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It’s Basketball Week on Cool Weird Awesome

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This week we’re replaying some of our favorite hoops-related episodes.

A 1960 basketball game between the New York Knicks vs. the Philadelphia Warriors. From left to rightː Joe Graboski, Johnny Green, Wilt Chamberlain, Mike Farmer and Guy Rodgers. (Sport Magazine archive via Wikicommons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wilt_Chamberlain#/media/File:1960_New_York_Knicks_vs._Philadelphia_Warriors.jpeg)

Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 Point Game Was Truly One Of A Kind

No other NBA player has ever scored triple digits in one NBA game.

Lisa Leslie outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Photo: Walt Disney Television via Flickr/Creative Commons https://flic.kr/p/w4pDZW)

Basketball Great Lisa Leslie Scored 101 Points In A High School Game

Before becoming one of the biggest names in the WNBA, this high school basketball standout scored 101 points in just 16 minutes.

A basketball on a wooden court. (Photo by Franchise Opportunities via Flickr/Creative Commons https://flic.kr/p/UfuMwf)

Wat Misaka Was A Pro Basketball Pioneer (And A Pretty Impressive Bowler, Too)

Misaka became the first non-white player to be drafted into what is now the NBA. Here’s some of his story.

Photo by Jeramey Jannene via Flickr/Creative Commons

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