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No person in NBA ancient previous has tallied extra triple-doubles than Russell Westbrook.
The Washington Wizards guard tied Oscar Robertson’s document of 181 profession triple-doubles Saturday evening in opposition to the Indiana Pacers. He hit the imprint within the third quarter with an encourage on a Bradley Beal jumper.
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Russell Westbrook recorded his 181st profession triple-double, tying him with Oscar Robertson for most in NBA ancient previous. It it Westbrook’s 10th profession triple-double versus the Pacers, his most in opposition to a single opponent in his profession https://t.co/AeId3phBal
Westbrook accomplished the recreation with 33 facets, 19 rebounds and 15 assists. He additionally made two free throws with one 2nd closing in time beyond regulation to give the Wizards a important 133-132 possess. They moved one-half recreation earlier than Indiana for the No. 9 seed within the Jap Convention standings.
This just isn’t the most important time Westbrook has been talked about alongside Robertson by system of triple-doubles.
The UCLA product grew to turn out to be the most important player since the Hall of Famer to realistic a triple-double for an whole season when he became a member of the Oklahoma Metropolis Bellow and did so three straight years from 2016-17 thru 2018-19.
Whereas he fell brief of extending that bound to four closing season on the Houston Rockets, he’s again on tempo to manufacture the feat this year with averages of 21.8 facets, 11.4 assists and 11.4 rebounds.
Westbrook additionally owns the document for the most triple-doubles in a season when he notched 42 in 2016-17 and broke Wilt Chamberlain’s document of 11 in a month earlier this season, which the extensive man accomplished in March 1968.
Despite the record of spectacular accomplishments, there is one thing of a fable that Westbrook has stat-padded at instances while going for triple-doubles.
The 32-year-faded took exception to that after he broke Chamberlain’s document for triple-doubles in a month all the intention in which thru a loss to the San Antonio Spurs in April.
“I don’t care what any one thinks of this whatever they want to name it ‘stat-padding’ or ‘not precious,'” he informed journalists. “I deem it be very provocative that it be not precious after I’m doing it. It wasn’t precious when Magic [Johnson] and Oscar [Robertson] and americans guys had been doing it. Now that I manufacture it and it looks straightforward, this s— ain’t straightforward, though. I could verbalize you that. It ain’t straightforward.”
Stat-padding or not, Westbrook is one triple-double a ways flung from doing one thing no player has accomplished earlier than.
