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The local time was 10:28 p.m. when Russell Westbrook strode into the visitors’ locker room, shirtless but still clad in his blue game trunks, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix. The game, Oklahoma City’s third in as many cities in the past four nights, had ended more than an hour earlier. Oklahoma City, perma-sealed into the sixth slot in the Western Conference playoffs, had given a perfunctory effort in Friday’s 120-99 loss to the Suns. Continue to Article

April 10, 2017 5:18:pm EST

The local time was 10:28 p.m. when Russell Westbrook strode into the visitors’ locker room, shirtless but still clad in his blue game trunks, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix. The game, Oklahoma City’s third in as many cities in the past four nights, had ended more than an hour earlier. Oklahoma City, perma-sealed into the sixth slot in the Western Conference playoffs, had given a perfunctory effort in Friday’s 120-99 loss to the Suns. Continue to Article

April 10, 2017 5:18:pm EST

Russell Westbrook joined Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season. 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. Continue to Article

April 08, 2017 2:08:am EST

Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook is still chasing history after finishing just shy on Friday of his 42nd triple double of the NBA season. Westbrook missed his first 12 shots and finished with eight assists to go with 23 points and 12 rebounds in a lopsided 120-99 loss to the Phoenix Suns. It marked the second straight game Westbrook failed to break the record as he remains stuck on 41 triple-doubles with Oscar Robertson who did it with the Cincinnati Royals in 1961-62. Continue to Article

April 08, 2017 1:34:am EST

(Reuters) - Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook became the second player in the NBA, and the first in 55 years, to average a triple-double over an entire season on Friday. Westbrook joined Hall of Famer Oscar "The Big O" Robertson, an extraordinary guard in the days of dominant centers Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, who averaged a triple-double in 1961-62. Westbrook was averaging 31.8 points (first in the NBA), 10.7 rebounds (10th) and 10.4 assists (third) entering Friday’s game against the Phoenix Suns, leaving him six assists shy with four games left to secure the feat. Continue to Article

April 08, 2017 1:10:am EST