Gary Pomerantz

Harvey Pollack was a legend in Philadelphia basketball. He was an employee of the Philadelphia Warriors, then the Philadelphia 76ers, for six decades. And at the time this game is being played, he's known as the octopus because he would send out a Christmas card every year with the octopus, each arm representing another thing he did. On this night, when Wilt scores 100th,

Harvey Pollack was a legend in Philadelphia basketball. He was an employee of the Philadelphia Warriors, then the Philadelphia 76ers, for six decades. And at the time this game is being played, he's known as the octopus because he would send out a Christmas card every year with the octopus, each arm representing another thing he did. On this night, when Wilt scores 100th,

Harvey is the statistician. He is a publicist who's got to arrange any interviews. He's writing the game story for the Philadelphia Inquirer who didn't care enough about it to send anybody. He's writing for AP and he's writing for United Press. That's a lot of work. And in fact, when he finished writing, the scorekeeping and added stuff up, he thought, oh my, what if Will ends up with 98 points?

Harvey is the statistician. He is a publicist who's got to arrange any interviews. He's writing the game story for the Philadelphia Inquirer who didn't care enough about it to send anybody. He's writing for AP and he's writing for United Press. That's a lot of work. And in fact, when he finished writing, the scorekeeping and added stuff up, he thought, oh my, what if Will ends up with 98 points?

Well, you know, one of the things you hear on the radio is I think three times the final score is 169 to 150. Yeah, I was going to mention this. Yeah.

Well, you know, one of the things you hear on the radio is I think three times the final score is 169 to 150. Yeah, I was going to mention this. Yeah.

And no one could reconcile that for me. I think it was just sort of this slapdash nature of the whole night. And this was one more aspect of it. Oh, yeah, the Knicks. Well, it doesn't matter what the Knicks got. You know, all that matters is what Will got.

And no one could reconcile that for me. I think it was just sort of this slapdash nature of the whole night. And this was one more aspect of it. Oh, yeah, the Knicks. Well, it doesn't matter what the Knicks got. You know, all that matters is what Will got.

Pollock looks around and says, Heff to Jim Heffernan, the sports writer of the Philadelphia Bulletin, let me borrow a sheet of paper. And he takes out what was a magic marker. I don't think they had Sharpies in 1962. I may be wrong on that. And he writes 1-0-0. And it's the backstory to this classic photo.

Pollock looks around and says, Heff to Jim Heffernan, the sports writer of the Philadelphia Bulletin, let me borrow a sheet of paper. And he takes out what was a magic marker. I don't think they had Sharpies in 1962. I may be wrong on that. And he writes 1-0-0. And it's the backstory to this classic photo.

And that might be the best picture in basketball history because of what it represents and who it represents. It's the dipper on his night. Remember, this is a time when the NBA, even its statistics in the way stats were kept, They didn't count blocked shots. Somebody said, how many shots did Will block? I don't know. I don't know. We just have the numbers that they kept.

And that might be the best picture in basketball history because of what it represents and who it represents. It's the dipper on his night. Remember, this is a time when the NBA, even its statistics in the way stats were kept, They didn't count blocked shots. Somebody said, how many shots did Will block? I don't know. I don't know. We just have the numbers that they kept.

Did the Knicks score 147 or 150? I don't know. I don't know. But to me, it was about getting to the essence of this story. There are some questions. Whether or not it happened is not a question.

Did the Knicks score 147 or 150? I don't know. I don't know. But to me, it was about getting to the essence of this story. There are some questions. Whether or not it happened is not a question.

Or in the words of Gary Pomerantz... And, you know, the baseball great Ted Williams used to say his dream was that when he walked down the street, people would point at him and say, there goes the greatest hitter in baseball history. Wilt came to realize that people would point at him as he walked down the street and say, there goes the guy who scored 100 points in a game. And he came to like it.

Or in the words of Gary Pomerantz... And, you know, the baseball great Ted Williams used to say his dream was that when he walked down the street, people would point at him and say, there goes the greatest hitter in baseball history. Wilt came to realize that people would point at him as he walked down the street and say, there goes the guy who scored 100 points in a game. And he came to like it.