In the middle of Q4 during a game in Charlotte his under-sized squad would go on to lose last weekend, Houston’s James Harden committed a Turnover on back-to-back possessions, his 9th and 10th miscues of the matchup. By that point, the quirky Rocket superstar had posted 26 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists – the Beard’s final stat-line read 30-14-10-10.
Basketball-reference.com identifies this as Harden’s third such “accomplishment” and only the 15th occasion of such a “Quad-dubious Double” since NBA record-keeping has allowed for such analysis. Only seven other players have ever produced a comparable game: Russell Westbrook (five times), Magic Johnson (twice), Blake Griffin, LeBron James, Jason Kidd, Charles Barkley and Clyde Drexler.