al's here to make sure that i don't, you know, start talking about the iliad and the odyssey. >> reporter: he wasn't odysseus but will chamberlain's 100 point game still has former teammates in awe 50 years later. [ applause and cheers ] >> wilt, that's the most incredible thing that's ever happened in indoor sports. >> reporter: the number of fans in hershey, pennsylvania, that night was about 4,000. phil cameras didn't make the trip from philadelphia. so this photo remains the only evidence. >> you notice all you ever see is a piece of paper with 100 on it and our publicity person wrote on a piece of paper and gave it to wilt and he held it up. >> reporter: chamberlain made 36 of his 63 shots and 28 of his 32 free throws an impressive amount for a player who usually made half. >> have you ever been around sewers where the ball goes in? it just kept going on. >> reporter: trying not to be on the wrong end of history the knicks would intentionally foul our warriors to keep the ball out of his hands. >> i thought the most comical part of that game was how frantic the knicks were trying to