eight teams made the playoffs in the first nba season.
eight teams made the playoffs in the first nba season.
how many teams made the playoffs in the first nba season?
eight
in his first nba season, chamberlain averaged 37.6 points and 27 rebounds, convincingly breaking the previous regular-season records. he needed only 56 games to score 2,102 points, which broke the all-time regular season scoring record of bob pettit, who needed 72 games to score 2,101 points. chamberlain broke eight nba records, and was named nba mvp and rookie of the year that season, a feat matched only by fellow hall-of-famer wes unseld in the 1968–69 nba season. chamberlain capped off his rookie season by winning the 1960 nba all-star game mvp award with a 23-point, 25-rebound performance for the east. however, it also became evident that he was an atrocious free-throw shooter, making hardly half of his foul shots. as time progressed, chamberlain grew even worse, and acknowledged he was simply a "psycho case" on that matter. the warriors entered the 1960 nba playoffs and beat the syracuse nationals, setting up a meeting versus the eastern division champions, the boston celtics. cherry described how celtics coach red auerbach ordered his forward tom heinsohn to commit personal fouls on chamberlain: whenever the warriors shot foul shots, heinsohn grabbed and shoved chamberlain to prevent him from running back quickly; his intention was that the celtics would throw the ball in so fast that the prolific shotblocker chamberlain was not yet back under his own basket, and boston could score an easy fastbreak basket. the teams split the first two games, but in game 3, chamberlain got fed up with heinsohn and punched him. in the scuffle, wilt injured his hand, and philadelphia lost the next two games. in game 5, with his hand healthy, chamberlain scored 50 points. but in game 6, heinsohn got the last laugh, scoring the decisive basket with a last-second tip-in. the warriors lost the series 4–2.
wilt chamberlain
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