russell westbrook led the nba in rebounds last year.
russell westbrook led the nba in rebounds last year.
who led the nba in rebounds last year?
russell westbrook
on july 7, 2016, whiteside re-signed with the heat on a four-year, $98 million contract. in the heat's season opener on october 26, whiteside recorded 18 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots in a 108–96 win over the orlando magic. on october 30, he tied his career high with 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a 106–99 loss to the san antonio spurs. with 21 points and 16 rebounds against the toronto raptors on november 4, whiteside recorded his fifth straight double-double, a franchise record streak to open a season. on november 10, he recorded 20 points and 20 rebounds against the chicago bulls for his third career 20-20 game. the only player to have more in a heat uniform is rony seikaly, with 12. five days later, he scored 19 points and grabbed an nba season-high 25 rebounds in a 93–90 loss to the atlanta hawks. on november 21, in a loss to the philadelphia 76ers, whiteside set a career high with 32 points while reaching double digits in rebounds for the 13th consecutive game to start the season. on december 14, he recorded 26 points and 22 rebounds in a 95–89 win over the indiana pacers, marking his fourth career 20-20 game. whiteside went on to miss four games in early january with a right retinal contusion. on february 1, 2017, whiteside grabbed his 2,000th rebound in a 116–93 win over atlanta; he finished the game with 18 points and 18 rebounds. three days later, he scored 30 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in just 27 minutes in a 125–102 win over the philadelphia 76ers, extending miami's winning streak to 10. the 30-20 game was the first of his career, and the ninth in heat history including playoffs. he joined bill laimbeer as the only players in nba history to post a 30-point, 20-rebound game in no more than 27 minutes—laimbeer did it in the 1984–85 season. on march 12, he had 26 points and 21 rebounds in a 102–98 loss to indiana. it was whiteside's fifth 20/20 game this season. he also tied his career high with 10 offensive rebounds in the game. on march 21, he had a 23-point, 14-rebound performance in a 112–97 win over the phoenix suns. he reached 936 rebounds for the season during the game, setting a single-season franchise record by going two above seikaly's 1991–92 total (934). whiteside also recorded his 57th double-digit rebound game of the season, a heat record—one more than seikaly in 1991–92. on april 2 against denver, whiteside became the first heat player to record 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a season. whiteside finished the season as the league's leading rebounder.
hassan whiteside
in his first nba full season (1957–58), russell became the first player in nba history to average more than 20 rebounds per game for an entire season, a feat he accomplished 10 times in his 13 seasons. russell's 51 rebounds in a single game is the second-highest performance ever, trailing only chamberlain's all-time record of 55. he still holds the nba record for rebounds in one half with 32 (vs. philadelphia, on november 16, 1957). career-wise in rebounds, russell ranks second to wilt chamberlain in regular season total (21,620) and average per game (22.5), and he led the nba in average rebounds per game four times. russell is the all-time playoff leader in total (4,104) and average (24.9) rebounds per game, he grabbed 40 rebounds in three separate playoff games (twice in the nba finals), and he never failed to average at least 20 rebounds per game in any of his 13 post-season campaigns. russell also had seven regular season games with 40 or more rebounds, the nba finals record for highest rebound per game average (29.5 rpg, 1959) and by a rookie (22.9 rpg, 1957). in addition, russell holds the nba finals single-game record for most rebounds (40, march 29, 1960, vs. st. louis, and april 18, 1962, vs. los angeles), most rebounds in a quarter (19, april 18, 1962 vs. los angeles), and most consecutive games with 20 or more rebounds (15 from april 9, 1960 – april 16, 1963). he also had 51 in one game, 49 in two others, and twelve straight seasons of 1,000 or more rebounds. russell was known as one of the most clutch players in the nba. he played in 11 deciding games (10 times in game 7s, once in a game 5), and ended with a flawless 11–0 record. in these eleven games, russell averaged 18 points and 29.45 rebounds.
bill russell