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  1.                                  Wilt Chamberlain was one 
  2.                                  of the greatest offensive 
  3.                                  basketball players of all 
  4.                                  time. A powerful slam-
  5.                                  dunker, Wilt was some-
  6. times called the ΓÇ£Big Dipper." He was also
  7. known as ΓÇ£Wilt the Stilt" because of his 
  8. height. A 7' 1", 275-pound center, Wilt 
  9. seemed larger than life on the basketball
  10. court, and his scoring figures were even 
  11. larger. 
  12.  
  13. Wilt's career scoring average of 30.1 points 
  14. per game is second only to Michael Jordan's 
  15. 32.3. Wilt once scored 100 points in a single 
  16. game! His 31,419 points still rank him
  17. second in lifetime scoring, behind Kareem
  18. Abdul-Jabbar, and WiltΓÇÖs average of 
  19. 22.9 rebounds per game remains an 
  20.  
  21.