NewsOK.com · Feb 24, 2020
Thunder: Triple doubles no longer matter in OKC
Oklahoma City's Chris Paul, right, shoots over San Antonio's Bryn Forbes during Sunday's game at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Paul was one of a team-record eight players to score in double figures as OKC whipped the Spurs 131-103. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]Westbrook had 149 triple doubles in a Thunder uniform. Paul has zero. And nobody seems to care.
Donovan claims that he doesn’t look at individual statistics during a game. Of course, he didn’t need to. Someone would let him know, Westbrook usually would play until the desired threshold was reached, and everybody was happy.
Now the Thunder is trying a different kind of happy. And it’s working quite well.