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Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in one game

He reached the mark for Philadelphia against New York in March 1962 The game was played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in front of a modest crowd and was not televised. Chamberlain made 36 field goals and 28 free throws in the 169-147 win. No other player has scored more than 81 in an NBA game. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: He reached the mark for Philadelphia against New York in March 1962. The figure is taken from National Basketball Association, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.