Friday's game against the Warriors. ''It's going to be all Wilt, all night long,'' Aron said. Chamberlain still looms large in the NBA — no matter there's no video of his feat or he can't be around to celebrate the mark at 50. ''You can't see him scoring 100 points,'' Pomerantz said, ''but you feel his presence.'' PGA Honda Classic At PGA National Champion Course Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7,100 yards; Par 70 (35-35) First Round Leaders Davis Love III 30-34— 64 -6 Rory McIlroy 34-32— 66 -4 Justin Rose Ryan Palmer 32-34— 66 -4 Dicky Pride 32-34— 66 -4 32-34— 66 -4 Martin Flores 33-33— 66 -4 Kevin Stadler 33-33— 66 -4 Seung-Yul Noh 33-33— 66 -4 Harris English 32-34— 66 -4 Tom Pernice Jr. 34-33— 67 -3 Ken Duke Ben Crane 35-32— 67 -3 33-34— 67 -3 Keegan Bradley 33-34— 67 -3 Louis Oosthuizen 34-33— 67 -3 Jimmy Walker 34-33— 67 -3 Bob Estes 33-34— 67 -3 Carl Pettersson 33-34— 67 -3 Erik Compton 34-33— 67 -3 The university countered with a one-year proposal, as it had the prior two seasons with the Outlaws, and Chico State president Paul Zingg said that the university had to contact MacInnes three weeks after their offer to get his response. On Tuesday, MacInnes replied with his decision. "Well, we had to ask him this week what's up as he had not responded to our counter proposal," Zingg wrote in an email. "So that's what we are being told, too." The Outlaws became the first two-time Golden Base- ball League champion in the league's short existence and were considered a flagship club in the league, but finan- cial issues with the former Outlaws ownership group BRANCH (Continued from page 1B) ing the franchise tag on Branch. The Raiders can rework contracts with high base salaries and salary cap num- bers for 2012, like quarter- back Carson Palmer's and defensive tackle Richard Seymour's. They also could cut some veterans like defen- sive tackle John Henderson. McKenzie said after hir- ing coach Dennis Allen that some of the team's contracts were ''out of whack'' but he didn't envision having prob- lems getting under the cap. Oakland released corner- back Stanford Routt last NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division Clippers Lakers WL Pct GB 20 12 .625 — 21 14 .600 .5 WARRIORS 14 18 .438 6 Phoenix KINGS 14 20 .412 7 12 22 .353 9 Southwest Division WL Pct GB San Antonio 24 11 .686 — Dallas Houston Memphis 21 15 .583 3.5 21 15 .583 3.5 20 15 .571 4 New Orleans 8 27 .229 16 Northwest Division WL Pct GB Oklahoma City 29 7 .806 — Denver Portland 19 17 .528 10 18 17 .514 10.5 Minnesota 18 18 .500 11 Utah 16 18 .471 12 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Philadelphia 21 15 .583 — Boston New York Toronto Miami WL Pct GB 17 17 .500 3 18 18 .500 3 11 24 .314 9.5 New Jersey 11 25 .306 10 Southeast Division WL Pct GB 27 7 .794 — 23 14 .622 5.5 20 15 .571 7.5 Orlando Atlanta Washington 7 28 .200 20.5 Charlotte Central Division Chicago Indiana 4 29 .121 22.5 WL Pct GB 29 8 .784 — 22 12 .647 5.5 Milwaukee 14 21 .400 14 Cleveland 13 20 .394 14 Detroit 12 25 .324 17 —————————————————— Thursday's results L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, late Oklahoma City 105, Orlando 102 Miami at Portland, late Minnesota at Phoenix, late Today's games Golden State at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at Toronto, 4 p.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. New Jersey at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Denver at Houston, 5 p.m. Charlotte at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Miami at Utah, 6 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m. Saturday's games Cleveland at Washington, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Orlando, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Detroit at Memphis, 5 p.m. Indiana at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Utah at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Portland, 7 p.m. started a chain of events that crumbled the franchise's rep- utation. Recent ownership and front office management had helped correct the franchise's financial direction, but other concerns arose with the club — neighborhood complaints about noise during night games and parking issues around the stadium lots, mostly. Still, Zingg and the uni- versity maintained an open position toward housing a pro ball club, and the sides were in discussions even through February's final week, a staggeringly late date considering the logistics of putting together a roster and working the club into the North American League's schedule. MacInnes said rent prices were discussed, but never in depth because the short-term agreement upon which Chico State insisted made them moot. "It didn't make sense to keep talking dollars when that was always going to be the hang-up," MacInnes said. "When they made it apparent that they didn't want to go multi-year, we tried to work out a scenario in which we could make it work and we just couldn't." month just one year into a $54.5 million, five-year con- tract. Linebacker Kamerion Wimbley, who got the fran- chise tag last offseason before signing a five-year, $48 million contract, also could be a target for restruc- turing or release. Wimbley was second on the Raiders with seven sacks last season and was also 15th in the league with 31 quar- terback knockdowns and hurries, according to STATS. ''We will take into con- sideration anything they come back with bearing in mind that he is one of the better players at his posi- tion,'' agent Joe Linta said. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WL OT Pts GF GA Phoenix 33 21 9 75 166 156 SHARKS 33 22 7 73 178 159 Dallas 33 26 5 71 168 175 Kings 29 23 12 70 138 137 Ducks 27 27 10 64 161 180 Central Division WL OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 40 17 7 87 166 128 Detroit 42 19 3 87 202 151 Nashville 37 20 7 81 181 165 Chicago 34 24 7 75 198 193 Columbus 18 38 7 43 146 212 Northwest Division WL OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 40 16 8 88 204 156 Colorado 33 27 4 70 168 173 Calgary 28 24 11 67 151 173 Minnesota 28 26 10 66 143 172 Edmonton 25 32 6 56 169 189 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL OT Pts GF GA N.Y.Rangers 41 15 6 88 172 126 Pittsburgh 37 21 5 79 202 166 Philadelphia35 21 7 77 209 191 New Jersey 35 23 5 75 175 174 N.Y. Islanders26 29 9 61 151 193 Northeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Boston 38 21 3 79 204 143 Ottawa 34 23 8 76 199 192 Toronto 29 28 7 65 191 200 Buffalo 28 27 8 64 156 180 Montreal 25 30 10 60 169 181 Southeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Florida 30 20 12 72 158 172 Washington 32 26 5 69 172 178 Winnipeg 30 27 8 68 166 186 Tampa Bay 29 28 6 64 176 213 Carolina 24 27 13 61 168 193 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. —————————————————— Thursday's results Buffalo at San Jose, late Boston 4, New Jersey 3, OT Montreal 5, Minnesota 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, Carolina 2 Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Calgary at Phoenix, late Columbus at Colorado, late Florida at Winnipeg, late St. Louis at Vancouver, late Today's games Chicago at Ottawa, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Edmonton,6:30 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Saturday's games St. Louis at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 4 p.m. Toronto at Montreal, 4 p.m. Nashville at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Colorado, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.