Never have the baskets taken such a beating. Shooting with uncommon skill and uncanny accuracy, the National Basketball Association's towering pros are scoring at a record clip. No fewer than 16 players are racking up 20 points a night. The N.B.A.'s average winning score is 122 points a game. But in all the high scoring crew, no one can match the marksmanship of Philadelphia's fantastic Wilt Chamberlain, a reedy-legged Negro who is so tall (7 ft. 2 in.) that he can reach up and drop the ball through a10-ft.-high basket while his feet are...
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