Chamberlain, continued

Consider an NBA player getting 38 rebounds in a single game. And that’s a statistical drop-off.

Only Wilt Chamberlain could put together two games with a combined 80 rebounds. He had 38 for the Lakers in a victory over the Baltimore Bullets. In the Lakers’ previous game, he collected 42 rebounds to lead a victory over the Boston Celtics.

"He’s capable of getting 100 rebounds," Baltimore Coach Gene Shue told The Times’ Mal Florence.

Wilt said the 42 rebounds against Boston "was a good game and I’ll accept it. … It is not something you can do every day but that doesn’t mean you’re not trying."

–Keith Thursby