He recorded his second triple-double of the season in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers, which was the second-fastest triple-double recorded in NBA history. In game 4 of the finals in a victory over the San Antonio Spur, Westbrook registered 20 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 steals, joining Michael Jordan as the only players to register such numbers in a playoff game.
In a season opener game of against the Portland Trail Blazers, Westbrook registered 38 points. In the next game against the Los Angeles Clippers, he sustained a minor fracture of the second metacarpal in his right hand, which made him miss 14 games.
He joined Kevin Durant , who also suffered a fracture in his right foot during the preseason and was out of play for eight weeks. However, in a comeback game against the New York Knicks, he led the team to a victory with 32 points. Durant made a comeback the next game against the New Orleans Pelicans.
The duo helped the Oklahoma Thunder to a seven-game winning streak, making the Oklahoma Thunder a playoff contender.
After setbacks due to injury the previous season, Westbrook made a comeback to the All-Star game in Westbrook set an All-Star record for points in a half after scoring 27 points in 11 minutes, finishing one-point shy of Wilt Chamberlain All-Star game record set in On February 24, , he registered 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in a win over the Indiana Pacers, claiming his third triple-double of the season and 11th of his career.
Westbrook recorded 40 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists, making him the first player to secure three consecutive triple-doubles since LeBron James in He reached a career-high of 49 points and 16th rebounds and added 10 assists to his fourth straight triple-doubles in a overtime win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
He became the first player since Michael Jordan in to secure four consecutive triple-doubles and to have back-to-back triple-doubles with a minimum of 40 points. That also became the most points scored by a player with triple-doubles since Larry Bird in Show entire roster.
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All rights reserved. G 13 TRB 8. Effective Field Goal Percentage This statistic adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal. Player Efficiency Rating A measure of per-minute production standardized such that the league average is Later the team relocated to Oklahoma City. Russell is the elder brother of Raynard. Both of them wanted to join UCLA but sadly Barrs lost his life due to enlarged heart disease in May during a pickup game.
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He was awarded with an Olympic gold medal in the summer after being a part of U. The playoffs brought up the health issue of torn meniscus for Russell. On April 11, with his 18th triple-double of the season in a win over the Los Angeles Lakers, he tied Magic Johnson —82 for the most in a single season in the past 50 seasons. In the playoffs, Westbrook helped guide the Thunder past the Dallas Mavericks in the first round, and then the San Antonio Spurs in the second round. The Thunder subsequently advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since In the Conference Finals, they faced the defending champion Golden State Warriors, and took home court advantage after stealing Game 1 of the series.
With the series tied at 1—1 after Game 2, the Thunder returned home and took a 3—1 advantage with two home wins. In Game 4, Westbrook recorded his fifth career playoff triple-double with 36 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in a —94 win.
Despite going up 3—1 in the series, the Thunder were defeated 4—3 by the Warriors to bow out of the playoffs. Following the off-season departure of Kevin Durant, trade speculation began swirling around Westbrook, with his contract set to expire in The Thunder were determined to keep Westbrook and held off all trade talks in order to work out an extension.
In the Thunder's second game of —17 on October 28, Westbrook recorded his 38th career regular-season triple-double with 51 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in a — overtime win over the Phoenix Suns, marking the first point triple-double since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had one in Westbrook also took a career-high 44 shots. Two days later, he recorded 33 points, 12 rebounds and 16 assists in a —96 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, joining Robertson, Magic Johnson, and Jerry Lucas as the only players in NBA history with two triple-doubles in the first three games of a season.
On November 30, he recorded his fourth straight triple-double with 35 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists in a — overtime win over the Washington Wizards, becoming just the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double heading into December joining Robertson.
He extended that streak to seven straight on December 9 with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a —99 loss to the Houston Rockets—the longest triple-double streak since Michael Jordan had seven straight in Forty-one games into the season, Westbrook was averaging On January 15, , Westbrook had 36 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his 20th triple-double of the season, as he helped the Thunder defeat the Sacramento Kings — He joined Robertson 5 times and Chamberlain 2 as the only players in NBA history to record 20 triple-doubles in a season.
His 21st triple-double of the season came on January 18 in a loss to former teammate Durant and the Golden State Warriors. On January 23, Westbrook hit a pull-up jumper with 1. He finished with 38 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his 22nd triple-double of the season and No.
Two days later, he had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a — win over the New Orleans Pelicans, thus passing Bird with his 60th career triple-double. Heading into All-Star Weekend, Westbrook was averaging Westbrook went on to record three straight triple-doubles coming out of the All-Star break, giving him 67 for his career and 30 on the season.
On March 7, Westbrook's career-high 58 points wasn't enough to lift the Thunder over the Portland Trail Blazers, losing — His 31st triple-double of the season, which came on March 9 against the San Antonio Spurs, matched Wilt Chamberlain's —68 campaign for the second-most in a season. He surpassed Chamberlain's record with his 32nd triple-double on March 11 against the Jazz.
Westbrook went on to tie Robertson's single-season record of 41 triple-doubles on April 4 against the Milwaukee Bucks. Westbrook also moved into a tie with Chamberlain for fourth on the career list with his 78th triple-double. Westbrook scored 18 of his 50 points in the last five minutes, including a foot game-winning buzzer-beater, to overcome a point deficit.
As a result, Westbrook moved into fourth place for most triple-doubles in NBA history with 79, surpassing Chamberlain's On April 19, in Game 2 of the Thunder's first-round playoff series against the Rockets, Westbrook had 51 points in the highest-scoring triple-double in playoff history.
Westbrook set a franchise playoff scoring record and added 13 assists and 10 rebounds, marking his sixth career playoff triple-double. Despite his efforts, the Thunder lost — to go down 2—0 in the series. In Game 4 four days later, Westbrook had 35 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists, but could not lead the Thunder to a win, as they went down 3—1 in the series with a — loss.
Westbrook joined Wilt Chamberlain as the only players to claim three consecutive playoff triple-doubles. Westbrook had 47 points in Game 5 and came up just one assist shy of his fourth straight triple-double. It includes a player option on the —23 season. Playing alongside new All-Star teammates Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, Westbrook had 21 points, 16 assists, and 10 rebounds in a —84 win.
Westbrook had 30 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds against the Raptors, as the Thunder won their sixth straight game. During the game, Westbrook scored his 16,th career point, making him the th NBA player to do so. He became the third-fastest player to reach the milestone—Robertson needed games, Johnson needed games, and Westbrook needed games. He entered the night needing 16 rebounds to clinch the triple-double average. He pulled down his 16th rebound with just over nine minutes left in the third quarter and received a standing ovation.
He finished with just six points, but had a career-high 20 rebounds and 19 assists. In Game 5 of the Thunder's first-round playoff series against the Utah Jazz, Westbrook scored 33 of his 45 points in the second half, as Oklahoma City rallied from 25 points down to fight off elimination and beat the Jazz — He also had 15 rebounds and seven assists.
In Game 6, Westbrook scored 46 points in a 96—91 loss, as the Thunder bowed out of the playoffs with a 4—2 defeat. Westbrook missed the preseason and the first two regular season games after having a procedure in September to deal with inflammation in his right knee. He moved into a tie for third place on the NBA list for triple-doubles, with the th of his career matching Jason Kidd's total. He matched the longest triple-double streak of his career with his 20th of the season and No.
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