By Anthony Caruso III
Posted: March 4, 2014 at 11:19 pm EST
There has been so much talk about Kevin Durant of late.
Durant has been mentioned in the back-and-forth battle for the Most Valuable Player Award with LeBron James. But when the Oklahoma City Thunder did not have Russell Westbrook in the lineup, Durant was going off on teams.
Russell Westbrook (Getty Images)
Russell Westbrook (Getty Images)
Yet, now that Westbrook is back, Durant’s numbers have declined. On Tuesday night, Durant went off for 42 points, which was his 10th 40-point game of the season.
But while the Thunder played the struggling Philadelphia 76ers, Westbrook did something that hasn’t been done in years. In fact, he is only the second player to do this.
Westbrook only played 20 minutes and 17 seconds in the game. Yet, he had a triple double with 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists.
The last person to have a triple-double in fewer than 20 minutes and 30 seconds was Jim Tucker. Tucker played in 1955 with the Syracuse Nationals, which is the common day 76ers team.