Nov. 24, 1964 - The rookie‐loaded New York Knicks held Wilt Chamberlain to 7 points in the first half tonight and then outscrambled him and the other San Francisco Warriors to upset the visitors, 101-93, at Madison Square Garden before 6,844 persons.
Few teams, and the Knicks in particular, can hold Wilt for too long. The giant of the NBA came back with 29 points in the second half for 36 in all.
But this was not enough to match the Knicks, whose hustling rookies in the first half and rookies with help from more experienced players in the second half cashed in on the big advantage gained over the Warriors and Wilt in the opening 24 minutes.
At one point in the game San Francisco held a 2‐point lead — 60‐58 in the third period. That was when Al Attles sank a layup for the Warriors. But Johnny Green, who has been around for a few years, scored 5 consecutive points for the Knicks and New York was never behind again. But the Knicks were certainly not out of trouble as Chamberlain began sinking his fallaway shot with regularity.
San Francisco, with Wilt’s second‐half surge, outscored New York by a point in the last two quarters. Yet the 1-1point lead late in the second and the 9‐point lead at halftime was the big lift needed.
Assigned to bother and defend against Chamberlain as best they could in the opening minutes were Jim Barnes and Willis Reed, both rookies. Each tried hard and succeeded to a degree. But they fouled the giant quite a few times. On the other hand, Chamberlain is rarely a threat from the foul line.
Given 12 chances to sink free throws last night, Wilt succeeded only four times. The 8 points he missed equaled the difference between the teams at the end.
The game was a rather sloppy affair most of the time. At one time late in the game, New York had seven shots at the basket before Reed sank the ball — hardly a show of rebound skill by San Francisco.
Reed, who leads the Knicks in scoring this season, led them in the game with 25. Howard Komives, the rookie from Bowling Green, was No. 2 for New York with 22 points. Chamberlain’s closest teammate in scoring was Wayne Hightower with 12.
The victory gave the Knicks their first two‐game win streak of the season and sent the Warriors down to their fourth straight loss and seventh defeat in their last eight games. This is the team that battled the Boston Celtics for the
NBA championship last season.
New York had the speed that put it ahead in the early part of the game, and Wilt seemed befuddled by these little men running circles around him. At one point, the 7‐foot giant barged into Bryant, one of the smallest of the Knicks at 6-1.
Wilt was jogging up court as he always does when he is in no hurry to go from offense to defense. He did not seem to be looking where he was going and just ran into Bryant, who looked as if he might be stamped right into the court by the big fellow.
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