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Richie Guerin scored 39 when Chamberlain scored 100

On the night in 1962 when Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for Philadelphia Warriors, it’s easy to forget who the leading scorer was on the other team. In any other game, this would have led to big headlines in New York tabloids for this Knicks player.

But said former Hawks coach Richie Guerin, who scored 39 points on that memorable March 2 in Hershey, Pa., “Wilt was the best big man I ever saw. He could dominate the game in a 100 different ways.’’

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Former Hawks coach Richie Guerin relaxes with his family at home in 1971.