Examples of Wilt getting let down by his trash can teammates in the playoffs
Posted: Tue Apr 6, 2021 8:59 am
Game 1, 1960 ECF vs Boston
Wilt scores 42 points and grabs 29 rebounds and disses out 1 assist on 17-35 FG/FGA, while Russell had 19 points and 30 rebounds plus 1 assist on 9-17 shooting
The difference was for this game
Was that Woody Sauldsberry went 3-21 and Wilt's teammates shoot 30% from the field in a 6 point loss in a series they lost in 7
Also, Guy Rodgers missed two clutch free throws when the score was tied 107 107 in game 6 of the 1960 Ecf if he hits them then Wilt and the Warriors would have gone to a game 7 vs the Celtics.
Game 1, 1961 ECSF vs Syracuse
Wilts teammates shoot 28.8% from the field after Wilt drops 46 and 32
Wilts teammates shot 33.2% from the field this series (8.3% below league average) and they were swept
Game 1, 1962 ECF vs Boston
Wilt scores 33 points and grabs 31 rebounds and disses out 3 assists on 13-25 FG/FGA, while Russell had 16 points and 30 rebounds plus 4 assists on 7-22 shooting
Yet the difference in this game was that Wilts teammates shoot 23.5% from the field.
Overall, Wilt's teammates shot .35.4 in that post-season. His two "HOF' teammates, Arizin and Gola shot .37.5 and .27.1 respectively.
With all of that, Wilt carried that putrid roster to a game seven, two-point loss against the HOF-laden Celtics.
Wilt's teammate, Tom Meschery summed it up best, "The Boston players, man-for-man, were better players than the Warriors. To go as far as we did was all Wilt's doing. We came within two points of the championship because of that man."
Game 4, 1964 Finals vs Boston
Wilts teammates shoot 27.7% from the field in a 3 point loss also for the series Wilt averaged 29.2 ppg, 27.6 rpg, and shot .51.7 yet his teammates collectively shot 38.2 per cent from the floor.
Game 5, 1965 ECF vs Boston
Wilts teammates shoot 30.8% from the field in a 6 point loss in a series they lost in 7
Game 7, 1965 ECF vs Boston
Down by one with seconds left with a chance to win the game after Wilt scored the last ten points Wilt's teammates don’t know how to inbound the ball and throw it to John Havlicek which ends their season
In the '65-66 ECF' Wilt averaged 28.0 ppg, 30.2 rpg,, 3.2 apg, and on a .50.9 FG%. while..his teammates collectively shot (again, from a team with the best record in the league)... .35.2 from the field! Wilt's numbers were nearly identical to his regular-season ones vs the Celtics but his teammates, as they most often did, just puked all over the floor throughout that series
Wilt scores 42 points and grabs 29 rebounds and disses out 1 assist on 17-35 FG/FGA, while Russell had 19 points and 30 rebounds plus 1 assist on 9-17 shooting
The difference was for this game
Was that Woody Sauldsberry went 3-21 and Wilt's teammates shoot 30% from the field in a 6 point loss in a series they lost in 7
Also, Guy Rodgers missed two clutch free throws when the score was tied 107 107 in game 6 of the 1960 Ecf if he hits them then Wilt and the Warriors would have gone to a game 7 vs the Celtics.
Game 1, 1961 ECSF vs Syracuse
Wilts teammates shoot 28.8% from the field after Wilt drops 46 and 32
Wilts teammates shot 33.2% from the field this series (8.3% below league average) and they were swept
Game 1, 1962 ECF vs Boston
Wilt scores 33 points and grabs 31 rebounds and disses out 3 assists on 13-25 FG/FGA, while Russell had 16 points and 30 rebounds plus 4 assists on 7-22 shooting
Yet the difference in this game was that Wilts teammates shoot 23.5% from the field.
Overall, Wilt's teammates shot .35.4 in that post-season. His two "HOF' teammates, Arizin and Gola shot .37.5 and .27.1 respectively.
With all of that, Wilt carried that putrid roster to a game seven, two-point loss against the HOF-laden Celtics.
Wilt's teammate, Tom Meschery summed it up best, "The Boston players, man-for-man, were better players than the Warriors. To go as far as we did was all Wilt's doing. We came within two points of the championship because of that man."
Game 4, 1964 Finals vs Boston
Wilts teammates shoot 27.7% from the field in a 3 point loss also for the series Wilt averaged 29.2 ppg, 27.6 rpg, and shot .51.7 yet his teammates collectively shot 38.2 per cent from the floor.
Game 5, 1965 ECF vs Boston
Wilts teammates shoot 30.8% from the field in a 6 point loss in a series they lost in 7
Game 7, 1965 ECF vs Boston
Down by one with seconds left with a chance to win the game after Wilt scored the last ten points Wilt's teammates don’t know how to inbound the ball and throw it to John Havlicek which ends their season
In the '65-66 ECF' Wilt averaged 28.0 ppg, 30.2 rpg,, 3.2 apg, and on a .50.9 FG%. while..his teammates collectively shot (again, from a team with the best record in the league)... .35.2 from the field! Wilt's numbers were nearly identical to his regular-season ones vs the Celtics but his teammates, as they most often did, just puked all over the floor throughout that series