“Wilt Chamberlain Had 10 Straight Dunks!”: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Detailed Exhilarating Experience of Watching NBA Legend Win at Rucker Park

In a book about his formative years, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar detailed his experience of watching Wilt Chamberlain play at Rucker Park.

Wilt Chamberlain is perhaps the most dominant force to ever take the floor on an NBA court. At 7’2″ and 300 pounds, his frame was more monstrous than every other NBA player he played against.

Wilt took the league by storm when he first stepped onto the floor. He finished his rookie season averaging 37 points and winning MVP honors. In a few years’ time, he’d broken all sorts of endurance and scoring records as well.

Chamberlain’s domination wasn’t just about his physique or his athleticism. He was a very skilled scorer as well, making some unguardable fadeaway jump shots decades before they became signature shots.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar detailed a memorable Wilt Chamberlain performance at Rucker Park

Kareem was a high school junior when he first saw Wilt Chamberlain play at the Rucker Park tournament. A year later, he was back to see the NBA’s most imposing player at the iconic venue.

This game saw Wilt playing alongside pals from his nightclub called Big Wilt’s Smalls Paradise. The experience of watching Wilt completely dominate proceedings in every way had a vivid impact on Kareem. He described the experience thus:

“The battle against Wilt’s team looked to be pretty even at first, but the other team started to pull ahead. Wilt was fuming. For three quarters, Wilt endured the pounding, until he decided he just wouldn’t take any more.”

“Wilt refused to lose. He went after every rebound and grabbed it no matter how many other players also went after it. His teammates fed him the ball under the basket and he dunked it. If Wilt got his hands on the ball, he dunked it.”

“He dunked ten times in a row, with the crowd screaming in delight at the show he was putting on. Sometimes he’d go up with three players hanging on to him. But they might as well have been fluffy scarves for all the trouble they caused.”

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