On this date in 1962 Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a NBA game setting the single-game scoring record. Wilt's Philadelphia Warriors won the game 169-147 over the New York Knicks. Chamberlain went on to average an NBA-record 50.4 ppg in the 1961-62 season and became the only player to surpass 4,000 points in one season with 4,029. He also led the league in rebounding with 25.7 rpg