SALT LAKE CITY — It’s something Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook does on a regular basis, 100 times in his career, but it had been more than a decade since any Utah Jazz player had recorded a triple-double, the longest drought among the NBA’s 30 teams.
In breaking that drought, Ricky Rubio couldn’t have picked a better time to accomplish the feat in leading the Jazz to a 115-102 victory over the Thunder and giving them a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Throughout his career, Rubio has been known for being Good Rubio and Bad Rubio. On this night, he was Very Good Rubio in finishing with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in becoming the first Jazzman with a triple-double since Carlos Boozer in February of 2008 and the third player in Jazz playoff history to accomplish the feat.