Evan vs. Francesa: Was Wilt’s 100-Point Game a Farce?

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Evan responds to comments from Mike Francesa criticizing anyone who questions Wilt Chamberlain’s legendary 100-point game. Evan makes it clear he isn’t attacking Wilt’s greatness—he calls him one of the most dominant players in basketball history—but instead argues that the specific circumstances of the game itself were manipulated and shouldn’t be viewed the same as other historic performances. To support the point, Evan cites research, past reporting, and even comments from players who were in the game, arguing that the final stretch was artificially engineered to reach 100 points. The segment turns into a broader debate about how sports history gets remembered, whether context matters when evaluating records, and why criticizing a single moment isn’t the same as disrespecting an all-time legend.

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0:00.0	Because the great Mike Francesa, who I have the ultimate respect for, knows so much about sports history, I think he's attacking me in defending Will Chamberlain. And so we're going to get into the weeds on Will Chamberlain. Oh, here we go. And I'm respectfully, well, maybe, yeah, no, I'm respectful. I'm going to give it back to Mike. Nice. Because I think in this case, again, while he knows a lot, he's been around for a while, I think he's wrong.
0:22.9	It's just another Clark Schmidt situation we got one. to Mike. Nice. Because I think in this case, again, while he knows a lot, he's been around for a while,
0:21.9	I think he's wrong.
0:22.9	Right.
0:23.0	Is this another Clark Schmidt situation we got with Mike? I think so. Unbelievable. Okay. I think so. Called me a fool. Wow. I don't know who else has been ridiculing the Will Chamberlain performance, so it could be others, but I know I've been very adamant about it. I've also been very adamant about it my entire
0:38.2	life because I've read about the game numerous times. I heard Pablo Tori's documentary, audio documentary on it. Obviously I wasn't around for it, but I've read so much about it to know that it was a fraudulent event. And you'll hear that Mike is wrong, but it's a misunderstanding. We'll get to that a little bit later on.
0:54.7	But first, Kyler Murray is a fraud because he's not a fraud.
0:58.6	They are the frauduleers.
0:59.9	By the way, I was just reminding myself how good he was in high school.
1:02.7	Yes.
1:03.0	So he's the only player, high school player, to be named Mr. Texas football twice.
1:08.5	He never lost the game in high school.
1:13.9	42 and 0, three straight championships,
1:18.5	goes to college, wins the Heisman trophy. First year in the NFL, he's rookie of the year.
1:22.6	Impressive. Dude, it's a winner. Yeah, he's not used to losing. No. But he is a fraud because we played clips earlier of him describing his Vikings fandom. Well, if you go on social media
1:27.3	back on January 22nd,
1:29.2	2012, he's tweeting about the Patriots.
1:31.7	Pat's, T. Brady, about a
1:34.8	threat up tonight.
1:36.4	What year was that? This is all 2012.
1:38.7	My dude Ocho Cinco.
1:40.4	So he's a
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