Russell Westbrook Heads into Lakers Battle on Verge of NBA History

Russell Westbrook remains just seven games away from breaking a huge record.

The Washington Wizards head into their battle with the Los Angeles Lakers as winners of ten of their last 12 games. However, something even bigger is on the verge of happening.

Russell Westbrook remains just seven games away from passing Oscar Robertson's all-time record of 181 triple-doubles.

Russ is up to 18 PTS, 13 REB, 13 AST... his 29th triple-double of the season!

Westbrook is now 7 triple-doubles away from passing Oscar Robertson for the most in @NBAHistory.

The @WashWizards have 11 games remaining in the regular season after tonight. pic.twitter.com/Vky53e3QKo

— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) April 27, 2021

The All-Star point guard is once again averaging a triple-double on the season, and with eleven games left in the season, has a real shot at breaking the record in the next 20 days.

Here are some Tweets about Russell Westbrook's history on display.

WESTBROOK on TRIPLE-DOUBLES: "I don't care if people think it's stat-padding or not useful. Interesting that it's not useful now that I'm doing it. It wasn't useful when Magic & Oscar were doing it. Now that I do it, it looks easy. S*** it ain't easy tho" pic.twitter.com/sFH4ZGbkOL

— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) April 27, 2021

Listen to Oscar Robertson give credit to @russwest44 for "playing MVP basketball every night" and coming for his triple-double crown 👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 #HoopDuJour | @PeterVecsey1 https://t.co/5KV6QIPpIj pic.twitter.com/Q8fyXXbRrq

— NBA Alumni 🏀 (@NBAalumni) April 27, 2021

Russell Westbrook has recorded 12 triple-doubles in April. Passing Wilt Chamberlain in March 1968 for the most in a calendar month in NBA history.

— Cassidy Hubbarth (@CassidyHubbarth) April 27, 2021

Russell Westbrook has 12 triple-doubles in April, the most in a month in NBA history.#WizLakers | @russwest44 pic.twitter.com/7uOfGuJAlC

— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) April 28, 2021

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