Former top picks renew acquaintances when Knicks host Thunder

As ESPN’s Tom Haberstroh recently noted, Westbrook also is playing a slower-paced game than Robertson did in his triple-double season. The Thunder will next travel to New York City Monday night for a battle of former elite and current elite point guards with Derrick Rose and the New York Knicks.

If Westbrook pulls down 11 or more rebounds against the Knicks, he will leave NY averaging a triple-double through the season’s first 19 games.

The season is virtually a quarter of the way done for the Thunder, but Westbrook’s chase of Oscar Robertson’s elusive triple-double average for an entire season in 1961-62 will be on the horizon.

It was Westbrook’s 8th triple double of the season and third in a row.

Thunder: Morrow enjoyed his best outing of the year in a season-high 26:24, shooting 8 of 12 from the floor, including 3 for 6 from 3-point range. There are a lot of great players in this league.

Fair to say that Russell Westbrook is adjusting to life without Kevin Durant by his side pretty goddamned handily.

Kristaps Porzingis added 21 points and Carmelo Anthony chipped in with 18 points.

Russell Westbrook is now averaging a triple-double (and over 30 points per game). He dropped 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 15 assists, that lead to Oklahoma City Thunder’s victory, 106-88.

Gordon Hayward scored 24 points and Utah’s top-ranked defense put the clamps on young Timberwolves stars Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns to improve to 10-8 this season.

When I found out Russ only needed 11 rebounds last night to officially be averaging a triple-double, I knew it would happen. Rose is out to prove that he can still play at the highest level and help the Knicks win games to push for a playoff spot. But the Thunder began to grab control with Westbrook’s hustle and Kanter’s muscle, getting numerous baskets inside to turn around the game. The New York Knicks had a slow start and were down by more than 20 points, but they managed to make a run in the final quarter and tasted the lead, but Charlotte would again take control and finish the game with the win.

“I really mean this”, Donovan prefaced.

How many ways can you statistically spin Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook’s latest unbelievable performance?

Rose did his best to apply as much pressure on Westbrook and the Thunder as he could. Russell Westbrook is averaging 31.2 points and 11.1 assists while Victor Oladipo is averaging 17.3 points and 4.3 rebounds.