BLADE Keith Erickson of the Los Angeles Lakers, right, tries to get the ball but Nate Thurmond of the San Francisco Warriors, center, has complete control. At left is Wilt Chamberlain. ASSOCIATED ...

From a 1996 interview, Nate Thurmond talks about how he prepared to play Kareem Abdul-Jabbar the first time, he scouted his first game vs Wilt Chamberlain!

Nate Thurmond was one of the all-time great NBA centers, with a rugged, in-your-face style of play that frequently ...

It’s big time and he led us...our guys certainly had Luka’s back and he had his teammates’ back for sure.” That season Chamberlain scored 45 or more in 12 of his 38 games for the Warriors ...