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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) drives around Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, left, in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Monday, March 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Westbrook Records League-Leading 12th Triple-Double of 2015-16 Season

Bleacher Report MilestonesMar 16, 2016

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook recorded his NBA-leading 12th triple-double of the season in Monday's 128-94 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, becoming the first player since Jason Kidd in 2007-08 to post a dozen or more triple-doubles in a single campaign, per NBA.com/stats.

Kidd actually accomplished the feat in both 2006-07 and 2007-08, but prior to that, Grant Hill (1996-97) and Magic Johnson (1990-91) were the last two players with 12 or more triple-doubles in a season.

Westbrook joined the club with an unusually efficient performance Monday night, putting up 17 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds without any turnovers, also making seven of his 11 field-goal attempts and adding two steals and a block.

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He thus joined Magic Johnson and Scott Skiles as the only players since 1983-84 to have 16 or more assists and zero turnovers in a triple-double performance, per NBA.com/stats.

Equally as impressive, Westbrook joined Johnson and Chris Paul as the only players in the last 30 years to record at least four triple-doubles that included 15 or more assists in the same season, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Of course, Westbrook's trademark is the three-quarter triple-double, as he's completed six of his 12 triple-doubles this season before the fourth quarter even started, accounting for half of such performances throughout the league, per Elias Sports Bureau (via ESPN.com).

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