kobe bryant averaged the most rebounds in nba history.
who averaged the most rebounds in nba history?
kobe bryant
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forty-one games into the season, westbrook was averaging 30.8 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 10.5 assists per game, marking the latest anyone had averaged a triple-double since robertson in 1966–67, when he became the first player to average a triple-double for an entire season (30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists). on january 15, 2017, westbrook had 36 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his 20th triple-double of the season, as he helped the thunder defeat the sacramento kings 122–118. he joined robertson (five times) and wilt chamberlain (twice) as the only players in nba history to record 20 triple-doubles in a season. his 21st triple-double of the season came on january 18 in a loss to former teammate durant and the golden state warriors. on january 23, westbrook hit a pull-up jumper with 1.4 seconds left to lift the thunder to a 97–95 win over the utah jazz. he finished with 38 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his 22nd triple-double of the season and no. 59 for his career, tying larry bird for fifth on the career list. two days later, he had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a 114–105 win over the new orleans pelicans, thus passing bird with his 60th career triple-double. heading into all-star weekend, westbrook was averaging 31.1 points, 10.5 rebounds and 10.1 assists in 57 games. westbrook went on to record three straight triple-doubles coming out of the all-star break, giving him 67 for his career and 30 on the season. on march 7, westbrook's career-high 58 points was not enough to lift the thunder over the portland trail blazers, losing 126–121. his 31st triple-double of the season, which came on march 9 against the san antonio spurs, matched wilt chamberlain's 1967–68 campaign for the second-most in a season. he surpassed chamberlain's record with his 32nd triple-double on march 11 against the jazz. westbrook went on to tie robertson's single-season record of 41 triple-doubles on april 4 against the milwaukee bucks. westbrook also moved into a tie with chamberlain for fourth on the career list with his 78th triple-double. three days later, he joined robertson (in 1961–62) as the only players in nba history to average a triple-double for a season, needing just six assists against the phoenix suns to clinch the triple-double average. his historic 42nd triple-double, to break robertson's record of most triple-doubles in a season, came in a 106–105 away victory against the denver nuggets on april 9. westbrook scored 18 of his 50 points in the last five minutes, including a 36-foot game-winning buzzer-beater, to overcome a 14-point deficit. as a result, westbrook moved into fourth place for most triple-doubles in nba history with 79, surpassing chamberlain's 78. it was his third career 50-point triple-double, all of which came in 2016–17, the most by any player in nba history. the thunder finished the regular season with a 47–35 record and entered the playoffs as the no. 6 seed.
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