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DescriptionWilt Chamberlain 100 Point Game 1962 (original).jpg
English: Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors holds a sign reading "100"; in the dressing room in Hershey, Pa., after he scored 100 points to break a National Basketball Association scoring record as the Warriors defeated the New York Knickerbockers 169-147.
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