The secret about Russell Westbrook's triple-doubles? His teams win at a 60-game pace when he nets one.
Russell Westbrook has spent a Hall of Fame career hearing how he epitomizes empty statistics. Critics swear up and down that he’s all flash and no substance, with his record-setting triple-doubles commanding more vitriol than respect from the analytics community.
If cold hard facts are on the agenda, however, Westbrook’s latest triple-double continued the one trend no one can deny: Winning.