Russell Westbrook guides Oklahoma City Thunder past Detroit Pistons

Oklahoma City Thunder guards Andre Roberson and Anthony Morrow combined to produce 24 points.

Porzingis worked out with Westbrook and Enes Kanter on Sept 12 – even tweeting out a photo of the crew with a caption of “great workout”.

Thunder: Go back on the road to face the Knicks in NY on Monday.

Westbrook passed Fat Lever in all-time triple doubles to move into sixth place all-time.

Russell Westbrook had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 15 assists in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 106-88 win over the Detroit Pistons, his league-best seventh triple-double of the season.

Westbrook needed just 20 minutes to complete his latest masterclass, part of a haul that leaves him averaging triple-double numbers for the season.

Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook has been the real savage of the National Basketball Association lately.

“For everybody, including myself, that goes out there on the floor, we have a job to do”, Harris said.

Oklahoma City has no problem allowing Westbrook to finish four out of every 10 offensive plays, as he is producing 31.2 points and 11.1 assists, 9.9 rebounds a night. Rose has a year left on his contract, so depending on how things pan out, New York’s point guard situation is as nebulous as ever. “I wasn’t surprised. We knew what we were getting”, Van Gundy said. It’s historic what he’s doing.

Already, Hornacek has no idea how and when to employ his three centers – Joakim Noah, Willy Hernangomez and Kyle O’Quinn. “At the end of the day it’s always tough knowing that we lost the game on the glass”. Overall in Westbrook’s career, he averages 21.8 points, 7.7 assists, and 5.7 rebounds per game. His arrival in the Big Apple after an offseason trade with Chicago and the development of power forward Kristaps Porzingis have alleviated some of the scoring burden from Carmelo Anthony.

Westbrook’s third consecutive triple-double led the visiting OKC Thunder to a 112-103 victory against the New York Knicks.

It happened so quickly that Westbrook almost had the stat sheet stuffed before the break.

Westbrook was the undoubted star of the show in NY as he finished with a stat-stuffing 27 points (9/23 FG, 2/3 3PT), 18 rebounds, 14 assists and a pair of steals to take his season averages into triple-double territory for the first time (30.9 points, 11.3 assists, 10.3 rebounds).

KNICKS KEY TRENDS: The Knicks are a flawless 4-0 against the spread in their last four games and are 6-0 against the number in their last six home games.

“Whenever he (coach Billy Donovan) gives me minutes, I’m just fine working to try to do my best”, Kanter said. On the other hand, Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James has an average of 23.6 points, 9.7 assists, and 8.4 rebounds per game with a total average of 26.74. They came to NY for essentially a one-game road trip in between home games Saturday and Wednesday.

But Van Gundy saves some of his most biting and frank comments about his team whenever they play below his expectations. “So I think he’ll bring that to the Knicks throughout the entire season”. He missed a big set of time right before the start of the season.