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Originally Posted by rats60

If Kobe could have scored 100, he would have. If you don't think that Kobe was trying to score as many points as possible when he put up 81, then you are in a fantasy world.

In no way did the Knicks back off to let Wilt score. That is something you are making up. They were doing everything to stop him. The Warriors were fouling at the end of the game to get Wilt to 100, but that only resulted in 5 more FG attempts that the previous quarter. At Wilt's shooting percentage for the game it would account for ~6 points and that is ignoring the time on left when he hit 100. The real reason for his scoring total was 28-32 on free throws. Even without the effort to hit the magic number, Wilt scores 94+ and has the greatest game in NBA history.

From everything I ever read about the Chamberlain 100-point game, the Knicks were trying desperately to stop him because it was a huge embarrassment to have a player score 100 points against them.