Who is the greatest rebounder of all-time ?

[jlauber]

Continuing...

And, once again, for those that claim that Wilt's scoring dropped dramatically in the post-season, Wilt had a TON of 30+ games ...including 20 against Russell, alone, in 49 H2H meetings. He also had FOUR games of 50+, with a high of 56...which is second only to MJ in 50+ point playoff games. He also had a relatively unknown game six in the '70 Finals, in which, playing just four months after major knee surgery, he posted a 45 point game, on 20-27 shooting, with 27 rebounds.

Of course, Wilt's scoring pretty much mirrored his regular season numbers, year-after-year. So, if anyone is to blame for his decline in scoring, it was usually his COACHES fault. In any case, and as I stated before, Wilt played in 160 post-season games. And he faced a HOF opposing center in about TWO-THIRDS of them. He squared off against Russell, 49 times. Reed 18 times. Thurmond 17 times. Kareem 11 times. Bellamy six games. He also faced Lucas, who played center in two series against him, 10 times (and another eight games as well.) He also battled Wayne Embry in a number of games, as well as multiple all-star players like Red Kerr and Zelmo Beatty. In fact, he seldom had the luxury of facing a non-HOF or all-star center. For example, in the '67 playoffs, he just buried 6-10 Connie Dierking with a 28 ppg, 26.5 rpg, 11.0 apg, and .612 series (which included his first two games of 41 points on 19-30 shooting, and 37 points on 16-24 shooting.)

And, a year after his devastating knee injury, he battled a prime Kareem to a statistical draw in the '71 WCF's. Kareem outscored him, per game, 25-22, but Wilt outshot him, .489 to .481, and outrebounded him, per game, 19-17. This was a Wilt that was well past his prime, too. As for "clutch" play...in the '67 ECF's, in the clinching game five win over Russell's Celtics, he scored 29 points, on 10-16 shooting, with 36 rebounds, 13 assists, and seven blocks. In the clinching game six come-from-behind win over Kareem's 63-19 Bucks in the '72 WCF's, Chamberlain TOOK OVER in the 4th quarter, and finished with 20 points, on 8-12 shooting, with 24 rebounds (and just dominated Kareem defensively.) Then, in the clinching game five win of the Finals in that same season, and playing with BOTH badly injured wrists heavily-bandaged, he put up a 24 point game, on 10-14 shooting, with 29 rebounds, and 9 (or 10) blocks.

So, there you have it...THAT was the Wilt whose scoring was "weak" in his post-seasons.

[QUOTE]Dennis Rodman

[momo]

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