Claim: Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in America.
Evidence: He is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game or average more than 40 and 50 points in a season.
Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association -LRB- NBA -RRB- by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169 -- 147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2 , 1962 , at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey , Pennsylvania.