{"id":220,"date":"2026-03-02T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/?p=220"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:53:20","slug":"todays-history-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s History &#8211; March 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260301.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-221 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260301.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260301.png 300w, https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260301-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors achieved one of the most remarkable feats in sports history by scoring 100 points in a single NBA game against the New York Knicks. Played at the Hershey Sports Arena in Pennsylvania, the game saw Chamberlain dominate the court, shooting 36-of-63 from the field and an unusually efficient 28-of-32 from the free-throw line. The Warriors won the game 169\u2013147, but the final score was secondary to Chamberlain&#8217;s individual achievement, which shattered his own previous record of 78 points. The 100-point performance remains the highest single-game scoring total in NBA history and is widely considered one of basketball&#8217;s &#8220;unbreakable&#8221; records. Despite the lack of televised footage\u2014only a few grainy radio recordings and photographs exist\u2014the game solidified Chamberlain&#8217;s status as a legendary figure in professional sports. The iconic photo of Chamberlain holding a white piece of paper with the number &#8220;100&#8221; scrawled on it has become the definitive image of that historic night, symbolizing a level of dominance that has never been matched in the decades since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors achieved one of the most remarkable feats in sports history by scoring 100 points in a single NBA game against the New York Knicks. Played at the Hershey Sports Arena &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/?p=220\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.tsehome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}