Influential NBA statistician Harvey Pollack dies at 93

Philadelphia 76ers statistical expert Harvey Pollack has died at the age of 93, the team announced Tuesday.

Pollack was the NBA's longest-tenured employee, and the last original employee from its inaugural season in 1946-47 to still be working in the league. The Philadelphia-area native's impact on the game is undeniable: He coined the term "triple-double," and started tracking statistics such as 48-minute stat projections and plus-minus before the league formally recognized them.

Following Wilt Chamberlain's still-standing record 100-point game in 1962, Pollack, then the Philadelphia Warriors' head of media relations, scribbled "100" on a sheet of paper and gave it to Chamberlain for what became an iconic photograph.

Last year, Pollack recreated the scene for his 92nd birthday at the Wells Fargo Center.

"There has never been an NBA without Harvey Pollack," commissioner Adam Silver said in a release Tuesday night. "Harvey has been a true caretaker and ambassador of the game, and he will be sorely missed."

Pollack worked for the 76ers from their arrival in Philadelphia in 1963 until this year, the last 28 seasons as director of statistical information.