Russell Westbrook still might not want to talk much about it, but triple-doubles are kind of his thing by now.
Westbrook’s lastest triple-double took him less than three quarters on Saturday against the Chicago Bulls, who the Thunder handled easily despite narrowly avoiding disaster on the flight to the Windy City.
But netting a triple-double against the Bulls was a bit of a special occasion for Westbrook, who didn’t even have to play in the fourth quarter on Saturday night.
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That’s right: Westbrook has now scored a triple-double against all NBA teams that are not the Oklahoma City Thunder.
S/o @russwest44 now with a triple-double against all 29 @NBA teams
— Kevin Cottrell Jr. (@KCJ_Swish) October 29, 2017
It’s quite an accomplishment, and yet another impressive triple-double mark for Westbrook. He has four triple-doubles this season but is very unlikely to break the triple-double mark he sat last year when he, of course, became just the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the entirety of the season.
It is also unlikely that he gets the chance to collect a triple-double against the one team that’s missing: the Thunder. His supermax deal he signed on Kevin Durant’s birthday make that a lot less likely, though it’s extremely possible that Westbrook can still ball as an old man if he gets one last deal with another team in his twilight. It’s just not a mark he’s going to improve on anytime soon, that’s for sure.
