NBA stars reflect on Wilt Chamberlain as SGA ties record - ESPN

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has tied Wilt Chamberlain for most consecutive 20-point games in NBA history with 126.

REIGNING MVP SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER is on the verge of breaking an obscure NBA record.

Few were probably aware that the longest streak of scoring at least 20 points in league history was 126 games until recently, thanks to Gilgeous-Alexander, whose metronome-like scoring proficiency and consistency made that a relevant number.

Gilgeous-Alexander tied the record with another 20-point performance in Monday night's Western Conference rivalry against the Denver Nuggets and can break the record on Thursday when the Oklahoma City Thunder face the Boston Celtics at home (9:30 p.m. ET, Prime)

But it probably wouldn't take many guesses to figure out who has held that record since 1963.

When it comes to NBA records, Wilt Chamberlain is always a pretty good guess.

More than half a century after he retired, Chamberlain's name remains on dozens of pages in the NBA record book. Several of those records will probably belong to Chamberlain permanently, including his 100-point game, of which there is famously no video footage.

Several of the game's modern stars have accumulated incredible numbers that have been accomplished only by Chamberlain. «The Big Dipper» is almost synonymous with spectacular statistics, but generations later, many of the modern stars who put up «only-Wilt» kind of production don't know much else about the Hall of Fame big man who died in 1999 at 63.

«Not much besides he was pretty insanely dominant,» Gilgeous-Alexander told ESPN recently. «Based on the stats, did whatever he wanted and was like… „

Gilgeous-Alexander paused mid-sentence,