Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Russell Westbrook has notched 11 straight triple-doubles. Per Royce Young of ESPN, this is his 24th triple-double of the season with lots of time left in regulation. He finished the game with 44 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists.
Russell Westbrook with his 24th triple-double of the season, and 11th straight: 38-10-10 with 5:40 left.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) February 15, 2019
Last Monday, the 30-year-old tallied his 10th straight triple-double — breaking the single-season mark for consecutive triple-doubles he had tied with the great Wilt Chamberlain, who had nine straight in 1968.
For the season, he's averaging 21.2 points per game, 11.2 assists, and 11.1 rebounds. If he maintains this, then it'll be the third straight season that he's averaged a triple-double — making him the first player to do so.
Other triple-double milestones this season include surpassing Jason Kidd for third on the all-time list, a feat he did on Feb.5 when Westbrook tallied his 108th career triple-double.
In addition, when he recorded his 100th career triple-double last season, Westbrook became the third-fastest player to do so (736) games, right behind Oscar Robertson (277 games) and Magic Johnson (656).
Further, of the other 29 NBA franchises, 24 have fewer triple-doubles in their entire team history than the 126 that Westbrook has logged in his career.
The question is how many more triple-double records is he going to break? When it's all said and done, will he be the all-time leader?
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