Houston Rockets forward Trevor Ariza goes for the basket as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Randy Foye tries to block him in the NBA game at Oklahoma City, USA, on Tuesday. The Thunder won 111-107. (Photo: AP)
Houston Rockets forward Trevor Ariza goes for the basket as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Randy Foye tries to block him in the NBA game at Oklahoma City, USA, on Tuesday. The Thunder won 111-107. (Photo: AP)
Russell Westbrook had 21 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds to help the Thunder beat the Houston Rockets 111-107 on Tuesday night.
Westbrook has 15 triple-doubles this season and 34 in his career. It’s the most triple-doubles by a player in a season since 1988-89, when Magic Johnson had 17 and Michael Jordan had 15.
It was also Westbrook’s sixth triple-double in March. It’s the most by a player in a calendar month since Jordan had seven in April 1989. It was his third in a row and fourth in his past five games.
Kevin Durant scored 23 points and Dion Waiters added 17 to help the Thunder win their fifth straight.
James Harden had 24 points, a career-high 16 assists and seven rebounds for the Rockets. Dwight Howard had 16 points and 13 rebounds and Patrick Beverley added 16 points.
In Los Angeles, Jordan Clarkson scored 22 points and Kobe Bryant added 20 as the Lakers snapped a four-game losing streak, 107-100.
Bryant scored 12 points in the third quarter, but the superstar sat out the final 4:20. Brandon Bass got eight of his 18 points in the fourth while Los Angeles’ younger players closed out an unlikely victory over the playoff-bound Grizzlies, who had won the clubs’ first three meetings of the season.
The Western Conference-worst Lakers wrapped up an eight-game homestand with three wins, beating Golden State and Memphis.
Miami’s Hassan Whiteside had 24 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots to lead the visiting Heat past injury-ravaged New Orleans, 113-99. Dwyane Wade and Goran Dragic each scored 23 points for the Heat, who’ve won nine of 12 games.
