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Sunday, April 9, 2017
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Phoenix Suns forward Derrick Jones Jr. (10) falls back while chasing Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook during their NBA clash on Friday. AP
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PHOENIX – Russell Westbrook joined Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season.
That didn’t make him feel much better about his or his team’s awful Friday night, when Westbrook failed for the second game in a row to break Robertson’s 55-year-old, single-season record for most triple-doubles.
The dynamic Thunder guard fell two assists shy of what would have been his 42nd in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 120-99 loss to the Phoenix Suns.
Of averaging a triple-double for the season, Westbrook said, ”You could never say in a million years that I would think that was even possible.”
And as for not getting 10 assists?
”My main goal since I got here, especially this season, is to win a championship,” Westbrook said. ”If I wanted to get 10 assists, I could get 10 assists. Everybody wants to see the record broke, but it’s bigger than that for our team and for me.”
On a rough night all around, Westbrook had 23 points (on 6-of-25 shooting, 2 of 12 3-pointers), 12 rebounds and eight assists, along with eight turnovers before coach Billy Donovan pulled him with 2:34 to play.
Westbrook did get the six assists he needed to assure that he’d join Robertson as the only players to average a triple-double for a season. Robertson averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists for the Cincinnati Royals in the 1961-62 season.
After the game, Westbrook went straight to the practice court and stayed there for nearly an hour.
”Get your mind right,” he explained. ”You understand how important a game is and you want to make sure I’m playing the best that I need to play for my teammates. Tonight I felt like I let them down.” (AP)
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