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I finally collected enough footage to publish highlights from this outstanding performance from legendary 1970 Finals series. Wilt crushed Reed-less Knicks in potential elimination game 6.

45 points on 20/27 FG

Enjoy!

GOAT

Old man Wilt was feeling it that night.

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That turn around bank shot high off the glass at 1:06.

Its like banking is easier than non-banking.

70sFan wrote:

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I finally collected enough footage to publish highlights from this outstanding performance from legendary 1970 Finals series. Wilt crushed Reed-less Knicks in potential elimination game 6.

45 points on 20/27 FG

Enjoy!

Thanks for posting. Really enjoy Wilts later videos because the video quality is much better than the earlier stuff

LakersLegacy wrote:

70sFan wrote:

Watch on YouTube

I finally collected enough footage to publish highlights from this outstanding performance from legendary 1970 Finals series. Wilt crushed Reed-less Knicks in potential elimination game 6.

45 points on 20/27 FG

Enjoy!

Thanks for posting. Really enjoy Wilts later videos because the video quality is much better than the earlier stuff

Yeah unfortunately, that's usually true. At the same time, gives people wrong perspective at how Wilt played in his prime.

A lot of people assume Wilt just used his physicality to dominate (a-la Shaq) rather than skill, but it couldn't be further from the truth.

Wilt himself admitted to holding himself back physically almost out of a fairness principle.

He could have been dunking on everybody damn near every possession if he wanted to, but dunking had the stigma of a dumb man's move and a brute's move back then.

After reading in 1968 that he was passing out to teammates due to being too old to score

A furious Wilt Chamberlain over the next three games averaged:

56.0 PPG (29.0 FGA)
32.7 RPG
4.0 APG
FG%: 79%

The FG% is insane and it's purely because Wilt was just physically manhandling everyone during those three games and going to the basket every single time.

coastalmarker99 wrote:A lot of people assume Wilt just used his physicality to dominate (a-la Shaq) rather than skill, but it couldn't be further from the truth.

Wilt himself admitted to holding himself back physically almost out of a fairness principle.

I mean, Wilt definitely had a lot to offer skill-wise, but you can see even in these highlights that he was a physical player. He definitely used his physical advantages to dominate opponents, he would be stupid to do otherwise.

He could have been dunking on everybody damn near every possession if he wanted to, but dunking had the stigma of a dumb man's move and a brute's move back then.

No, that's not possible to any player. Even Shaq who was more physical than any high volume scorer in NBA history dunked only 20% of his shots during his prime years. Wilt wouldn't have averaged these numbers had he tried to dunk the ball on every possession.

After reading in 1968 that he was passing out to teammates due to being too old to score

A furious Wilt Chamberlain over the next three games averaged:

56.0 PPG (29.0 FGA)
32.7 RPG
4.0 APG
FG%: 79%

The FG% is insane and it's purely because Wilt was just physically manhandling everyone during those three games and going to the basket every single time.

These numbers are absolutely ridiculous, although I'd note that he did that against poor expansion teams.

To me, his 1966/67 season as a whole is more impressive from efficiency standpoint. His 1967/68 season isn't far off - after a rough start in the season, Chamberlain averaged 27 ppg on 61% FG from the beginning of 1968.

Not to take anything away from Wilt of course, but just look at the defence played. And people say it sucks now. And this is from the NBA finals. Hilarious

Wagonband wrote:Not to take anything away from Wilt of course, but just look at the defence played. And people say it sucks now. And this is from the NBA finals. Hilarious

What's wrong with this defense?

70sFan wrote:

Wagonband wrote:Not to take anything away from Wilt of course, but just look at the defence played. And people say it sucks now. And this is from the NBA finals. Hilarious

What's wrong with this defense?

I'm obviously going to let him anwer, but I have a question related to the defense. Were teams not allowed to double team?

ben10simmons wrote:Its like banking is easier than non-banking.

As it is

lambchop wrote:

70sFan wrote:

Wagonband wrote:Not to take anything away from Wilt of course, but just look at the defence played. And people say it sucks now. And this is from the NBA finals. Hilarious

What's wrong with this defense?

I'm obviously going to let him anwer, but I have a question related to the defense. Were teams not allowed to double team?

They were and Knicks actually doubled Wilt quite often in that game. It's just that Wilt didn't score much out of double - which is reasonable, because why would he shoot out of double?

70sFan wrote:

lambchop wrote:

70sFan wrote:

I'm obviously going to let him anwer, but I have a question related to the defense. Were teams not allowed to double team?

They were and Knicks actually doubled Wilt quite often in that game. It's just that Wilt didn't score much out of double - which is reasonable, because why would he shoot out of double?

What was the incentive not to double him every single time, seeing as though teams weren't really going to punish you with perimeter shots?

lambchop wrote:

70sFan wrote:

lambchop wrote:They were and Knicks actually doubled Wilt quite often in that game. It's just that Wilt didn't score much out of double - which is reasonable, because why would he shoot out of double?

What was the incentive not to double him every single time, seeing as though teams weren't really going to punish you with perimeter shots?

Why do you assume teams couldn't punish defenses with perimeter shots? The Lakers had also Jerry West, who was a better scorer than Wilt at this point of their careers and still formidable Elgin Baylor. Knicks doubling Wilt all the time wouldn't work against such team.

Wilt is so much bigger than everyone else that the Knick's players weren't even trying to go for the boards.

Defense at that time is still really strange for me to watch. The rules are the rules, but Wilt has the ball in the low post and gets to go 1 on 1 every possession while the other 4 defenders face guard their man without so much as a late swipe at Wilt.

Thanks for putting together the footage as always! Much appreciated. I only wish we got to see the outcome of that outlet pass Wilt threw like it was a baseball. Unreal.

What's crystal clear here is how absolutely incredible Wilt's agility was and how impressive his foot speed and positioning was for a man his size. No wonder he was so dominant. The man is a legend

Wilt was dominant in the low post and on the offensive glass. He could have played like Shaq and he would have been the GOAT in my opinion. He needed that mean streak it seems.

Djoker wrote:Wilt was dominant in the low post and on the offensive glass. He could have played like Shaq and he would have been the GOAT in my opinion. He needed that mean streak it seems.

Back then they would of called fouls on him if he played like Shaq