mj had five triple doubles in his career.
mj had five triple doubles in his career.
how many triple doubles did mj have in his career?
five
with an average of 31.6 points, 10.4 assists, and 10.7 rebounds, westbrook became the first player since oscar robertson to average a triple double for an entire nba regular season, and only the second in nba history (the other being robertson). on april 2, 2017, westbrook tied oscar robertson's record for most triple doubles in an nba season (41); he broke the record on april 9th against the denver nuggets, marking his 42nd triple double of the season. westbrook, in that game, also hit the game winning buzzer beater from 36 feet, ending the nuggets' playoffs hopes and securing the thunder's 3rd seed matchup with the houston rockets in the nba playoffs. oklahoma city lost the playoff series in the first round to the houston rockets 4–1. despite the team's loss, westbrook averaged a +14 while on the court and a triple double during the series and was named league mvp after the season.
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the triple-double became an officially recorded statistic in the nba during the . that season, there were 32 triple-doubles, 12 more than the previous season. from the to the , the nba recorded a total of 543 triple-doubles, or 45.25 triple-doubles per season. this can be largely attributed to magic johnson, who was responsible for 137 of this time-span's triple-doubles, or about 25.23% of them. after johnson retired in 1991, the number of triple-doubles in the league declined. from the to the , there were only 841 triple-doubles, or about 35.04 triple-doubles per season. jason kidd recorded the most triple-doubles in this timespan with 107, which was 68 more than second placed lebron james. however, in the , the number of triple-doubles recorded in the nba grew from 46 to 75. from the to the , the nba recorded 352 triple doubles, which was approximately 117.33 triple-doubles per season. over those three years, russell westbrook recorded 101 triple-doubles—28.69% of all triple-doubles in that timespan.
double-double (basketball)