On March 14, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain played the final game of a historic individual season in the NBA.
That season, the 7-foot-1 centre played all 80 games to average league-leading numbers of 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds in 48.5 minutes per game. His points per game and minutes per game averages from this season are untouchable all-time NBA records.
Here's a look at the all-time NBA records Chamberlain holds from that season alone:
| Most points scored in a season | 4,029 |
| Most 50-point games in a season | 45 |
| Most consecutive 50-point games | 7 |
| Most 40-point games in a season | 63 |
| Most consecutive 40-point games | 14 |
It was during this season, on March 2, that the Hall of Famer set the NBA's single-game scoring record of 100.
In fact, three of the top four performances on the NBA's single-game all-time charts were set by Chamberlain during this season - 73 on Jan. 13 vs. Chicago Packers (tied 4th all-time), 78 on Dec. 8 vs. the Los Angeles Lakers (3rd most all-time) and 100 on Mar. 2 vs. the New York Knicks.
During the season, he also set the All-Star Game record with 42 points (17-of-23 FG), which was only broken 55 years later, in 2017 by Anthony Davis's 50-point MVP performance.
Leading from the front with such godly numbers, Chamberlain led the Philadelphia Warriors (now, the Golden State Warriors) to a 49-31 record in the regular season - good for second in the Eastern Division behind the league-best Boston Celtics.
After defeating the Syracuse Nationals 3-2 in the Division Semifinals, the Warriors lost to the eventual champions - the Celtics - in a grueling 7-game Division Finals series.
Another notable event on March 14th
In 1960, as a rookie, Chamberlain scored a then-playoff record 53 points (still a rookie playoff scoring record) in the third and deciding game of the Division Semifinals series between the Syracuse Nationals and the Philadelphia Warriors.
For the 1959-60 season, Chamberlain was named both Rookie of the Year and MVP - one of only two players to have done so in NBA history (Wes Unseld is the only player to achieve the feat in 1969).
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