It’s fitting that it happened against Oklahoma City, considering that Russell Westbrook was the face of the Thunder franchise for so long.
In Monday night’s loss to OKC, Westbrook tallied another triple-double. The 146th of his career, second only to the great Oscar Robertson.
But No. 146 probably meant a little bit more.
Not only did it complete his collection of a triple-double against all 30 teams in the league, but the elusive No. 30 came against his old team, the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Westbrook scored a game-high 32 points to go along with 12 assists and 11 rebounds.
He told Tim MacMahon that he thought the Rockets played “a pretty good game” for the most part.
“Honestly, I thought we played a pretty good game. We played a good game for the most part. Obviously the last 6 minutes we didn’t play our best basketball, but I thought we had pretty much control of the game. There’s some good we can take out of this game.”
Russell Westbrook: “Honestly, I thought we played a pretty good game. We played a good game for the most part. Obviously the last 6 minutes we didn’t play our best basketball, but I thought we had pretty much control of the game. There’s some good we can take out of this game.” pic.twitter.com/xkhMwdQTYD
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) January 21, 2020
Despite being traded in the offseason, Westbrook’s popularity has not waned in the Sooner state, as shown by his return to Oklahoma City earlier this month.
Fans seem to be happy to see him succeed, although it doesn’t hurt that the Thunder were still able to come back to win.
With the triple-double on Monday night, Westbrook joins LeBron James as the only other player to record a triple-double against every team in the NBA.