Basketball immortality runs through Wilt Chamberlain's fingertips as he leads Los Angeles to their first championship since moving from Minneapolis, those same hands that once dropped 100 points in a single game now cradling the Lakers' holy grail after 18 years of West Coast heartbreak. The seven-foot colossus who owns 72 NBA records moves through this pivotal contest with his hands wrapped in football padding, a warrior's choice to feel every moment of this long-awaited triumph rather than numb the pain with shots. The Big Dipper transforms the Forum into his personal coronation as destiny bends to his will. Each outlet pass becomes a royal decree launching fast breaks, while his rim-rattling dunks serve as exclamation points on a legacy that rewrote basketball's rulebook. Forum faithful don't just witness a game, they attend the graduation ceremony of basketball's greatest individual force finally earning his doctorate in championships. The hands that built an empire of records now hold the only trophy that ever mattered. In this championship masterpiece, he ruled with 24 points, 29 rebounds and 4 assists. · May 7, 1972