Wilt's 100 point game vs Ohtani's 3 HR, 10 K, 0 runs allowed game

[Mean_Streets]

Could you please share the link to the video of Wilt's game?

Watch on YouTube

[NZB2323]

Playoff games are more important, Wilt’s team would foul the other team to get the ball back immediately, the pace of play was crazy that year, Wilt’s playoff high was 56 points, the Knicks won 29 games that year and both their centers were injured for the game.

[Curmudgeon]

LOL, Otani wasn't hitting against Darrell Imhoff and Cleveland Buckner.

[Lalouie]

i had a feeling someone here would bring up wilt!!!

you cannot compare basketball because in basketball all players play BOTH sides(although one can argue )

even if a player had 100pts and 30assists and 20 blocks, it is the dna of basketball to play defense and offense

the context of ohtani's games is that NO ONE pitches and hits in the same manner, and the reference to ruth as a pitcher then home run hitter was more apt

you would need to see something like have a great qb game like brady and then playing on the other side like a dominating lawrence taylor IN THE SAME GAME

the mlb even created a new rule for ohtani so he could rremain in the game as a dh even though he could be removed as a pitcher

because blocks were not noted in the 60s many have guesstimated that wilt prolly had 10-15 blocks in his 100pt game. but you know what,,,that's basketball. sans the gaudy numbers basketball players are always scoring and blocking and assisting. it is now fully expected to be multi-skilled. wemby will probably have a 50pt double digit block game, maybe a few times in fact......but it's not hitting and pitching. and here's the thing also, this was all baked into the ohtani hype before he came to the mlb

ohtani is truer to that word "unicorn". what he does no one else does

[ORLMagicGirl15]

I don’t watch baseball so I don’t know the significance of his stat.

[Hoop Hunter]

I clicked on the wrong one. I picked Wilt by accident.

I don't care for or watch baseball, but what Ohtani did was just impossible. He did it in a deciding playoff game. Somebody scoring 100 is more possible to happen again.

[Hoop Hunter]

I clicked on the wrong one. I picked Wilt by accident.

I don't care for or watch baseball, but what Ohtani did was just impossible. He did in a deciding playoff game. Somebody scoring 100 is more possible.

[Capn'O]

Wow. That's GOAT stuff right there. Legendary.

These are both pretty unbeatable achievements. I'd probably pick Ohtani given the circumstances.

[azcatz11]

I don’t watch baseball so I don’t know the significance of his stat.

It would be like Jordan playing 1 vs 5 against the Jazz and winning a playoff game. That's essentially what we saw last night with Ohtani.

[benhillboy]

A modern NBA player would have to drop 100 on 74% shooting and it still would come up short.

A RB with 500 scrimmage yards or QB with 750 passing still would be meh compared to what he did.

The man mashes 100 mph pitches with the same ease as throwing them. His talent is truly as close to impossible as there ever has been for an athlete. When I recognized he was the undisputed All Time Greatest a few years ago I just can’t take baseball serious as he towers so far above the game. He’s legit more valuable than the sum total of some entire franchises.

He’s this generation’s (and likely the next one or two) Bo Jackson. Hopefully his body doesn’t break down prematurely.

[Mephariel]

Wilt. Because I am bias for sports that has live defense. It is like golf. It doesn't matter how good of a golfer you are, or what kind of shot you hit. Nobody was running up towards you trying to stop you from doing what you are doing.

[Optms]

Bruh.

This man is doing stuff that should not be possible. Its like he was dropped from a different era entirely and no one else can even replicate it due to it simply not being possible. Kind of like someone averaging 55 ppg in this era.

[JellosJigglin]

Even Wilt said he was embarrassed about his 100 point game and the way he achieved it.

What Sho is doing would be laughable even in a create-a-character simulation. Literally it would be laughable even as a video game player. It shouldn't be possible in real life against the best talent in the world.

If you only took his hitting you would say this guy is super natural. If you only took his pitching, you'd say this guy has greatness written on him. To be doing both at the level he's doing it is just simply a phenomenon we and our future grand kids will never see again in our lifetimes.

[The Servant]

Wilts game was an undocumented farce (no footage, allegedly full court passes feeding). GOATani did this in the playoffs in the modern era. Not even close for me, and I hate the Dodgers.

Wilt. Because I am bias for sports that has live defense. It is like golf. It doesn't matter how good of a golfer you are, or what kind of shot you hit. Nobody was running up towards you trying to stop you from doing what you are doing.

Pretty much nothing is as pure as a batter facing a pitcher, and a pitcher facing a batter. Its as close to a one on one as you can get. It even happened in a time that mattered, conference finals. Wilt was having his boys toss him lobs to set a record in the regular season. You didnt see that when Kobe hit 81.

To me Kobe's 81 > Wilts 100. I watched it on TV live. Has anyone even seen footage of this 100?

[MrBigShot]

Wilt's 100 point game was a farce. It was a meaningless game where his own team was fouling the other team to get Wilt the ball again to pad his scoring.

Wilt's 100 isn't even the best scoring performance in the nba, and I'd say it's not even the 2nd best either. Kobe led his team back from being blown out by 20+ to score 81, and he outscored an an entire team by himself through 3 quarters, what is utterly absurd.

[Dominator83]

Bruh.

This man is doing stuff that should not be possible. Its like he was dropped from a different era entirely and no one else can even replicate it due to it simply not being possible. Kind of like someone averaging 55 ppg in this era.

Yep. On one hand, you would think that Ohtani reshaping whats possible, would inspire more prospects to try being 2-way players. But so far nobody has been able to do it at the pro level to even being mediocre, let alone a star in both aspects.

[xdrta+]

Sorry, but there is just no logical argument for voting for Wilt. And I loved Wilt, even saw him play live. It's not just that Ohtani did something no one has done before, it's that he did something that should not be possible. I'm hoping to see it again in the WS (and I won't be that surprised if it happens.)

[Capn'O]

Sorry, but there is just no logical argument for voting for Wilt. And I loved Wilt, even saw him play live. It's not just that Ohtani did something no one has done before, it's that he did something that should not be possible. I'm hoping to see it again in the WS (and I won't be that surprised if it happens.)

I think they're similar athletes in this regard. The 100 point game is just the start of it. Putting up 50/25 in a year when the next best scorer was around 30 was pretty wild. 40/40 games. 55 rebounds. Ohtani's got his 50/50 season. Just otherworldly stuff where they're just performing at a completely different level than their competition.

[mrmsix6]

Wilt's "100pt game" is a **** joke.

[eyeatoma]

The better comp is LBJ game 6

Lejuice? Lol no...

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