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Keeping up with Brodie: Westbrook breaks Big O’s record

Oklahoma City star breaks Oscar Robertson’s historic triple-double feat

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    Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma City Thunder handles the ball during the game against the San Antonio Spurs on March 31, 2017 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images
    Rhiannon Walker By @InstantRHIplay

    Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbrook finished the 2016-17 season with a total of 42 triple-doubles, which surpassed the great Oscar Robertson’s 1961-62 record of 41 triple-doubles in a single season.

    Westbrook was able to do so in a barn burner on April 9 in the Thunder’s 106-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets.

    Westbrook scored 50 points, collected 16 rebounds and handed out 10 assists against the Nuggets. That followed April 7’s milestone when he joined Robertson as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double for the season.

    Westbrook is averaging 31.9 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists. Robertson averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists in 1961-62.

    Brodie will look to continue adding to his overall count as OKC heads to the playoffs as the sixth-seed in the Western Conference playoffs.

    I called gAME!

    NBA legend Oscar Robertson had three letters to say to the fans attending the Oklahoma City Thunder’s game against the Denver Nuggets:

    “I only have one more thing to say: M-V-P!!” the Associated Press reported Robertson said. “When Russell was on this journey, I felt that I just had to be here,” Robertson told the crowd. “What he has done has been historic in nature. He’s played with passion and pride and ability. It’s is just outstanding what he has done and the way he did it.”

    Russell Westbrook, the first player since Robertson in 1961-62, got one of the biggest endorsements someone in his position could receive for the coveted league honor. The game itself was a negligible matter, as Westbrook, who was on pace for his 43rd triple-double of the season, was pulled after playing the first half of the game in the Thunder’s 111-105 loss to the Nuggets on Wednesday night.

    The guard finished with five points, five rebounds and eight assists in 18 minutes of work. Robertson, who published a piece in The Undefeated breaking down his feelings watching Westbrook break his record, was at Chesapeake Energy Arena to give the pregame announcement and personal commend Westbrook on his achievement.

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    triple-double count

    Opponent PTS REB AST
    Phoenix Suns 51 13 10
    Los Angeles Lakers 33 11 16
    Orlando Magic 41 12 16
    Brooklyn Nets 30 10 13
    Indiana Pacers 31 11 15
    Denver Nuggets 36 11 17
    Detroit Titans 17 13 15
    New York Knicks 27 17 14
    Washington Wizards 35 14 11
    New Orleans Pelicans 28 17 12
    Atlanta Hawks 32 13 12
    Houston Rockets 27 10 10
    Phoenix Suns 26 11 22
    Boston Celtics 45 11 11
    Miami Heat 29 17 11
    Los Angeles Clippers 17 12 14
    Denver Nuggets 32 17 11
    Memphis Grizzlies 24 13 12
    Minnesota Timberwolves 21 11 12
    Sacramento Kings 36 11 10
    Golden State Warriors 27 15 13
    Utah Jazz 38 11 10
    New Orleans Pelicans 27 12 10
    Cleveland Cavaliers 20 12 10
    Memphis Grizzlies 38 13 12
    Cleveland Cavaliers 29 12 11
    New York Knicks 38 14 12
    Los Angeles Lakers 17 18 17
    New Orleans Pelicans 41 11 11
    Utah Jazz 43 11 10
    San Antonio Spurs 23 13 13
    Utah Jazz 33 11 14
    Brooklyn Nets 25 12 19
    Toronto Raptors 24 10 16
    Philadelphia 76ers 18 11 14
    Houston Rockets 39 11 13
    Dallas Mavericks 37 13 10
    Orlando Magic 57 13 11
    San Antonio Spurs 32 15 12
    Charlotte Hornets 40 13 10
    Milwaukee Bucks 12 13 13
    Denver Nuggets (April 9) 50 15 10
    Minnesota Timberwolves (April 11) – – –
    Denver Nuggets (April 12) – – –

    Liner Notes

    This piece has been updated from when it was first published to reflect Westbrook’s triple-double count.

    Rhiannon Walker is an associate editor at The Undefeated. She is a drinker of Sassy Cow Creamery chocolate milk, an owner of an extensive Disney VHS collection, and she might have a heart attack if Frank Ocean doesn't drop his second album.

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